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Why future-ready homes demand insulation solutions

|Date: 16 Sep 2025

Why future-ready homes demand insulation solutions

Lisa Stephens, Product Manager at ROCKWOOL® UK, explores why future-ready homes demand insulation solutio ...

Lisa Stephens, Product Manager at ROCKWOOL® UK, explores why future-ready homes demand insulation solutions that deliver more than just thermal metrics. Designing insulation into the building envelope ...

16 Sep 2025
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Why separation distances matter for fire safety

|Date: 15 Sep 2025

Why separation distances matter for fire safety

The Structural Timber Association (STA) discusses planning for fire safety in timber construction and why ...

The Structural Timber Association (STA) discusses planning for fire safety in timber construction and why separation distances matter The Structural Timber Association (STA) is committed to supporting ...

15 Sep 2025
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Hampshire Trust Bank’s guide on benefits of revolving credit facilities

|Date: 05 Sep 2025

Hampshire Trust Bank’s guide on benefits of revolving credit facilities

Hampshire Trust Bank writes guide on benefits of revolving credit facilities Neil Leitch, Managing Direct ...

Hampshire Trust Bank writes guide on benefits of revolving credit facilities Neil Leitch, Managing Director of Development Finance at Hampshire Trust Bank, has penned a piece explaining why SME develo ...

05 Sep 2025
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Wood burning stoves as secondary heating source

|Date: 03 Sep 2025

Wood burning stoves as secondary heating source

The Government has confirmed that modern wood burning stoves will be permitted as a secondary heating sou ...

The Government has confirmed that modern wood burning stoves will be permitted as a secondary heating source in new homes built under the Future Homes Standard. According to Andy Dimond, Sales & M ...

03 Sep 2025
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How the UK can meet the challenge of steep housing targets

|Date: 29 Aug 2025

How the UK can meet the challenge of steep housing targets

Mark Cooper, UK and Ireland sales director at insulation specialist Actis, looks at how the UK can meet t ...

Mark Cooper, UK and Ireland sales director at insulation specialist Actis, looks at how the UK can meet the challenge of steep housing targets with an underpowered construction workforce The governmen ...

29 Aug 2025
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Aaron Clarke Promoted to National Account Manager at Garador

|Date: 29 Aug 2025

Aaron Clarke Promoted to National Account Manager at Garador

Garador, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of garage doors and operators, is pleased to announce the ...

Garador, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of garage doors and operators, is pleased to announce the promotion of Aaron Clarke to the role of National Account Manager. Aaron will report directly t ...

29 Aug 2025
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The NFB reacts to the introduction of ‘medium’ sized builders

|Date: 28 Aug 2025

The NFB reacts to the introduction of ‘medium’ sized builders

The Government has announced a package of proposals to directly help small and medium sized builders (SME ...

The Government has announced a package of proposals to directly help small and medium sized builders (SMEs) and they include a ‘Medium’ sized site definition to enable more proportionate planning requ ...

28 Aug 2025
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Positive signs as April Builders’ Merchant value sales up +3.0%

|Date: 25 Aug 2025

Positive signs as April Builders’ Merchant value sales up +3.0%

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in June, shows builders’ merchants’ ...

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report, published in June, shows builders’ merchants’ value sales in April were up +3.0% compared to April 2024. Volumes increased +3.4% year-on-yea ...

25 Aug 2025
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Muir Timber Systems delivers timber kits

|Date: 15 Aug 2025

Muir Timber Systems delivers timber kits

Muir Timber Systems has delivered the first timber kits to the Swordfish Drive 37-home development in Dal ...

Muir Timber Systems has delivered the first timber kits to the Swordfish Drive 37-home development in Dalgety Bay, Fife, marking an important milestone for the local regeneration project led by sister ...

15 Aug 2025
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Donald Timber Systems offers environmental product declaration

|Date: 11 Aug 2025

Donald Timber Systems offers environmental product declaration

In 2024, the Donaldson Timber Systems (DTS) open panel Alpha system became the first off-site assembled t ...

In 2024, the Donaldson Timber Systems (DTS) open panel Alpha system became the first off-site assembled timber frame wall panel in the UK to offer an approved environmental product declaration (EPD). ...

11 Aug 2025
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