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Housing takes centre stage in Brown’s Budget

April 1, 2004

Housing again got a starring role in Gordon Brown’s Budget with the chancellor tackling the Barker review early in his speech. Brown confirmed that the progres…

Housing takes centre stage in Brown’s Budget

April 1, 2004

Housing again got a starring role in Gordon Brown’s Budget with the chancellor tackling the Barker review early in his speech. Brown confirmed that the progres…

Industry set for Barker challenge

April 1, 2004

Housebuilders are gearing up to meet the series of challenges laid down by Kate Barker in her final report on housing supply in the UK. Improvements in custome…

Hall 8, 9 && 10

April 1, 2004

Iconic radiator Ultraheat will be launching its Aeon radiator collection, which takes a major step into the designer market with “a number of emphatic sculptur…

Lords spanner in planning works

April 1, 2004

Codes central to design conference This year’s national HBF design conference will focus on design codes, the government’s favoured option for streamlining la…

...and push for improved new home finish

April 1, 2004

NHBC is calling on housebuilders to make further improvements on new home finishes to improve industry [MMC-IMG=557-A=Right] Persimmon is introducing a progra…

NHBC to investigate customer satisfaction...

April 1, 2004

NHBC has launched a new research project to assess the level of customer satisfaction among new home buyers.

Appointments

April 1, 2004

Country && Metropolitan Homes

Greenfield use is inevitable insists Savills

April 1, 2004

FPDSavills head of mixed development research Yolande Barnes has warned that the use of greenfield land for housing is inevitable in light of the current short…

Green is the new red on CML

April 1, 2004

It was billed as the biggest industry shake up for decades. Few would deny that “a head in the sand” attitude was simply not an option. As it reaches its first…