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Wimpey focuses on margins

March 1, 2005

George Wimpey chief executive Peter Johnson has stuck to his strategy of maintaining margins at the expense of volumes in a tough market, according to the Grou…

Croudace management shake-up

March 1, 2005

A management shake-up at the Croudace Group has seen the md of Croudace Homes, Andy Yallop, moved to the position of deputy chairman, making way for former com…

Mixed messages over costing at Sustainable Communities Summit

March 1, 2005

[MMC-IMG=1314-A=Left] Deputy prime minister John Prescott spoke with industry heads, including Wimpey chief executive Peter Johnson (pictured left), Persimmon’…

Comment - Allison Heller (Deputy editor)

March 1, 2005

[MMC-IMG=1313-A=Left] Building Regulations minister Phil Hope has told me that he was so pleased with the industry’s development of a pattern book of Robust De…

New Dockland development

March 1, 2005

Plan to boost output

March 1, 2005

Minister to ask industry to develop Part L Robust Details

March 1, 2005

The government is planning to ask the industry to develop a pattern book of Robust Details for Part L of the Building Regulations, Phil Hope has revealed to Ho…