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Commenting on the impact of Carillion’s collapse on its 1,400 apprentices and 20,000 other staff, John Newcomb, Chief Executive of the Builders Merchants Federation said there were great opportunities available for them to move into Britain’s £55 billion Building Materials... View Article

In reaction to the latest figures from RICS, Charles McDowell, Aldermore’s Commercial Director, Mortgages comments: “December’s data shows that first time buyers have not rushed into the housing market to take advantage of the stamp duty cut which was announced in... View Article

As the UK’s population is set to exceed the 70 million mark and house prices continue to rise alongside interest rates, solicitors at JMW warn a housing crisis will result in more multi-generational households in 2018 than ever before. The... View Article

CIAT welcomes and supports the interim report of Dame Judith Hackitt’s independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety and looks forward to contributing to the next phase. In response to the interim findings, Alex Naraian PCIAT, President of CIAT, said ‘At... View Article

Polly Neate, CEO of Shelter, said: “Six months on from the horror of Grenfell and there is still much to be done to aid the survivors and to ensure that nothing like it can ever happen again. “We have seen... View Article

In response to 11th December’s media coverage around the selection process for the next chair of the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), Mark Noonan, Industry Relations Director at CITB, said: “While choosing the panel to decide upon the next CITB chairman... View Article

“The London Assembly Housing Committee welcomes a number of proposals in the draft Housing Strategy which take on board our recommendations for engaging small builders, supporting offsite manufactured housing, investing in housing for older and disabled Londoners and more.” “Unfortunately, we have doubts... View Article

Penny Mosgrove, CEO of Quintessentially Estates comments, “We at Quintessentially Estates have seen the biggest reading in the last few weeks for 2017 showing that people are feeling positive about the outcome of Brexit.  In the last 12 months we... View Article

With large tracts of UK land being held for future development, there is a concern that when the properties are eventually built they will only comply with building regulations that were the standard 10 years ago. It begs the question:... View Article

Lewis Johnston, RICS Parliamentary Affairs Manager: “It is over 65 years since a Conservative Conference committed the party to delivering 300,000 homes a year. With today’s housing challenge no less urgent, the Prime Minister’s plan to unleash the first major... View Article

Scrutiny of cladding has become a highly significant issue since the Grenfell Tower tragedy with more than 259 high-rise buildings now having failed fire safety tests according to TowerEight. Plans for tests on another 600 buildings have already been announced... View Article

Anne Baxendale, director of policy and campaigns at Shelter, said: “The continuing struggle to rehouse people in Kensington & Chelsea following the dreadful Grenfell tragedy has exposed the dire shortage of social homes. But in spite of the desperate need,... View Article

Mark Farmer, CEO of Cast and the author of a government-commissioned review into the construction industry, said: “This report from the Communities and Local Government Select Committee on the capacity of the homebuilding industry has clearly ratified the fact that... View Article

The skills shortage in the construction industry has got worse and has now spread beyond bricklayers and carpenters to other key trades, according to the latest research by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). The FMB’s State of Trade Survey... View Article

Rob Weaver, Director of Investments at property crowdfunding platform Property Partner, comments: “Onwards and slowly but surely upwards seems to be the trend with a mildly stronger performance in November.” “The housing market is showing remarkable resilience in spite of... View Article