housebuilding Archives - Page 4 of 4

Is Japanese Knotweed Deterring Potential Homebuyers?
|Date: 9 July, 2017

Is Japanese Knotweed Deterring Potential Homebuyers?
New YouGov research suggests a high level of anxiety around Japanese knotweed and alarming levels of myth ...
New YouGov research suggests a high level of anxiety around Japanese knotweed and alarming levels of myth and misinformation New research reveals that 78% of those aware of the infamous Japanese knotw ...
9 July, 2017
Read more
SMEs Central to May’s Housebuilding Vision, Says FMB
|Date: 22 May, 2017

SMEs Central to May’s Housebuilding Vision, Says FMB
Theresa May must put SME house builders at the heart of her ambitious plans for housing, the Federation o ...
Theresa May must put SME house builders at the heart of her ambitious plans for housing, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has said in response to the release of the Conservative Party’s manifes ...
22 May, 2017
Read more
Housebuilding on the Rise in August
|Date: 22 September, 2016

Housebuilding on the Rise in August
It’s good news for the residential sector, which saw an increase in the value of contracts of 13 per cent ...
It’s good news for the residential sector, which saw an increase in the value of contracts of 13 per cent compared to the same time last year According to the August edition of the Economic & Cons ...
22 September, 2016
Read more
Council Tax Misuse Hitting SME House Builders, Warns FMB
|Date: 15 February, 2016

Council Tax Misuse Hitting SME House Builders, Warns FMB
Central Government must prevent local authorities from hindering SME developers with unfair Council Tax b ...
Central Government must prevent local authorities from hindering SME developers with unfair Council Tax burdens, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has warned ahead of the Budget Statement. Brian ...
15 February, 2016
Read more
NHBC Reports House-Building Growth Over Past Year
|Date: 28 January, 2016

NHBC Reports House-Building Growth Over Past Year
The number of new homes registered to be built in the UK has topped 156,000 in 2015 – a continued increas ...
The number of new homes registered to be built in the UK has topped 156,000 in 2015 – a continued increase of 7% on the previous year, new NHBC figures have revealed. In total, 156,140 new homes were ...
28 January, 2016
Read more
IKO’s MD Argues UK Housebuilding Needs to Change
|Date: 12 January, 2016

IKO’s MD Argues UK Housebuilding Needs to Change
IKO's managing director has issued a statement arguing that due to increased flood risk, the UK needs to ...
IKO's managing director has issued a statement arguing that due to increased flood risk, the UK needs to rethink its approach to housebuilding. IKO's Andy Williamson released the statement in response ...
12 January, 2016
Read more
Industry Responds to Housebuilding Plans
|Date: 27 November, 2015

Industry Responds to Housebuilding Plans
Industry responds to Government housebuilding plans ...
Industry responds to Government housebuilding plans ...
27 November, 2015
Read more
Central and Local Government Must Increase SME Spend, Says FMB
|Date: 10 September, 2015

Central and Local Government Must Increase SME Spend, Says FMB
All local authorities and housing associations should set targets to increase their spend with small busi ...
All local authorities and housing associations should set targets to increase their spend with small businesses, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). Sarah McMonagle, Head of External ...
10 September, 2015
Read more
Industry Reaction to the Summer Budget 2015
|Date: 9 July, 2015

Industry Reaction to the Summer Budget 2015
As the Chancellor George Osborne announces his first budget under a majority Conservative government yest ...
As the Chancellor George Osborne announces his first budget under a majority Conservative government yesterday (08/07/2015), we round up some of industry comments. With the Chancellor’s fiscal priorit ...
9 July, 2015
Read more
Right To Buy Scheme
|Date: 29 May, 2015

Right To Buy Scheme
Reinvigorating the ‘Right to Buy’ scheme is just recruiting a new class of Tory voters, argues town plann ...
Reinvigorating the ‘Right to Buy’ scheme is just recruiting a new class of Tory voters, argues town planning expert Government plans to extend ‘Right to Buy’ discounts to 1.3m housing association tena ...
29 May, 2015
Read more
Industry Reaction to Queen’s Speech
|Date: 27 May, 2015

Industry Reaction to Queen’s Speech
The Government must succeed in its aim to create millions of apprenticeships over the lifetime of this Pa ...
The Government must succeed in its aim to create millions of apprenticeships over the lifetime of this Parliament if it is to solve the housing crisis, according to the Federation of Master Builders ( ...
27 May, 2015
Read more
Brick Manufacturing Rises to Meet Housebuilding Challenge
|Date: 12 May, 2015

Brick Manufacturing Rises to Meet Housebuilding Challenge
Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal that the number of bricks produced in ...
Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal that the number of bricks produced in the UK during the first quarter of 2015 is 464 million bricks (provisional) a rise of 22 milli ...
12 May, 2015
Read more