
Bricks shortages and rising product prices predicted
Bricks and roof tiles are in short supply with demand outstripping supply against a backdrop of rising inflation, the Construction Leadership Council, CLC, has warned.
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Bricks and roof tiles are in short supply with demand outstripping supply against a backdrop of rising inflation, the Construction Leadership Council, CLC, has warned.
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
As the effects of Brexit are beginning to be felt more across the UK and Europe, it’s certainly true that we’re seeing more expats approach
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
A new development finance fund to help regional SME housebuilders thrive has been launched by Newstead Capital in partnership with
The building industry is hoping the new prime minister Liz Truss will cut construction business taxes, reform planning and back
Large firms should be made to pay SMEs within 30 days of invoice, urges the Chartered Institute of Building, CIOB,
Builders merchants recorded the highest revenue since their building index began in 2014 for the second quarter of this year
Housebuilders completed 40,289 new homes in the second quarter of 2022 – a 16 per cent year-on-year increase, according to
PM hopeful Rishi Sunak’s pledge to protect the green belt and focus on delivering new homes on brownfield sites has
New warehouses and infrastructure growth are expected to fuel a rise in construction output by 2.5 per cent for 2022,
The new Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi should make re-introducing tax cuts on diesel a priority if he’s serious about tackling construction
Greater Manchester has announced ambitious plans to build 30,000 net-zero homes over the next 16 years through a partnership with
Boris Johnson’s announcement to insulate more homes to protect people from the cost-of-living crisis has added weight to adopting a
Nearly a third of construction firms have been forced to switch from housebuilding to other types of work due to
Overestimates of the amount of river polluting nutrients housebuilding generates is leading councils to delay 100,000 new homes’ planning applications,
Energy and net zero secretary Ed Millibandhas pledged that rented homes should be warmer and free from mould by 2030.
SME companies are set to be involved in a multi-million-pound regeneration of London’s largest housing estate. Newham council wants the
Smaller builders will be crucial to hitting the Government’s ambitious target of 300,000 new homes a year, claims the construction
Raising competence levels among domestic builders should be among future changes to the industry to ensure all buildings are safe,
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