• search
The Latest

  • |
    Resi is UK construction’s bright spot

    Against a weakening picture of construction activity – down by a third against the same period in 2022 – ...

    Against a weakening picture of construction activity – down by a third against the same period in 2022 – private housing is the UK’s stand-out performer, soaring 19% during the fourth quarter of 2023 ...

    Read more

  • |
    Campaign time

    Theoretically, the next General Election (GE) need not take place until January 2025. In reality, a raft ...

    Theoretically, the next General Election (GE) need not take place until January 2025. In reality, a raft of political pundits are saying that it increasingly looks like this May, following a budget in ...

    Read more

  • |
    The Inside View | Interiors for retirement living

    Interior design for the retirement living sector requires a different approach to private residential. Po ...

    Interior design for the retirement living sector requires a different approach to private residential. Potential homeowners are looking for a change of home, and also a change of lifestyle too. Steve ...

    Read more

  • |
    Q3 volume down -10.5% on Q2 2022. Value sales were down -3.3%

    The latest total volume sales from Britain’s builders’ merchants reported by BMBI showed Q3 2023 volumes ...

    The latest total volume sales from Britain’s builders’ merchants reported by BMBI showed Q3 2023 volumes fell -10.5% compared to the same period in 2022. With prices rising +8.0%, total value sales we ...

    Read more

  • |
    Paving for profit

    Premium gardens can lead to better profits. Ben Warren, managing director of Landscape Products, Marshall ...

    Premium gardens can lead to better profits. Ben Warren, managing director of Landscape Products, Marshalls explains why bespoke and templated garden designs offer the key to extra revenue. With the pa ...

    Read more

  • |
    The lines are drawn

    With the Labour and Conservative party conferences taking place at the beginning of October, it became ap ...

    With the Labour and Conservative party conferences taking place at the beginning of October, it became apparent where both think the electoral battle lines can be drawn come the next General Election. ...

    Read more

  • |
    Newton’s law

    Following the guidance of an assigned conservation officer, Cameron Homes took on the restoration of a hi ...

    Following the guidance of an assigned conservation officer, Cameron Homes took on the restoration of a high-status early 18th-century farmhouse, successfully transforming the property into a village c ...

    Read more

  • |
    Knightsbridge and NOAH bring hope this winter

    In what has become annual tradition for the company, Knightsbridge has provided additional support to the ...

    In what has become annual tradition for the company, Knightsbridge has provided additional support to the homeless this winter with a significant donation to a regional charity doing great work in the ...

    Read more

  • |
    Apprenticeships across the globe

    An apprenticeship scheme established in North East England to give young people a solid foundation for a ...

    An apprenticeship scheme established in North East England to give young people a solid foundation for a career in the built environment has proven so successful it has expanded nationally and interna ...

    Read more

  • |
    Fear of flooding impacting new house purchases

    Nine in ten Britons are so concerned by the increased possibility of flooding that it’s now affecting the ...

    Nine in ten Britons are so concerned by the increased possibility of flooding that it’s now affecting their purchasing decisions when buying a new home. The research, conducted by plumbing and drainag ...

    Read more