• search
The Latest

  • |
    Carrot or Stick?

    It seems that the curse must continue as we’re treated to another UK Housing Minister. Steve Reed is the ...

    It seems that the curse must continue as we’re treated to another UK Housing Minister. Steve Reed is the incumbent, coming in to take the place of Angela Rayner, who held the office from July 2024 to ...

    Read more

  • |
    September cultural reset

    Whilst Spring is the defining moment of new beginnings and renewal in the natural world, September can of ...

    Whilst Spring is the defining moment of new beginnings and renewal in the natural world, September can often feel like a cultural reset of sorts, at least here in the UK. The first month in Autumn mar ...

    Read more

  • |
    Discussing solar PV

    Another magazine issue means a new industry specific regulatory update to unpack. As the above title may ...

    Another magazine issue means a new industry specific regulatory update to unpack. As the above title may suggest, solar PV is the topic of discussion here. At the start of June, everyone's favourite b ...

    Read more

  • |
    Is the UK on its way to its net zero 2050 ambitions?

    Did you know that 98,345 heat pumps were sold in the UK in 2024? While this figure marks a 52% rise from ...

    Did you know that 98,345 heat pumps were sold in the UK in 2024? While this figure marks a 52% rise from the same statistic in 2023, does it mean that the UK is well on its way to its net zero 2050 am ...

    Read more

  • |
    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 ...

    Read more

  • |
    Get Britain Building Again

    The pledge to “Get Britain Building Again” seems to have dominated all discourse in the construction indu ...

    The pledge to “Get Britain Building Again” seems to have dominated all discourse in the construction industry since July of last year. In truth, the general housing “supply vs demand” race has probabl ...

    Read more

  • |
    The future of housebuilding

    Being the last issue of the year, this “First Word” is also a “Last Word” of sorts and marks the end of 2 ...

    Being the last issue of the year, this “First Word” is also a “Last Word” of sorts and marks the end of 2024. As this time of year is best suited to reflecting, there seems no better occasion to look ...

    Read more

  • |
    Housebuilding Statement

    Grand Ambitions Well, rather a lot has happened in the housebuilding industry since writing the July issu ...

    Grand Ambitions Well, rather a lot has happened in the housebuilding industry since writing the July issue. At that time, it was around a week before we elected a new Government, who have since come o ...

    Read more

  • |
    Labour has revealed five ‘golden rules’

    The red, green and grey Labour has revealed five ‘golden rules’ on the green belt with which it will camp ...

    The red, green and grey Labour has revealed five ‘golden rules’ on the green belt with which it will campaign in the approach to the General Election (GE) in June, November or January 2025 (your guess ...

    Read more

  • |
    Going down slow

    The phrase ‘silly season’ is usually used to describe the dog days of August when not much is happening t ...

    The phrase ‘silly season’ is usually used to describe the dog days of August when not much is happening to keep the nation’s news rooms busy, and so they fill up print and airtime with lightweight sto ...

    Read more