All Construction Business: Strategy, Risk and Regulations articles – Page 7
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NewsCrest Nicholson downgrades profit forecast for third time in six months
The £780m-turnover firm has been hit by £13m in “exceptional” costs linked to a fire amid other issues with ”legacy sites”
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NewsBiodiversity net gain rules delayed again
Regulations now expected to come into force next month
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NewsPersimmon completions down a third despite better-than-expected fourth quarter
Housebuilder finished nearly 10,000 homes last year
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NewsWestminster council orders redesign of Ebury Estate to add second staircases
Controversial £350m estate regeneration the latest to be affected by proposed new fire safety rules
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NewsBust housing business subsidiary owes Rydon £5m, say administrators
Covid and inflation brought down Real Contracting Group
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In FocusMaximise occupant safety with Kidde’s new safety device
The new Cavius Relay RF Interconnect is an interface between Cavius RF smoke and heat alarms and hard-wired, third party input and output devices
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NewsHouse prices rise in November as interest rate expectations ease
Market perception is that bank rate has peaked, says Nationwide economist
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NewsHomes England launches awareness campaign to back SME builders
The agency wants smaller firms to be aware of government funding opportunities
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NewsBuilding Safety Regulator aims to assess four in 10 occupied higher-risk buildings by 2026
New regulator publishes its first strategic plan, setting out a three-year ‘roadmap’ for action
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NewsPlanning the biggest obstacle for small builders, FMB survey shows
Rising interest rates see mortgage availability become a major issue
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In FocusWhat happens to housing development plans when a council goes ‘bankrupt’?
When a section 114 ‘bankruptcy’ notice is put in place, a council’s non-statutory services are restricted and housebuilding ’goes to the back of the queue’. Yet the growing number of councils in this situation are finding ways to carry on building.
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NewsMore government support needed for industry to meet MMC housing targets, expert tells peers
Academic tells lords ‘very difficult for supply side to do this on their own’
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NewsWatkin Jones’ interim boss made permanent CEO
Pease has been chief executive at troubled firm since July
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NewsRedrow says 2024 results will be at lower end of forecast after ‘subdued’ autumn
Trading update shows value of private reservations down 25%
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NewsAvant completes £60m sale of 306 homes for private rented sector
Sigma Capital Group has purchased properties across eight developments
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NewsVistry eyes more big forward sale deals after £819m Leaf and Sage announcement
Partnerships boss Stephen Teagle says firm is in conversation with other potential partners
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NewsVistry signs deal to build nearly 3,000 homes for rent
Housebuilder continues shift to partnerships-focused model
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NewsHopkins Homes appoints Countryside veteran as new commercial director
Housebuilder also promotes company veteran to construction director role
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In FocusHousing block uses ROCKWOOL non-combustible insulation for recladding
Dan Court is a U-shaped seven storey building containing 138 one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments in Wembley, London. Following the ban on combustible materials in the external walls of relevant buildings over 18m[1] in England which came into force in 2018, Catalyst Housing appointed Higgins Partnerships to undertake the reclad ...
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NewsHouse prices rise in October but market remains ‘extremely weak’
Mortgage affordability remains stretched, according to Nationwide