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NHS launches bid for "healthy" new towns

NHS England has launched an initiative with Public Health England to design and build “healthy new towns” and neighbourhoods across the country.

Local plans "by 2017" - Lewis

Local planning authorities have until early 2017 to produce a local plan or the government will step in, the housing and planning minister Brandon Lewis has sa…

"Generation Rent" set to continue - PwC

More than half of 20-39 year olds will be privately renting by 2025, PwC has forecast.

Government to drop chief construction adviser role

The government’s chief construction adviser role is to be axed and absorbed by the soon-to-be streamlined Construction Leadership Council, according to t…

Persimmon appoints HR specialist for Combat to Construction expansion

Persimmon Homes has recruited a senior HR specialist to push forward the firm’s military recruitment programme, Combat to Construction.

HBF welcomes zero carbon policy move

The Home Builders Federation has called the government’s decision to amend its zero carbon homes policy “a sensible move”.

First half homes record for Bovis

Persimmon "trades well" in first half

Persimmon “traded well” during the first half of the year, the volume housebuilder said today (July 2), with its new home legal completion volumes …

Number of permissioned homes hits eight year high - DCLG

More than a quarter of a million homes were granted planning permission in England in the year to March 2015, according to the Department for Communities and L…

Private home registrations climb 17% as growth continues - NHBC

Registrations for UK private new homes climbed 17% during the rolling quarter of March to May of this year against the equivalent period of 2014, the latest fi…