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June to August Builders Merchant volumes up +5.3% on previous 3 months

|Date: 11 Dec 2023

June to August Builders Merchant volumes up +5.3% on previous 3 months

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

The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in October, reveal that builders’ merchants’ value sales were down -3.3% in the month of August compared to the same mont ...

11 Dec 2023
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From Gove with LURB

|Date: 29 Nov 2023

From Gove with LURB

Grant Leggett, executive director, Boyer, considers how the Government’s aim to penalise developers for l ...

Grant Leggett, executive director, Boyer, considers how the Government’s aim to penalise developers for land banking gives the Levelling Up & Regeneration Bill a bad name. In its recent revisions ...

29 Nov 2023
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Designing for water quality

|Date: 28 Nov 2023

Designing for water quality

Now there are verified mitigation indices for engineered SuDS components says Stuart Crisp, UK manager at ...

Now there are verified mitigation indices for engineered SuDS components says Stuart Crisp, UK manager at Advanced Drainage Systems (ADS). The publication of the Plan for Water by the Department for E ...

28 Nov 2023
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Unlocking deliverability

|Date: 20 Nov 2023

Unlocking deliverability

Simon Coop, senior director, Lichfields, reports on how viability is the key ensuring that new housing ca ...

Simon Coop, senior director, Lichfields, reports on how viability is the key ensuring that new housing can be delivered.Recently published data has revealed that the UK housebuilding activity has fall ...

20 Nov 2023
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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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