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What is the Planning and Infrastructure Bill?

|Date: 07 Apr 2025

What is the Planning and Infrastructure Bill?

At the time of writing, the Planning and Infrastructure Bill is the latest big announcement that affects ...

At the time of writing, the Planning and Infrastructure Bill is the latest big announcement that affects the housebuilding industry, although that’s doubtless set to change with the Spring budget, whi ...

07 Apr 2025
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The Labour administration continue to prioritise new build

|Date: 10 Mar 2025

The Labour administration continue to prioritise new build

The Labour administration must continue to prioritise new build as a policy, urges the FMB Brian Berry, C ...

The Labour administration must continue to prioritise new build as a policy, urges the FMB Brian Berry, Chief Executive of the FMB, commented: “The Government made a promising start, following the Gen ...

10 Mar 2025
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Airborne sound insulation panels

|Date: 21 Feb 2025

Airborne sound insulation panels

MEDITE SMARTPLY’s SMARTPLY MAX DB and SMARTPLY SURE STEP DB OSB panels achieve an airborne sound insulati ...

MEDITE SMARTPLY’s SMARTPLY MAX DB and SMARTPLY SURE STEP DB OSB panels achieve an airborne sound insulation performance of 40dB. Opting for SMARTPLY MAX DB enables a thinner, stronger and 30% lighter ...

21 Feb 2025
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JCB’s 145XR reduced tailswing crawler excavator swings into action

|Date: 19 Feb 2025

JCB’s 145XR reduced tailswing crawler excavator swings into action

With an in-depth product test, the JCB 145XR reduced tailswing crawler excavator swings into action! JCB’ ...

With an in-depth product test, the JCB 145XR reduced tailswing crawler excavator swings into action! JCB’s X-Series of crawler excavators has been a major success for the company, eclipsing the perfor ...

19 Feb 2025
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Encouraging women to consider a career in construction

|Date: 20 Jan 2025

Encouraging women to consider a career in construction

Midlands housebuilder calls for more to be done to encourage girls and women to consider a career in cons ...

Midlands housebuilder calls for more to be done to encourage girls and women to consider a career in construction. Sophie Horgan, director of Horgan Homes, is one of the ‘Magnificent Seven’ female lea ...

20 Jan 2025
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Is a four-day work week beneficial?

|Date: 16 Jan 2025

Is a four-day work week beneficial?

Four-day workweek could increase construction turnover by £5.2 billion This figure comes from the sales e ...

Four-day workweek could increase construction turnover by £5.2 billion This figure comes from the sales engagement experts at Sopro, who have analysed the data from the UK's largest four-day workweek ...

16 Jan 2025
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PHPD digs the latest 2.5 tonne JCB mini excavators

|Date: 13 Nov 2024

PHPD digs the latest 2.5 tonne JCB mini excavators

JCB has expanded its Next Generation line of mini and midi excavators, with the launch of two 2.5-tonne m ...

JCB has expanded its Next Generation line of mini and midi excavators, with the launch of two 2.5-tonne models. The 25Z-1 is a zero tailswing machine, while the 26C-1 offers the benefits of a conventi ...

13 Nov 2024
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UK’s first construction soils and aggregates exchange platform

|Date: 16 Oct 2024

UK’s first construction soils and aggregates exchange platform

Earth-Exchange UK is a platform designed to assist UK developers and contractors with the sustainable reu ...

Earth-Exchange UK is a platform designed to assist UK developers and contractors with the sustainable reuse of construction materials. The website enables members to trade materials, save money and im ...

16 Oct 2024
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UK construction equipment sales showed further modest growth in June

|Date: 25 Sep 2024

UK construction equipment sales showed further modest growth in June

Retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment remained on an upward path in June. Sales in June ...

Retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment remained on an upward path in June. Sales in June were close to 2,800 units, but this was still 22% below levels in the same period in 2023. As a ...

25 Sep 2024
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Cutting down construction time and resources on site

|Date: 27 Jun 2024

Cutting down construction time and resources on site

Scott Timber Engineering (STE) has unveiled a set of standardised timber vehicle storage solutions and po ...

Scott Timber Engineering (STE) has unveiled a set of standardised timber vehicle storage solutions and porches, aimed at allowing housebuilders to cut down construction time and resources on site whil ...

27 Jun 2024
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