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How can developers plan for BNG?

|Date: 30 Oct 2025

How can developers plan for BNG?

Managing the statutory requirement for biodiversity net gain (BNG) is one of the top practical headaches ...

Managing the statutory requirement for biodiversity net gain (BNG) is one of the top practical headaches facing smaller housebuilders right now. And to complicate matters further, we await the outcome ...

30 Oct 2025
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The Inside View | How the Future Homes Standard impacts interior design

|Date: 27 Oct 2025

The Inside View | How the Future Homes Standard impacts interior design

With the publication of the Future Homes Standard due in Autumn, this represents an important step in the ...

With the publication of the Future Homes Standard due in Autumn, this represents an important step in the UK’s transition towards building zero carbon homes. But what are the implications of low carbo ...

27 Oct 2025
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Mythbusting building with timber misconceptions

|Date: 23 Oct 2025

Mythbusting building with timber misconceptions

While the government is focused on eradicating the ‘blockers to building’, the housebuilding industry’s p ...

While the government is focused on eradicating the ‘blockers to building’, the housebuilding industry’s preoccupation with brick and block masonry construction may start to stand in the way of the req ...

23 Oct 2025
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Ideal Standard explores the evolution of bathroom furniture

|Date: 22 Oct 2025

Ideal Standard explores the evolution of bathroom furniture

Jo Edwards, Channel Director – Residential and Trade at Ideal Standard explores the evolution of bathroom ...

Jo Edwards, Channel Director – Residential and Trade at Ideal Standard explores the evolution of bathroom furniture – function, flexibility, and personalisation With smaller bathrooms becoming more co ...

22 Oct 2025
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MEDITE SMARTPLY explores Framing the Future

|Date: 21 Oct 2025

MEDITE SMARTPLY explores Framing the Future

MEDITE SMARTPLY explores its Framing the Future survey and reframing timber in the age of carbonconscious ...

MEDITE SMARTPLY explores its Framing the Future survey and reframing timber in the age of carbonconscious design Once chosen largely for appearance or basic protection, external cladding now plays a m ...

21 Oct 2025
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PHPD visits Haddonstone

|Date: 20 Oct 2025

PHPD visits Haddonstone

PHPD visits Haddonstone, the family-owned cast stone manufacturer The consistent use of stone in construc ...

PHPD visits Haddonstone, the family-owned cast stone manufacturer The consistent use of stone in construction goes back longer than records themselves. Indeed, from castles and pyramids to churches an ...

20 Oct 2025
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Balancing governmental pressure, flooding and water contamination

|Date: 20 Oct 2025

Balancing governmental pressure, flooding and water contamination

Housing Secretary Steve Reed says ‘Build, baby, build’, but with growing concern over flooding and water ...

Housing Secretary Steve Reed says ‘Build, baby, build’, but with growing concern over flooding and water contamination on new build sites, how do housebuilders balance governmental pressure with safeg ...

20 Oct 2025
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How timber technology can transform challenging brownfield sites

|Date: 17 Oct 2025

How timber technology can transform challenging brownfield sites

The New Kingsland development in Henbury, Bristol, demonstrates how thoughtful design innovation and timb ...

The New Kingsland development in Henbury, Bristol, demonstrates how thoughtful design innovation and timber technology can transform challenging brownfield sites into exemplary social housing that mee ...

17 Oct 2025
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Ambiente: Why UFH is central to long-term sustainability

|Date: 16 Oct 2025

Ambiente: Why UFH is central to long-term sustainability

As the UK housebuilding sector adapts to evolving regulations, energy-efficient, low-carbon heating syste ...

As the UK housebuilding sector adapts to evolving regulations, energy-efficient, low-carbon heating systems are becoming a non-negotiable part of future developments. With updated Building Regulations ...

16 Oct 2025
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Knightsbridge offers a few pointers to enhance buyer appeal

|Date: 15 Oct 2025

Knightsbridge offers a few pointers to enhance buyer appeal

In a competitive market, differentiation is everything. While bathrooms have long been recognised as crit ...

In a competitive market, differentiation is everything. While bathrooms have long been recognised as critical selling points, the finer details – particularly electrical accessories – are often overlo ...

15 Oct 2025
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