
Smaller builders call for clearer guidance on looming new regs
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.
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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
Leaper Land Promotion is looking for a delivery partner for up to 49 custom and self-build homes on 6.5 acres next to Framlingham village in
Construction products could be withdrawn from the country within two years if the government forces all building products to be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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