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Two for one

As the government launches its new Home Buy proposals, Stephen Hoare talks to housebuilders about the shared equity initiatives they are offering to tempt first time buyers onto the property ladder

MOVES && APPOINTMENTS

Hotseat - Andrew Weaver

[MMC-IMG=1896-A=Right] Strata’s sales and marketing director Andrew Weaver recently splashed out on a Bang && Olufsen sound system – perfect for listening to Damon Albarn, of whom he is a huge fan

Thinking big

Satvinder Sahota explains how the NHBC’s special projects building inspectors can assist developers on major schemes to help ensure they run smoothly

Delusions of density

[MMC-IMG=1893-A=Left] Policymakers looking to influence the size and type of housing supplied to the market should review their approach in light of the maxim "the customer is king"

Going private

Steve Menary looks into the growing trend of contractors moving into the private sector housebuilding market

Courting disaster

[MMC-IMG=1889-A=Left] Jay Surti (pictured) and Allison Dias from Davies Arnold Cooper explain the implications for developers of forthcoming corporate manslaughter legislation

Winning ways

[MMC-IMG=1887-A=Left] Alan Shingler, associate of Sheppard Robson and head of its sustainability group, discusses the firm’s recent success in the Design for Manufacture competition and its work with developers

Insight manager

[MMC-IMG=1884-A=Right] Many of the UK’s volume housebuilders entrust PRP with their developments’ designs. Managing director Chris Rudolf discusses the firm’s approach with Allison Heller

Design for life

Andrew Ogorzalek and Peter Chlapowski of PCKO Architects talk to Allison Heller about how housing design is changing radically in response to buyers’ increasingly sophisticated tastes