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UK Connect | Innovating induction conduction

|Date: 02 Mar 2020

UK Connect | Innovating induction conduction

PJ Farr, Managing Director of UK Connect, gives his take on how digitisation can improve safety on site. ...

PJ Farr, Managing Director of UK Connect, gives his take on how digitisation can improve safety on site. So, site inductions, it’s a side of the construction business I both love and hate simultaneous ...

02 Mar 2020
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Immigration restrictions threaten construction delivery, says FMB

|Date: 21 Feb 2020

Immigration restrictions threaten construction delivery, says FMB

Commenting on the announcement from the Home Office regarding the UK's new points-based immigration syste ...

Commenting on the announcement from the Home Office regarding the UK's new points-based immigration system, Chief Executive of the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), Brian Berry, said: "If we are to ...

21 Feb 2020
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Modern Methods of Construction ‘no quick fix’

|Date: 12 Feb 2020

Modern Methods of Construction ‘no quick fix’

Chris Stanley, Housing Manager, Modern Masonry, argues that Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) is not a ...

Chris Stanley, Housing Manager, Modern Masonry, argues that Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) is not a rapid solution to the housing shortage. Last month, I attended UK Construction Week where the ...

12 Feb 2020
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Market Update | The learning curve

|Date: 07 Feb 2020

Market Update | The learning curve

Richard Janes, Director at Development Savills Cambridge explains how a joined up vision is key to unlock ...

Richard Janes, Director at Development Savills Cambridge explains how a joined up vision is key to unlocking potential of Oxford-Cambridge Arc. The arc between Oxford and Cambridge has long been toute ...

07 Feb 2020
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Builders waiting for the ‘Boris bounce’, says FMB

|Date: 31 Jan 2020

Builders waiting for the ‘Boris bounce’, says FMB

Workloads for small building companies fell in the final quarter of 2019 but builders are more optimistic ...

Workloads for small building companies fell in the final quarter of 2019 but builders are more optimistic for 2020 according to a recent survey from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). The key re ...

31 Jan 2020
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Stronger vision and leadership essential to tackle the housing shortage

|Date: 30 Jan 2020

Stronger vision and leadership essential to tackle the housing shortage

Construction is changing but there is much to be done. We need to build more homes to meet increasing dem ...

Construction is changing but there is much to be done. We need to build more homes to meet increasing demand and we need to do so against a backdrop of an ageing workforce, a lack of public trust in t ...

30 Jan 2020
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HBA: More than warm words needed

|Date: 21 Jan 2020

HBA: More than warm words needed

Rico Wojtulewicz, Head of Housing and Planning Policy at the HBA, argues that action rather than words is ...

Rico Wojtulewicz, Head of Housing and Planning Policy at the HBA, argues that action rather than words is what the housing sector in the UK needs. The Government has a laser-like focus on building 300 ...

21 Jan 2020
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Builders Merchants Federation calls on new Government to act on greener homes

|Date: 16 Dec 2019

Builders Merchants Federation calls on new Government to act on greener homes

A leading trade body, representing the UK’s multi-billion pound building materials’ sector, is calling fo ...

A leading trade body, representing the UK’s multi-billion pound building materials’ sector, is calling for swift action from the new Government to transform the construction industry. The Chief Execut ...

16 Dec 2019
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Industry Comment | 2019 General Election

|Date: 13 Dec 2019

Industry Comment | 2019 General Election

PHPD collects reactions from across the housing industry to today's general election result, which saw Bo ...

PHPD collects reactions from across the housing industry to today's general election result, which saw Boris Johnson's Conservatives achieve a majority. This post may be expanded as more reactions to ...

13 Dec 2019
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Finance Update | Land promotion agreements

|Date: 29 Nov 2019

Finance Update | Land promotion agreements

Land promotion and option agreements will have tax consequences for developers, says Colin Laidlaw and Jo ...

Land promotion and option agreements will have tax consequences for developers, says Colin Laidlaw and Jo White from Kreston Reeves. Land owners are increasingly looking at ways to utilise their asset ...

29 Nov 2019
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