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Industry Comment | Planning for the Future Report

|Date: 12 Mar 2020

Industry Comment | Planning for the Future Report

PHPD collects reactions to the recent "Planning for the Future" announcement by MHCLG. Brian Berry, Chief ...

PHPD collects reactions to the recent "Planning for the Future" announcement by MHCLG. Brian Berry, Chief Executive of the FMB, said: “The current planning system is a major barrier for small house bu ...

12 Mar 2020
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Industry Comment | Budget 2020

|Date: 11 Mar 2020

Industry Comment | Budget 2020

PHPD collects reactions from across the industry to Chancellor Rishi Sunak's budget. This post may be upd ...

PHPD collects reactions from across the industry to Chancellor Rishi Sunak's budget. This post may be updated as more comments come in. CEO of Gleeson Homes James Thomson - private developer of afford ...

11 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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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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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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Help builders train to regain construction confidence says FMB

|Date: 12 Dec 2019

Help builders train to regain construction confidence says FMB

The largest fall in monthly construction growth for almost two years demonstrates the urgent need for the ...

The largest fall in monthly construction growth for almost two years demonstrates the urgent need for the next government to invest in construction skills to support UK builders, says Federation of Ma ...

12 Dec 2019
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Market Monitor | Latest insight and analysis from the residential sector

|Date: 20 Mar 2019

Market Monitor | Latest insight and analysis from the residential sector

“To have construction figures this healthy is somewhat of a surprise given a myriad of market uncertainti ...

“To have construction figures this healthy is somewhat of a surprise given a myriad of market uncertainties.” The number of new homes registered to be built by the UK’s housebuilders in 2018 was in li ...

20 Mar 2019
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Conference Review | NFB & FMB

|Date: 18 Feb 2019

Conference Review | NFB & FMB

In the closing weeks of 2018 the National Federation of Builders and the Federation of Master Builders bo ...

In the closing weeks of 2018 the National Federation of Builders and the Federation of Master Builders both held conferences to take stock of developments in the construction sector and to share infor ...

18 Feb 2019
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FMB Column: Migration Headache

|Date: 14 Nov 2018

FMB Column: Migration Headache

Brian Berry, Chief Executive of the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), looks at some of the barriers fa ...

Brian Berry, Chief Executive of the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), looks at some of the barriers facing small and medium-sized (SME) housebuilders in England. It is widespread knowledge that the ...

14 Nov 2018
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