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New rules on Reits could stifle takeover activity

Jan. 8, 2006

Treasury plans to restrict shareholdings in proposed real estate investment trusts (Reits) to less than 10% for any one group could stifle takeover activity an…

Housebuilding 2005 prizewinners

Jan. 1, 2006

Adam Knight, technical director at David Wilson Homes North Midlands, and John Bussy, an architect at Southwark Building Design Service, won a luxury weekend a…

New online NHBC services

Jan. 1, 2006

The NHBC has launched a website, www.nhbcbuilder.co.uk, to give builders access to NHBC information and news.

NFB launches lobby group

Jan. 1, 2006

The National Federation of Builders has launched the House Builders Association as a lobby group aimed at representing the interests of the NFB’s 800 small to …