New homes bring benefits to Sileby

A new 134-home development which has brought significant investment to Sileby is now complete, with all the homes there now reserved. Seagrave Park, off Seagrave Road in the village, has provided a range of four and five-bedroom houses to meet... View Article

Grabbing the community housing opportunity

Kit Malthouse, housing minister, has announced £6 million of funding for the Community Led Homes Programme. Funding of up to £10,000, managed by four charities, will be provided for groups to cover start-up costs. A further £3.5 million will be... View Article

Celebrating the great, the good and the simply outstanding

This year the Offsite Awards has seen fierce competition with over 200 entries across 22 categories from high profile names, all competing to be crowned as industry leaders of the offsite manufacturing and construction sector. Steel framing innovators EOS, are... View Article

MORhomes issues inaugural £250m benchmark bond

MORhomes PLC, the new funding agency owned by 62 housing associations, is pleased to announce that it has issued its inaugural £250m benchmark bond issue funding 19 year loans to 9 registered provider groups in England and Wales. The bond... View Article

Install sprinklers now, says London Fire Brigade and Johnson Controls

Following the news that the London Fire Brigade has called for all purpose-built residential blocks to have sprinklers installed, Simon Rooks, operations director at Johnson Controls and council member of the British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association (BASFSA), comments on how the government and building... View Article

Green light for 98 homes at Charlton Hayes

Reserved Matters approval for 98 new homes at Charlton Hayes, Patchway has been granted by South Gloucestershire Council. National consultancy Pegasus Group submitted the application on behalf of client Wainhomes for the development that also includes two small retail units... View Article

LGA responds to NAO’S planning for new homes report

Responding to the report, Cllr Martin Tett, Local Government Association’s Housing spokesman, said:  “Planning is not a barrier to housebuilding. Council planning departments are doing an incredible job with extremely limited resources, approving 9 out of ten applications, with the... View Article

Barratt Developments announces half year results

Barratt Developments has announced its half year results for the six month period ended 31 December 2018. £m unless otherwise stated Half year ended 31 December 2018 Half year ended 31 December 2017 Change Total completions (units) 7,622 7,324 4.1%... View Article

Delivering homes, jobs and training

A housing led economic and social regeneration programme in Sheffield has reached a string of major milestones. Sheffield Housing Company (SHC) is celebrating the completion of the 600th home, the creation of 500 new jobs – 62% of which have been... View Article

BBA opens new office in Dublin

The British Board of Agrément, the UK’s leading construction products certification body, has opened an office in Dublin (BBA EU), creating employment opportunities in the city and allowing it to explore new avenues for growth outside the UK. The move... View Article

Success for tremco illbruck at ASFP awards

The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) announced the winners of the annual Passive Fire Protection Industry Awards at a ceremony in London recently. Award categories included innovation, installation and individual contribution to the industry. tremco illbruck is delighted that... View Article