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Tentative start to 2024 as January value sales slip -2.1% year on year

|Date: 27 May 2024

Tentative start to 2024 as January value sales slip -2.1% year on year

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

The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in March, reveal that builders’ merchants’ value sales were down -2.1% in January compared to the same month in 2023, wit ...

27 May 2024
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Labour has revealed five ‘golden rules’

|Date: 23 May 2024

Labour has revealed five ‘golden rules’

The red, green and grey Labour has revealed five ‘golden rules’ on the green belt with which it will camp ...

The red, green and grey Labour has revealed five ‘golden rules’ on the green belt with which it will campaign in the approach to the General Election (GE) in June, November or January 2025 (your guess ...

23 May 2024
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Glenigan planning permission for homes falls 20% year on year

|Date: 20 May 2024

Glenigan planning permission for homes falls 20% year on year

The latest Housing Pipeline Report from the Home Builders Federation, containing data supplied by Gleniga ...

The latest Housing Pipeline Report from the Home Builders Federation, containing data supplied by Glenigan, shows that the number of planning permissions granted for new homes fell 20% year on year, w ...

20 May 2024
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New Biodiversity Net Gain requirements resulting in low levels of confidence

|Date: 15 May 2024

New Biodiversity Net Gain requirements resulting in low levels of confidence

Planners across the public and private sectors have reported report low levels of confidence in their abi ...

Planners across the public and private sectors have reported report low levels of confidence in their ability to handle new Biodiversity Net Gain requirements in the planning process, according to a s ...

15 May 2024
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The Ripon branch of builders merchant MKM donation

|Date: 07 May 2024

The Ripon branch of builders merchant MKM donation

The Ripon branch of builders merchant MKM has donated over £2,500 of timber and building materials toward ...

The Ripon branch of builders merchant MKM has donated over £2,500 of timber and building materials towards the creation of a knitted tank as part of events acknowledging the 80th anniversary of D-Day ...

07 May 2024
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Parliamentary group promotes Women in Housebuilding

|Date: 30 Apr 2024

Parliamentary group promotes Women in Housebuilding

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for SME Housebuilders has launched a new campaign, designed to i ...

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for SME Housebuilders has launched a new campaign, designed to increase the number of women in the housebuilding industry, called I am a Housebuilder. Of the 2 ...

30 Apr 2024
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Walton Homes receives a Recognition Award

|Date: 22 Apr 2024

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 ...

22 Apr 2024
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Four in a row for Beal

|Date: 18 Apr 2024

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 ...

18 Apr 2024
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The Inside View | Time to choose? The evolution of option centres

|Date: 09 Apr 2024

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 ...

09 Apr 2024
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Going down slow

|Date: 04 Apr 2024

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 ...

04 Apr 2024
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