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Safety first

Nov. 1, 2009

As health and safety in the work place becomes ever more important, NHBC is launching the housebuilding industry’s first ever dedicated health and safety award…

House prices rise but at slower rate - Nationwide

Oct. 30, 2009

House prices rose again in October but at the slightly slower pace of 0.4%, Nationwide has revealed.

Latest Kickstart schemes announced

Oct. 29, 2009

Housing minister John Healey has given the go ahead to 115 stalled housing schemes to receive Kickstart funding allowing developers to resume building, which t…

TUC calls for "massive increase in housebuilding!

Oct. 29, 2009

The TUC has called for “a strong programme of building social housing” following the release of the Land Registry’s house price index, which showed that house …