Pride in the Job
The top five UK housebuilding site managers of 2012 were revealed in January at the gala final of the 32nd annual NHBC Pride in the Job Awards. Encouragingly, …
Bricks & mortarboards
The University of Cambridge will this year begin work on an ambitious project to provide staff and student accommodation, private housing and extensive researc…
Developers taking a punt on Cambridge
There is little sign of a new build slow down in Cambridge. The buzzing city boasts several significant developments with more in the pipeline. Ben Roskrow vis…
Spotting the Signal through the Noise
Stephen Byfield, managing director of communications consultancy PPS, gives his predictions for 2013… and guesses that half of them will be wrong.
Annual house type survey
The planning pipeline for 2012, compiled by Glenigan, showed an increase in applications to build houses at the expense of flats. Steve Menary looks at the ove…
Leafy views
The government wants the industry to rediscover the joy of garden cities to help boost housing supply and create sustainable development. But what are they and…
Deep data
Raising standards for home owners has been at the heart of NHBC since its inception and will remain pivotal as it looks ahead to 2013 and beyond. Mark Jones, N…
Reinventing the Gladedale business
A ten year debt funded drive to grow left Gladedale more exposed than most when the crash came. Now Neil Fitzsimmons and some of his former Redrow colleagues a…
Why Dr Mad is right about planning
Stephen Byfield, managing director of communications consultancy PPS, argues that the Adam Smith Institute's call to abandon planning is the only way to tackle…
The bonfire of the regulations
Two government-led groups have been formed to find ways of streamlining the complex system of Building Regulations and housing standards that challenge the via…
