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The number of individuals registering to construct a self-build or custom house rose by a third while permissions granted increased by just seven per cent.
More than half of SME builders feel unprepared for imminent changes in building regulations to improve energy efficiency, claims the Federation of Master Builders, FMB.
London’s mayor Sadiq Khan has appointed Lyn Garner to oversee the capital’s housing delivery on land the authority owns. Ms Garner will offer strategic oversight
SME housebuilders are furious about being forced to pick up the tap for remediating unsafe tower blocks – a type of property they don’t build.
Housebuilders could be lumbered with extra infrastructure costs if solar panels become mandatory for new developments, the industry fears. The National Federation of Builders, NFB,
Building output was boosted by sustained rise in new work across the board according to the Construction Purchasing Managers index for March. The latest reading
Fuel prices to soar in wake of curbs on Russian oil imports Business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has announced the UK will phase out imports of
SME builders are lobbying the government to hold off scrapping the tax rebate on red diesel due to the war in Ukraine. Lack of electrically
New home registrations showed a year-on-year increase of 25 per cent to 153,339 for 2021, according to the National House Building Council, NHBC. The sector
A £170m major mixed-use scheme next to Hertfordshire’s Hemel Hempstead station is available for development. Network Rail and London and Continental Railways, LCR, are looking
The construction industry is waiting with bated breath to see if Stuart Andrew – the eleventh new housing minister in 12 years – will embrace
Improving housing affordability in the southeast of the country is to be ditched in favour of pouring resources into building new homes in the midlands
SME developers are bracing themselves for huge extra costs when new rules requiring a housing or commercial project to increase
More than 20,000 new homes are expected to be built in the capital over the next decade on land owned
SME housebuilders claim the government’s new contract forcing all developers to pay £2bn or more to fix unsafe properties is
Housebuilders have branded Bath and North East Somerset council’s decision to ask for all new homes to be net zero
Housebuilders have described new rules forcing developers in England to adopt sustainable drainage systems to prevent flooding as ‘ill thought
Scottish housebuilders claim new design standards based on the German Passivhaus system will hamper meeting the country’s housing needs. Homes
The construction supply industry has won a major victory with the 30-month extension of the CE mark for building products.
Giving up mandatory housing targets will harm SME developers and condemn another generation to ‘housing misery’, the National Federation of
Housebuilders have hit out at plans to buy ‘nutrient credits’ for building on protected wildlife sites where pollutants such as
Changes to the levelling up and regeneration bill allowing councils to withhold planning consent to developers slow to build on
Housebuilders are calling on chancellor Jeremy Hunt to support SMEs following the demise of help-to-buy where first-time buyers could access
Construction companies are being asked for their views on an industry-wide plan to slash diesel use on building sites by
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
The construction industry is calling on the Government to rethink its £1m inheritance relief tax cap if it wants to
Councils’ new powersto force short-term leaseauctions of empty high street properties could boost local builders’ business, claim finance lenders. One
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