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Monthly Archives: August 2014
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Shadow Housing Minister, Emma Reynolds has announced plans for how a Labour government would deal with the housing shortage if they were to win the general election in 2015. Announcing the Help to Build Scheme, Reynolds said the new scheme would underwrite bank loans to smaller house-builders which it believes would unlock finances to get more houses built.Read more »
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Pargeting is an interesting plastering skill. It’s something that’s been carried out in various places since the first plasterers to create ornamental plastering live during the Roman era.Read more »
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The National small business organisation the Forum of Private Business is lobbying the government to scrap or change plans that aim to provide new powers to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to recovery outstanding tax debts directly from the bank accounts of small businesses.Read more »
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Ever since the 1990s our industry has been responsible for most of the UK’s archaeological discoveries. Archaeology is an important part of the planning process and the Institute for Archaeologists estimate development accounts for something in the region of £120m to £150m per year in investment.Read more »
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A leading UK construction company has been named as the preferred bidder for the build of the new £100m Macallan distillery and visitor centre.Read more »
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Weinberger recently announced they are significantly increasing the number of bricks they manufacture to meet growing demand which has led to inflation in brick pricing.Read more »
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The specialist sector continues to benefit from improving economic conditions according to the latest NSCC State of Trade Survey.Read more »
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A consortium representing 5 major cities in the North has got together to lobby the Chancellor of the Exchequer for an investment in development of the North’s infrastructure to create a secondary powerhouse in the UK’s economy.Read more »
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Midlands based construction group Morgan Sidnall has reported a strong start to the year with an order book up 14% to £2.7bn with a pipeline backing of £3.2bn of regeneration schemes. The firm’s sales for the six months to June 30th were just shy of £1bn.Read more »
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Demand has been huge for one of the biggest Passivhaus schemes in the UK is being built at Little Kelham.Read more »
