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Former SEEDA ceo joins Crest board

Dec. 6, 2011

Crest Nicholson has appointed Pam Alexander, former chief executive of the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) as non-executive director to the board of Crest.

Telford sales increase 30%

Dec. 2, 2011

Telford has added to itself to the list of housebuilders reporting strong trading results recently.

The Housebuilder Awards

Dec. 1, 2011

Comedian and presenter Alexander Armstrong presented this year's Housebuilder Awards on a celebratory evening in London last month. Housebuilder reports.

Mortgage scheme to boost housebuilding in 2012

Dec. 1, 2011

Prime minister David Cameron and deputy Nick Clegg launch the housing strategy with (from left) HCA chairman Robert Napier; HBF executive chairman Stewart Baseley; Linden Homes SE md Paul Cooper and Guildford md Peter Youll; Galliford Try chairman Ian Coull; and Affinity Sutton ceo Keith Exford.

Chancellor delivers Autumn Statement

Nov. 29, 2011

The chancellor George Osborne has delivered his Autumn Statement to the House of Commons, revealing that the outlook for UK growth is worse than last reported but that the UK was not forecast to head back into recession.