Raising the standards of MVHR
After highlighting the various issues surrounding mechanical ventilation with heat recovery systems, (MVHR) NHBC has issued a new standard and research guidanc…
Top 25 : Britain's biggest Housebuilders
Brian Green, editor of the Housing Market Intelligence Report which is published on October 9, looks at the market trends and introduces our Top 25 h…
Help to Borrow
Stephen Byfield, managing director of communications consultancy PPS, can see why the chancellor is pleased with himself but says a lack of business …
Lead lines lengthen as market returns
The welcome upturn in the housing market has exposed shortages in supply as manufacturers try to respond. Suzie Mayes talks to the industry about this new chal…
Basement facts
Basements have become popular in new build housing. But claims on them have meant a high financial cost to the industry. NHBC’s head of housebuilding sta…
Room for improvement
A Zero Carbon Hub-led Task Group has found that a concerted effort is needed to make sure that Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery systems (MVHR) work as…
Health benefits
NHBC’s Health and Safety Awards celebrate the industry’s best examples of health and safety practice on site. Housebuilder reports on this year&rsq…
Desert Island developers
Stephen Byfield, managing director of communications consultancy PPS, finds that even when listening to the joys of Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, the fo…
Four years of living dangerously
There have now been five annual Housebuilder SWOT analyses, the initiative having launched in 2009. Ben Roskrowlooks back on the trends in the results which re…
Applications rise nationwide
Almost all regions in the UK have seen a noticeable lift in planning applications as housebuilders respond to a recovering market. Steve Menary gets the lowdown
