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IronmongeryDirect comments on UK construction pay increases in 2022

|Date: 24 Aug 2022

IronmongeryDirect comments on UK construction pay increases in 2022

New ONS data shows that pay in UK construction rose at a faster rate (6.3%) this summer than all but one ...

New ONS data shows that pay in UK construction rose at a faster rate (6.3%) this summer than all but one sector in the economy. Dominick Sandford, Managing Director at IronmongeryDirect and Electrical ...

24 Aug 2022
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Price inflation drives merchants sales growth in Q1

|Date: 01 Jun 2022

Price inflation drives merchants sales growth in Q1

Total value sales data from Britain’s Builders’ Merchants shows Q1 2022 was a bumper quarter thanks in pa ...

Total value sales data from Britain’s Builders’ Merchants shows Q1 2022 was a bumper quarter thanks in part to a record-breaking March, which clocked up the highest ever total sales in the history of ...

01 Jun 2022
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Bewley announces record year for the Group

|Date: 22 Feb 2022

Bewley announces record year for the Group

Bewley Homes has announced a set of record results for the Group in 2021. The housebuilder’s turnover alm ...

Bewley Homes has announced a set of record results for the Group in 2021. The housebuilder’s turnover almost doubled from £84.4m in 2020 to £156m in 2021, its record year to date, with sales completio ...

22 Feb 2022
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Growing demand for Finish & Exit finance key indicator of continued challenges for SME developers

|Date: 13 Aug 2021

Growing demand for Finish & Exit finance key indicator of continued challenges for SME developers

New research by Avamore Capital has highlighted that SME developers are continuing to face major challeng ...

New research by Avamore Capital has highlighted that SME developers are continuing to face major challenges in relation to sites stalling for financial reasons. A year on from the 2020 FMB House Build ...

13 Aug 2021
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Warning as deferment deadline looms

|Date: 29 Jun 2021

Warning as deferment deadline looms

A property tax specialist has called on the government to extend payment holidays on planning charges due ...

A property tax specialist has called on the government to extend payment holidays on planning charges due to stop at the end of July. E3 Consulting has warned that time is running out on a support sch ...

29 Jun 2021
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UK Construction equipment sales were 30% above 2020 levels in Q1

|Date: 24 May 2021

UK Construction equipment sales were 30% above 2020 levels in Q1

Retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment in March were close to double the levels seen in M ...

Retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment in March were close to double the levels seen in March last year when the impact of Covid was felt for the first time. As a result, sales in the ...

24 May 2021
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Stamp Duty holiday triggers 22% rise in monthly property transactions – equivalent to over 171,000 extra sales

|Date: 10 May 2021

Stamp Duty holiday triggers 22% rise in monthly property transactions – equivalent to over 171,000 extra sales

The current Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) holiday has helped deliver a property market stimulus that has far ...

The current Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) holiday has helped deliver a property market stimulus that has far outweighed the immediate response to the 2007/08 financial crisis, according to new analysis b ...

10 May 2021
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S Harrison well placed for post-COVID market upturn

|Date: 26 Apr 2021

S Harrison well placed for post-COVID market upturn

Leading Yorkshire property developer, S Harrison, has strengthened its cash reserves since the year end a ...

Leading Yorkshire property developer, S Harrison, has strengthened its cash reserves since the year end and is well placed to capitalise on the anticipated upturn in the property sector. Preliminary G ...

26 Apr 2021
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Timber & Joinery Products drive February sales growth

|Date: 26 Apr 2021

Timber & Joinery Products drive February sales growth

The latest Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) report, published in April, shows that value sales to ...

The latest Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) report, published in April, shows that value sales to builders and contractors by Britain’s builders’ merchants in February were 2.3% higher than in ...

26 Apr 2021
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Demand for properties outstripping supply as housing market outpaces 2020 performance

|Date: 01 Mar 2021

Demand for properties outstripping supply as housing market outpaces 2020 performance

Figures published in January show clear evidence that the demand for properties in January 2021 has outpe ...

Figures published in January show clear evidence that the demand for properties in January 2021 has outperformed the same period last year. Demand for homes is up 13% on the same period last year, wit ...

01 Mar 2021
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