Taylor Woodrow to buy Wilson Connolly
Team Control
NHBC has expanded its building control service and launched a dedicated team that will focus specifically on commercial developments. Diane Marshall, who heads…
Appointments
[MMC-IMG=226-A=Right] Redrow Robert Monkman has been appointed managing director of Redrow Homes South Midlands in Northampton, the firm’s newest regional comp…
Westbury’s Space4 off-site construction plant has been praised by the deputy prime minister John Prescott as “the new kind of housing production we want to see…
In the Pipeline
Work has recently commenced on site for 44 houses and flats at Elgin Road, Cowdenbeath. The developer and builder is David Boyack Homes.
Lack of affordable housing fuels crisis
A massive drop in the level of social and affordable housing is to blame for the crisis in the UK housing market, according to the Royal Institution of Charter…
First time buyer figures plummet
The number of first time buyers has fallen to an all time low due to demographics, social change and affordability according to FPD Savills. The “worrying tren…
Cars fall foul of Londoners’ green living
Londoners are increasingly likely to live without a car according to a survey into the transport habits of the city’s apartment-dwellers.
Sound RSDs out for consultation
The government has published for consultation the industry’s robust standard detail proposals, devised by the industry to satisfy new sound insulation rules. T…
Boost for training funds
The Construction Industry Training Board’s (CITB) grant funding pot has been topped up to £86.5 million for 2003/04 - a 15% increase on last year. Construction…
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