
Construction worker temporary visa needed for London
The capital’s mayor Sadiq Khan is pressing the government to create a new 12-month visa for construction workers so London can meet its goal of
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The capital’s mayor Sadiq Khan is pressing the government to create a new 12-month visa for construction workers so London can meet its goal of
Reducing planning risk by making decisions more predictable and quicker would benefit SME housebuilders, the House of Lord’s built environment committee has concluded. In its
Artificial intelligence should be harnessed to work out biodiversity net gain for sites of 50 homes or less, urges the National Federation of Builders, NFB.
More than nine out of ten smaller housebuilders have said planning is the biggest obstacle to increasing their housing delivery, according to a survey out
A technical consultation on offering all new homes access to high-speed wi-fi has been announced by the government. Currently, more than two-thirds of premises have
Developers who fail to resolve snagging problems on new homes could see themselves struck off the New Homes Quality Board, NHQB, register. The board has
Supply chain problems are expected to resurface in the New Year due to Omicron’s effect on production and operations, the Construction Leadership Council, CLC, has
All new buildings must reduce their greenhouse gases by nearly a third under new building regulations which will come into force in June. Under the
A third of firms to join the Construction Leadership Council’s, CLC, latest round of net-zero champions are SMEs. These include Benfield Timber Buildings who supply
Scottish housebuilders are pressing their government to produce housing statistics more quickly in the wake of the latest stats showing a 35 per cent fall
Major housebuilding projects in the capital are at risk if the government fails to put Transport for London, TfL, on sustainable footing within the next
Construction firms’ activity bounced back in November thanks to the UK economy reopening and a smoother supply chain, according to Purchasing Managers’ Index, PMI. The
Construction products could be withdrawn from the country within two years if the government forces all building products to be
Giving Homes England the power to acquire land, masterplan and grant planning approval offers a glimmer of hope for scaling
A major scaling up of custom and self-build homes has failed to materialise due to insufficient publicity and available land,
The housebuilding industry is calling on lenders to offer mortgages at more favourable rates for those buying new homes where
The building industry says the sector is facing a retirement cliff with one in five builders aged over 50 and
Councils will struggle to set viable rates for developing brownfield and urban sites under the new infrastructure levy, warn landowners.
Midland’s housebuilder A C Lloyd has withdrawn its application to build 200 homes on agricultural land in Warwickshire despite having
The construction industry has breathed a sigh of relief that political pressure to make the installation of solar panels on
The UK’s focus on increasing habitats for wildlife could hinder housebuilding on smaller sites warns the National Federation of Builders,
Small housebuilders must be given a slice of the action if Labour follows its promise to build on green belt
House prices were up by half a per cent in April after seven months of consecutive falls, according to the
Nearly a quarter of a million extra people are needed in construction by 2027 but outdated perceptions mean it is
An overhaul of the planning system is seen as an important first step, but industry experts have said housebuilders still
SME builders order books could receive a welcome boost as councils exert their new powers to tackle the problem of
The construction industry is calling on the Government to rethink its £1m inheritance relief tax cap if it wants to
Economic experts have said that if the Government wants to achieve its 1.5m housebuilding target it will have to tempt
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