Focusing on fabric first
David Grace, sales director for Keystone Lintels, considers the importance of adopting a fabric first approach, in light of the proposed updates to Part L 2020
Engagement in action
Rob Kendal, managing director of Tamdown, considers the importance in 2020 of engagement with customers, employees and beyond
Collaboration, compromise and communication
HBF's Stewart Baseley says that close collaboration with government is essential to realise the ambitions of both the industry and politicians
A year of Boris, Hackitt and affordable homes
Arcadis partner Richard Jones reveals the outcome of a detailed survey of the firm’s clients and peers, aimed at identifying the key issues of 2020
New chancellor the key as housing climbs the power ladder
Ben Roskrow wonders whether the high turnover of housing ministers matters to the industry as much it used to
Adopting a new approach to road and sewer bonds
Jamie Foster, JLES director, looks at the challenge of site adoptions and what needs to be done to improve this tricky issue
Moving into the 20s – decade of change
TriConnex managing director David Topping, says the climate change agenda may have the biggest impact of all in the 2020s
The impact of Labour’s collapsed red wall
Kevin Whitmore, BECG director, North and Midlands, looks at the potential impact of the general election result
In-housing - on the rise in the housebuilding industry
Carolyn Jackson-Potter, managing director of Aylesworth Fleming, looks at "in-housing" and how property marketing is changing
Boris’s new friends in the north
Richard Jones, partner at Arcadis, says the election result means that 2020 will see more investment in infrastructure in the north
