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SME builders are disappointed with chancellor Rishi Sunak’s decision not to include a VAT cut on green home improvements in the latest budget. The Federation
A cut in VAT from 20 to 5 per cent in home improvements over the next five years would create 345,000 new jobs and pump
SME builders are pressing the chancellor Rishi Sunak to offer a series of important tax cuts to boost employment and address dwindling workloads. The Federation
A spatial framework mapping out the route for the Oxford-Cambridge arc to expand dramatically with more than one million new jobs is being proposed by
A new stream of construction loans of up to £10m for SME developers has been launched by the government housing delivery agency Homes England and
The campaign for the government to ditch reverse charge VAT is mounting with the Federation of Master Builders, FMB, claiming two-thirds of SMEs believing it
SME developers of custom-built homes on multi-plots can now apply for exemption of the community infrastructure levy thanks to new planning guidance released this week.
A new organisation to champion consumer rights and ensure new build homes are built to a high standard has been launched by the government. Natalie
The government is under pressure to extend the green homes grant scheme beyond March 2022 after a committee of MPs described current progress as moving
Waterbeach New Town East is set to get a further 4,500 new homes after South Cambridgeshire district council granted outline planning approval a few days
New developments should be tree-lined, beautiful and of high quality, according to a new draft national design code launched for consultation by the government. Planning
A new 30-storey office tower with green walls and roof nestling next to London’s walkie talkie building has been approved by the City of London
Reducing planning risk by making decisions more predictable and quicker would benefit SME housebuilders, the House of Lord’s built environment
Artificial intelligence should be harnessed to work out biodiversity net gain for sites of 50 homes or less, urges the
More than nine out of ten smaller housebuilders have said planning is the biggest obstacle to increasing their housing delivery,
A technical consultation on offering all new homes access to high-speed wi-fi has been announced by the government. Currently, more
Developers who fail to resolve snagging problems on new homes could see themselves struck off the New Homes Quality Board,
Supply chain problems are expected to resurface in the New Year due to Omicron’s effect on production and operations, the
All new buildings must reduce their greenhouse gases by nearly a third under new building regulations which will come into
As the effects of Brexit are beginning to be felt more across the UK and Europe, it’s certainly true that
A third of firms to join the Construction Leadership Council’s, CLC, latest round of net-zero champions are SMEs. These include
Scottish housebuilders are pressing their government to produce housing statistics more quickly in the wake of the latest stats showing
Major housebuilding projects in the capital are at risk if the government fails to put Transport for London, TfL, on
Construction firms’ activity bounced back in November thanks to the UK economy reopening and a smoother supply chain, according to
Skills such as heat pump installation, teamwork and leadership should be among the training and upskilling included in the apprenticeship
Repairs and maintenance SMEs need to skill up on decarbonisation, shows survey Smaller building firms are less confident than larger
New initiative criticised as ‘indiscriminate’ A voluntary commitment to instal newly built homes with bird-nesting bricks or boxes as well
Whole life carbon emissions will need to be assessed A supreme court ruling last week overturning approval for drilling oil
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