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NHBC backs Government’s £600 million Construction Skills Package
|Date: 27 March, 2025

NHBC backs Government’s £600 million Construction Skills Package
Roger Morton, Director of Business Change, NHBC comments: “We welcome the Government’s commitment to the ...
Roger Morton, Director of Business Change, NHBC comments: “We welcome the Government’s commitment to the housebuilding sector, with its landmark £600 million investment which is set to help tackle lon ...
27 March, 2025
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Housebuilders could save over 200 tonnes of carbon per year by switching to concrete facing bricks
|Date: 20 March, 2025

Housebuilders could save over 200 tonnes of carbon per year by switching to concrete facing bricks
Calculations by Marshalls have found that the UK’s housebuilding sector could dramatically reduce its car ...
Calculations by Marshalls have found that the UK’s housebuilding sector could dramatically reduce its carbon footprint by switching from clay facing bricks to concrete facing bricks, with the saving e ...
20 March, 2025
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Keylite helps housebuilders meet ambitious housing targets
|Date: 26 February, 2025

Keylite helps housebuilders meet ambitious housing targets
With the UK government targeting 1.5 million new homes over the next five years, housebuilders are lookin ...
With the UK government targeting 1.5 million new homes over the next five years, housebuilders are looking for reliable partners to meet evolving regulations and market demands. Keylite Roof Windows i ...
26 February, 2025
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2024 house building on par with 2023 as developers increase activity in private sector
|Date: 13 February, 2025

2024 house building on par with 2023 as developers increase activity in private sector
Figures released by the National House Building Council (NHBC), the UK’s largest provider of new home war ...
Figures released by the National House Building Council (NHBC), the UK’s largest provider of new home warranty and insurance, show 104,232 new homes were registered to be built in 2024, broadly in lin ...
13 February, 2025
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Medite Smartply: How we can keep up with housing needs
|Date: 3 January, 2025

Medite Smartply: How we can keep up with housing needs
Roly Ward, Head of Business Development at Medite Smartply outlines how we can keep up with housing needs ...
Roly Ward, Head of Business Development at Medite Smartply outlines how we can keep up with housing needs using thoughtfully engineered panels New research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) ...
3 January, 2025
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NHBC invests £100M in multi-skills training hubs
|Date: 25 November, 2024

NHBC invests £100M in multi-skills training hubs
As part of the government's plans announced this morning to get Britain building again, the National Hous ...
As part of the government's plans announced this morning to get Britain building again, the National House Building Council (NHBC) is supercharging the UK house-building industry with the launch of th ...
25 November, 2024
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Optimism from house builders with 40% increase in new home registrations
|Date: 13 November, 2024

Optimism from house builders with 40% increase in new home registrations
New home registrations up 40% in Q3 2024 from a low position in Q3 2023 Private sector registrations up 5 ...
New home registrations up 40% in Q3 2024 from a low position in Q3 2023 Private sector registrations up 58% in Q3 2024 vs. Q3 2023 Rental and affordable sector registrations up 12% in Q3 2024 vs. Q3 2 ...
13 November, 2024
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Skills shortage risks slowing down Chancellor’s ambition to get Britian building again, warns FMB
|Date: 9 July, 2024

Skills shortage risks slowing down Chancellor’s ambition to get Britian building again, warns FMB
The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has raised concerns over a skills shortage that could slow down p ...
The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has raised concerns over a skills shortage that could slow down plans to get Britain building again. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves MP, proposal ...
9 July, 2024
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Potential of sustainable drainage systems for modern housebuilding
|Date: 7 July, 2024

Potential of sustainable drainage systems for modern housebuilding
Richard Eddy, category manager of underground and utilities at Polypipe Building Products, discusses the ...
Richard Eddy, category manager of underground and utilities at Polypipe Building Products, discusses the potential of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) for modern housebuilding.  Climate change and ...
7 July, 2024
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Energy House 2.0: Is the Future Homes Standard 2025 achievable?
|Date: 3 April, 2024

Energy House 2.0: Is the Future Homes Standard 2025 achievable?
Professional Builder’s Edward Kelly interviews Professor Will Swan, Director of Energy House Labs at the ...
Professional Builder’s Edward Kelly interviews Professor Will Swan, Director of Energy House Labs at the University of Salford about Energy House 2.0, energy efficiency in building and the Future Home ...
3 April, 2024
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New Initiative to Increase Women in Housebuilding and Shift Public Perception
|Date: 15 March, 2024

New Initiative to Increase Women in Housebuilding and Shift Public Perception
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for SME Housebuilders has launched a new campaign designed to in ...
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for SME Housebuilders has launched a new campaign designed to increase the number of women in the housebuilding industry - ‘I am a Housebuilder’, to coincide w ...
15 March, 2024
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Positive signs on the horizon for small builders, says FMB
|Date: 14 March, 2024

Positive signs on the horizon for small builders, says FMB
© Monkey Business / Adobe Stock The 1.1% growth in construction is welcome news, says the Federation of M ...
© Monkey Business / Adobe Stock The 1.1% growth in construction is welcome news, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) in response to newly released data from the Office for National Statistics ...
14 March, 2024
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New build hotspots revealed
|Date: 8 March, 2024

New build hotspots revealed
© Gary L Hider / Adobe Stock A new study by 24housing.co.uk reveals that Stratford-on-Avon had the most c ...
© Gary L Hider / Adobe Stock A new study by 24housing.co.uk reveals that Stratford-on-Avon had the most completed new builds in the UK from 2020 to 2023. The study examined building completion rates ...
8 March, 2024
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Spring Budget 2024: What the experts are saying
|Date: 7 March, 2024

Spring Budget 2024: What the experts are saying
© Wirestock / Adobe Stock Chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveiled the government's 'Budget for Long Term Growth' ...
© Wirestock / Adobe Stock Chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveiled the government's 'Budget for Long Term Growth' yesterday (March 6th 2024), promising lower taxes, better public services and more investment. ...
7 March, 2024
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How estimating services can help business grow
|Date: 4 March, 2024

How estimating services can help business grow
Karl Nicholson is one of the founders of Next Gen Luxury Homes, an evolution of K Design and Build that f ...
Karl Nicholson is one of the founders of Next Gen Luxury Homes, an evolution of K Design and Build that focuses on building premium, technologically advanced, sustainable homes. Karl tells us the how ...
4 March, 2024
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Mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain: What small developers need to know
|Date: 2 March, 2024

Mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain: What small developers need to know
While February, 2024, saw the rollout of the mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) requirements for large ...
While February, 2024, saw the rollout of the mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) requirements for larger developments, small sites have until April to adapt. Lucy Dixon, Sustainability Lead at Verif ...
2 March, 2024
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