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Vector reveals sustainable prototype at Energy House 2.0

|Date: 13 Nov 2023

Vector reveals sustainable prototype at Energy House 2.0

Cleantech company Vector Homes has unveiled its prototype flatpack home built using sustainable and advan ...

Cleantech company Vector Homes has unveiled its prototype flatpack home built using sustainable and advanced materials after undergoing testing at a g research facility in Manchester. Vector is workin ...

13 Nov 2023
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Spitfire celebrates 1,000th home milestone

|Date: 06 Nov 2023

Spitfire celebrates 1,000th home milestone

Spitfire Homes has handed over the keys to its 1,000th home, a landmark for the Midlands-based builder. S ...

Spitfire Homes has handed over the keys to its 1,000th home, a landmark for the Midlands-based builder. Spitfire was first established more than a decade ago and this milestone signifies the businesse ...

06 Nov 2023
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Saxon finds at Orbit site

|Date: 30 Oct 2023

Saxon finds at Orbit site

Haddenham residents were recently given the chance to view historical artefacts after excavations at an O ...

Haddenham residents were recently given the chance to view historical artefacts after excavations at an Orbit Homes site in Cambridgeshire unearthed archaeological finds dating from the Bronze Age, th ...

30 Oct 2023
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Gove’s watery fate

|Date: 27 Oct 2023

Gove’s watery fate

You have to feel sorry for Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Ac ...

You have to feel sorry for Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Actually, you don’t – but it’s difficult, for once, not to have sympathy for the Government in it ...

27 Oct 2023
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Q2 value sales up +7.6% on Q1, with volume up +11.3% and prices down -3.3%

|Date: 26 Oct 2023

Q2 value sales up +7.6% on Q1, with volume up +11.3% and prices down -3.3%

The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in August, show that quart ...

The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in August, show that quarter-on-quarter sales climbed +7.6% in Q2 2023 compared to January to March 2023. Growth came fro ...

26 Oct 2023
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Resi starts show faint revival

|Date: 24 Oct 2023

Resi starts show faint revival

Glenigan’s September 2023 edition of its Construction Review suggests that the resi sector is showing wea ...

Glenigan’s September 2023 edition of its Construction Review suggests that the resi sector is showing weak signs of recovery: against a backdrop of bad news for the rest of the construction industry. ...

24 Oct 2023
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No grumbles at Harron from the Old Goats

|Date: 23 Oct 2023

No grumbles at Harron from the Old Goats

Harron Homes employees and family at the Old Goats Grumble 2023: Kelly Booth, John Booth, Adam Pickering, ...

Harron Homes employees and family at the Old Goats Grumble 2023: Kelly Booth, John Booth, Adam Pickering, Sarah Weir, Lee Kilby, Nicola Ward, Diane Weir. For the third consecutive year, Harron Homes h ...

23 Oct 2023
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Superglass raises £2,000 for CRASH

|Date: 20 Oct 2023

Superglass raises £2,000 for CRASH

Employees from Superglass have raised over £2,000 for CRASH by taking part in a sporting fundraiser. Nin ...

Employees from Superglass have raised over £2,000 for CRASH by taking part in a sporting fundraiser. Nine employees from the Stirling-based insulation firm took part in the world’s largest 5k inflata ...

20 Oct 2023
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Lords scupper water rules relaxation

|Date: 16 Oct 2023

Lords scupper water rules relaxation

Water, water everywhere – so don’t even think about building near it! The House of Lords has rejected the ...

Water, water everywhere – so don’t even think about building near it! The House of Lords has rejected the Government’s proposed amendment to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill (LURB), permitting d ...

16 Oct 2023
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Demystifying the Next Decade of Construction

|Date: 12 Oct 2023

Demystifying the Next Decade of Construction

Bringing together voices across the residential construction trade for two days of cross-industry discuss ...

Bringing together voices across the residential construction trade for two days of cross-industry discussion, Vision Construct 2023 will provide an opportunity for construction’s key hurdles to be cla ...

12 Oct 2023
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