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    Walton Homes receives a Recognition Award

    It was a double celebration for staffs-based Walton Homes as two site managers recently received the LABC ...

    It was a double celebration for staffs-based Walton Homes as two site managers recently received the LABC Warranty’s Bricks Site Recognition Award. Site manager Andy Shenton was recognised for his man ...

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    Four in a row for Beal

    Regional housebuilder Beal Homes has been awarded the HBF five-star customer satisfaction rating for the ...

    Regional housebuilder Beal Homes has been awarded the HBF five-star customer satisfaction rating for the fourth year running, reflecting its delivery of customer service. Richard Beal, chief executive ...

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    The Inside View | Time to choose? The evolution of option centres

    One reason for buying a new home is because it can be entirely personalised. Steve Hird, director at Edwa ...

    One reason for buying a new home is because it can be entirely personalised. Steve Hird, director at Edward Thomas Interiors, looks at the evolution of options suites and why housebuilders should take ...

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    Going down slow

    The phrase ‘silly season’ is usually used to describe the dog days of August when not much is happening t ...

    The phrase ‘silly season’ is usually used to describe the dog days of August when not much is happening to keep the nation’s news rooms busy, and so they fill up print and airtime with lightweight sto ...

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    There be treasure

    Archaeologists have discovered remarkable Bronze Age (2300 BC – 800 BC) findings at a Taylor Wimpey devel ...

    Archaeologists have discovered remarkable Bronze Age (2300 BC – 800 BC) findings at a Taylor Wimpey development in New Alresford, Hampshire. An extensive excavation has found a treasure trove of histo ...

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    National Park dedicates ground to BNG

    An agreement has been signed that marks the first step towards creating large new areas of habitat for wi ...

    An agreement has been signed that marks the first step towards creating large new areas of habitat for wildlife in the South Downs National Park. Thirty-one hectares of land at Iford Estate, in East S ...

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    Builders Merchant sales slide -5.7% as volumes drop -12.1% year-on-year

    The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in January, reveal that bu ...

    The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in January, reveal that builders’ merchants’ value sales were down -5.7% in November 2023 compared to the same month in 2 ...

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    Newland’s sustainable approach recognised

    Glos-based Newland Homes has won Best Sustainable Development in the recent WhatHouse? Awards. The award ...

    Glos-based Newland Homes has won Best Sustainable Development in the recent WhatHouse? Awards. The award was for St George’s Mead in Semington, Wiltshire, with the judges highlighting Newland’s ‘clima ...

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    Join the club

    Inprova Commercial Procurement (ICP) is a new procurement group designed to help regional SME housebuilde ...

    Inprova Commercial Procurement (ICP) is a new procurement group designed to help regional SME housebuilders and contractors save money across their materials spend with national merchants such as CEF, ...

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    Erin’s the best of Beal

    Beal Homes apprentice joiner Erin Symons, 17, has won Construction Centre Apprentice of the Year in award ...

    Beal Homes apprentice joiner Erin Symons, 17, has won Construction Centre Apprentice of the Year in awards run by her regional training provider Hull Training and Adult Education. Erin Symons joined B ...

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