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Joanne Bull of Königstone talks busy times, customer relationships, staffing and looking forward!

Monday, 21st June 2021

Königstone, one of the UK’s leading kitchen worktop specialists, provides quartz and natural stone products for beautiful surfaces in kitchens and bathrooms. The pandemic has created challenges; closed showrooms and sites, and supply issues, are among the most common along with ensuring top quality customer... View Article

Designs taking flight

Monday, 21st June 2021

Eric Nicholls of Spiral UK explores the different options for feature staircases available to housebuilders and developers, detailing the benefits of each. Choosing a staircase sounds easy – after all a staircase has only one function – but why should... View Article

Raising the standard

Monday, 21st June 2021

Steve Cipriano of Vaillant examines the real-world impact of the 2025 Future Homes Standard for England’s housebuilders. The long-awaited publication of the UK Government’s response to the Future Homes Standard (FHS) consultation provided much needed clarity around the direction of... View Article

Kent teenager was left to live in tent during Covid crisis

Friday, 18th June 2021

A Kent teenager was left to sofa surf and live in a tent for almost two months by Medway Council during the Covid pandemic after his family was left homeless, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found. The... View Article

How to achieve a brick finish on a ‘flying’ gable with Eurobrick

Wednesday, 16th June 2021

Brick slip cladding systems have many applications and are often used in situations where constructing a traditional masonry wall would be problematic. One such instance is above an intersecting roof line to the gable wall on a timber frame building... View Article

Know your bricks – Clay vs Concrete

Wednesday, 16th June 2021

The UK has a long history of using bricks and mortar in housing. Almost 80% of new homes built in the UK are made from bricks. Some bricks may not be what they seem. The UK has a long history... View Article

Material price increases holding back recovery for small builders, says FMB

Wednesday, 16th June 2021

Work for builders in the repair, maintenance and improvement sector remains healthy with a 5% increase in the three months to April 2021, but the national shortage of construction materials risks undermining builders’ ability to build, says the Federation of... View Article

Crest Nicholson’s Godalming goals

Wednesday, 16th June 2021

Acollection of three and four bedroom houses and one and two bedroom apartments are being launched by Crest Nicholson at its new development, Catteshall Court, in the market town of Godalming, Surrey. Once the units are complete in 2023, the... View Article

A modern method of Covid recovery

Tuesday, 15th June 2021

John Carter of Aldermore argues why builders need to embrace modern methods of construction as a way to help the industry recover from the pandemic. The impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic have demonstrated the importance of the need for businesses... View Article

Taking pride in inclusivity

Monday, 14th June 2021

LISTEN HERE 🔊 Anchor Hanover has been chosen to deliver the UK’s first ‘extra-care’ housing scheme for LGBT+ people, in south Manchester. Charles Taylor from Anchor Hanover takes Jack Wooler through the proposals. What’s believed to be the first UK... View Article

Steeling yourself for the future

Monday, 14th June 2021

LISTEN HERE 🔊 Stuart Judge of the Steel Window Association considers the performance benefits of contemporary steel frames in terms of meeting the future challenges for housebuilding. Britain can take pride in the way its big pharmaceutical companies and top... View Article

Planning approved for a new mixed tenure housing development

Thursday, 10th June 2021

A new mixed tenure housing development is to be built on a 14.85ha brownfield site off Donnington Wood Way. The new development of 329 new homes is being bought forward by a partnership comprising of Telford & Wrekin Council, Nuplace... View Article

Record high for private housing sector – RIBA Future Trends May 2021

Thursday, 10th June 2021

In May 2021 the overall RIBA Future Trends Workload Index increased by 6 points to a balance figure of +30. This indicates a level of optimism about future workloads among architects not seen since 2016. 40% of practices expect workloads to grow... View Article

Belway breathes life back into historical printworks

Wednesday, 9th June 2021

Bellway Homes recently launched The Printworks, a collection of 96 new homes, in central Reading. This development, which comprises both houses and apartments is centrally located on Cardiff Road, conveniently close to Reading mainline station. The scheme is set on... View Article

Rula Homes secures consent to deliver affordable housing scheme in Wakefield

Wednesday, 9th June 2021

Rula Homes, the newly established housing division of Rula Developments, has secured planning consent from Wakefield Council to deliver 77 affordable new homes on a 5.76-acre site at City Fields, Wakefield East, located alongside the River Calder and the Aire... View Article

Breathing life into a Bradford icon

Tuesday, 8th June 2021

The transformation of Bradford’s Conditioning House – from a dilapidated mill into the city’s premier postcode – is complete. Leeds-based developer, Priestley Homes, has converted the Grade-II listed building into 153 modern apartments. The group’s main contractor, Priestley Construction, brought... View Article

Construction activity data records fastest rise in orders since 1997

Monday, 7th June 2021

Construction data for May showed that new orders across the industry increased at the fastest pace since the PMI (Purchasing Managers’ Index) first began collecting data in 1997, with the majority of firms surveyed predicting a continued rise in business... View Article

Manchester’s £400m ‘Gasworks New Town’ scheme gets green light for 1,200 homes

Friday, 4th June 2021

Plans for a £400m city centre regeneration scheme that will create more than 1,200 homes has been approved by Manchester City Council’s planning committee. MCR Property Group’s bold Gasworks New Town project will create 1,202 homes on the site of the... View Article

The new build boom: will the National Home Building Fund solve the housing crisis?

Friday, 4th June 2021

By Tim Foreman, managing director, Land & New Homes LRG Whether you’d describe it as a housing shortage or crisis, it is clear that the UK’s unprecedented demand for new build homes isn’t going anywhere, anytime soon. To paint a... View Article

The most cost-effective solution for family-friendly safety

Thursday, 3rd June 2021

Danny Openshaw from UAP Ltd, the specialist in safety and security hardware for windows and doors, discusses the role of the humble window restrictor in specifying family-friendly developments RoSPA figures indicate that around 4,000 children aged 15 and under fall... View Article