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Fundraiser seeks industry support for hospice

Oct. 1, 2005

Sarah O’Grady, property editor of the Daily and Sunday Express, is appealing for housebuilders to support a fundraiser she is heading up in Peterborough on Saturday 19 November. The "Light Fantastic 05" champagne evening and auction will be held at the 17

Housing Corp changes bid process

Oct. 1, 2005

The Housing Corporation has made changes to the next stage of the bidding process for its £3.9 billion of affordable housing funding in response to criticism from shortlisted contenders. "We have now extended the deadline by a couple of weeks to October 2

EP will publish new "national standards"

Oct. 1, 2005

English Partnerships (EP) is drawing up a set of "national standards" that will apply to all new homes built on its sites, in an attempt to pull together the range of regulatory requirements and quality standards that developers will be required to meet i

Miliband rebukes nimby critics of housing supply increase plans

Oct. 1, 2005

Communities minister David Miliband has delivered a feisty speech on the future of housebuilding, focusing on social justice and maintaining the nation’s economic health through adequate provision.

COMMENT - Allison Heller

Oct. 1, 2005

[MMC-IMG=1861-A=Left] Gordon Brown spoke powerfully of the need to build the nation as "one moral country" in his address to the Labour Party Conference. And while housing was not top of the agenda during this year’s round of party conferences, the concep

Housing supply boost not hampered by industry labour and skills shortages

Oct. 1, 2005

Skills shortages do not represent a barrier to the expansion of the housebuilding industry, according to a new report commissioned by CITB-ConstructionSkills and the Home Builders Federation.

Fairclough acquisition puts Miller into industry top ten

Oct. 1, 2005

The Miller Group has bought Fairclough Homes from Centex for £264 million, in a deal that has realised rumours that were circulating over the purchase following US firm Centex’s review of its operations earlier this year.