UK Connect super-charges Extreme-E racing event

Today, UK Connect, the nation’s leading construction connectivity provider, has been named as an event partner for the latest Extreme-E racing event. The company, which has gained a reputation for supercharging building sites, and setting up connections in difficult terrain,... View Article

Lifting the lid on sustainability

With a greater focus on sustainability throughout supply chains and increased consumer awareness of eco performance from brands, it is more important than ever to support sustainability through innovation. Increased legislation and greater consumer awareness is changing the face of sustainability. There... View Article

Senior has its moment at new retirement village

Senior Architectural Systems has supplied the full aluminium fenestration package for a new retirement village in the West Midlands which comprises 261 one- and two-bedroom apartments for the over 55s. Designed by architects Nicol Thomas, the new complex has been... View Article

L&G Modular pipeline reaches over 800 homes

Legal & General Modular Homes is proposing a new neighbourhood of innovative modular homes at Bore Hill Farm in Warminster. The plan, the first of its kind in Wiltshire, would deliver 95 highly sustainable, energy efficient and affordable homes on... View Article

Trio of inspirational showhomes for Barnsley

Designer Contracts developed a hattrick of inspirational show homes when developers Keepmoat Yorkshire East chose to work with the company’s design team at its Kestrel Gardens, Barnsley site. Kestrel Gardens sits just two miles from the centre of Barnsley. With... View Article

GARADOR’S HIGHLY INSULATED AND EXTRA SECURE GARAGE DOORS

The way forward for modern homes Today, insulation is key in any home…but one area that is often neglected is the garage. Britain’s leading garage door maker Garador now offers a range of premium sectional garage doors designed to offer especially high... View Article

Stoves and chimneys working as one

Dennis Milligan of The British Flue & Chimney Manufacturers Association (BFCMA) explores the upcoming requirements for stoves, and the best design, installation and maintenance techniques to ensure their best performance. Next year will see Defra introduce the requirement for Ecodesign... View Article

Leicestershire’s finest homes all sold

An exclusive, luxury development of homes, voted the best in Leicestershire, has sold out five months ahead of completion. All 19 plots on Springbourne Homes’ Hornsey Rise development, near Market Bosworth, are now either occupied or sold subject to contract.... View Article

The road to ‘levelling up’

Patrick Mooney says that the number of new homes needed across the North and Midlands to deliver the Government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda runs to hundreds of thousands, every year. The Government’s housebuilding policies have been ‘on hold’ ever since the... View Article

A heated debate

The department for business, energy and Industrial Strategy has released a paper outlining how Britain can cost-effectively electrify its heating system. Nick Gander and Rod Davies of Energy Carbon argue that Ministers are missing a trick. At the time of... View Article