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Gateway chief executive

Sept. 1, 2006

Bright Lights

Sept. 1, 2006

Miller boss lands NHBC job

Sept. 1, 2006

Miller Homes chief executive Tim Hough has been appointed as non-executive director of the NHBC and chairman of the NHBC standards committee.

Industry figure hits out at overuse of brownfield

Aug. 30, 2006

Linden chief executive Philip Davies has warned that the government’s emphasis on brownfield development will lead to the construction of unwanted apartments. …

Westbury acquisition pushes Persimmon profits to new high

Aug. 22, 2006

Persimmon has put its record interim pre-tax profits of £271.5 million down to the successful integration of Westbury.

Growth plans not ambitious enough - IPPR

Aug. 22, 2006

More than double the 200,000 homes projected by the government will be needed in the south east over the next decade according to the Institute for Public Poli…

Little Britain by the Yangtse

Aug. 16, 2006

A town featuring five centuries of British architecture is nearing completion, 20 miles outside China’s commercial capital Shanghai.