• Bancon ‘best starter home’ in Scotland

    Bancon Homes has won Starter Home of the Year for The Carden at The Aspire Residence, Aberdeen in the 202 ...

    Bancon Homes has won Starter Home of the Year for The Carden at The Aspire Residence, Aberdeen in the 2023 Scottish Home Awards, announced on June 22nd. The company was also shortlisted in four other ...

    Read more
  • Gleeson brings Edward Thomas indoors

    Following a competitive tender process, show home and sales centre specialist, Edward Thomas Interiors ha ...

    Following a competitive tender process, show home and sales centre specialist, Edward Thomas Interiors has been appointed onto the interior design framework of Gleeson Homes. The two-year framework wi ...

    Read more
  • Merchant value sales fall -9.0% in April as volumes drop -20.2%

    The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in June, reveal that year- ...

    The latest figures from the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI), published in June, reveal that year-on-year value sales to builders and contractors by Britain’s builders’ merchants were down -9.0 ...

    Read more
  • Davidsons Homes team tackles obstacles for charity

    Two dozen staff members from Davidsons Homes East Midlands have raised £200 for Sported UK through compet ...

    Two dozen staff members from Davidsons Homes East Midlands have raised £200 for Sported UK through competing in the Wolf Run. Based in Warwickshire, the event is an ‘uber-obstacle’ course event that s ...

    Read more
  • Apprentice honoured for resilience

    Ben Hall, a 22-year-old joinery apprentice from Lancashire, has been recognised with the Overcoming Adver ...

    Ben Hall, a 22-year-old joinery apprentice from Lancashire, has been recognised with the Overcoming Adversity Award at The Young Person in Construction Awards 2023 held by the Construction Development ...

    Read more
  • Britons believe government ignores housing crisis

    Only a fifth of UK homeowners believe the government is doing enough to combat the housing crisis, new re ...

    Only a fifth of UK homeowners believe the government is doing enough to combat the housing crisis, new research from Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has revealed. The specialist lender commissioned a ...

    Read more
  • North Yorks top new build chart

    Research by peer-to-peer real estate investment platform, easyMoney, has revealed that North Yorkshire is ...

    Research by peer-to-peer real estate investment platform, easyMoney, has revealed that North Yorkshire is the UK's top spot for new-build residential property investment. This finding is based on the ...

    Read more
  • Historic England gets stones online

    Historic England is introducing The Building Stones Database for England. It's the first online tool of i ...

    Historic England is introducing The Building Stones Database for England. It's the first online tool of its kind in the country, collecting data on more than 4,000 types of building stone, their appli ...

    Read more
  • L for lower carbon

    The grace period for Part L compliance ended on June 15th, leaving no doubts about the Government’s ambit ...

    The grace period for Part L compliance ended on June 15th, leaving no doubts about the Government’s ambitions for low-emission, energy-efficient homes. Steve Callow, housing manager, MPA Masonry, repo ...

    Read more
  • Life sentence

    Scott Wolters, building products sales manager at Egger UK, explains why builders need to take a ‘whole l ...

    Scott Wolters, building products sales manager at Egger UK, explains why builders need to take a ‘whole life’ view of timber building products, as well as the activities of supply partners, to underst ...

    Read more