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Amid a skills shortage that threatens Britain’s ability to deliver on housing targets, award-winning homebuilder Spitfire Homes has committed to tackling the industry’s workforce shortfall head-on by pledging a new minimum requirement of 5% of its total workforce to be... View Article

A Yorkshire-based Quantity Surveyor is highlighting the benefits of choosing an apprenticeship as part of National Careers Week, after building a successful career in construction while earning a degree. Dan Bellwood Shooter, 22 from York, is based at top 10... View Article

The Chancellor’s Spring Statement was a missed an opportunity to boost construction activity at a time when house building is falling and more builders are leaving the industry, say the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) Brian Berry, Chief Executive of... View Article

Continuing to drive up levels of customer satisfaction is the main focus for Bellway North East’s new Head of Construction. Ben Singlewood has been appointed to the role with the housebuilder’s North East division on a permanent basis, having held... View Article

Planning approval secured for Blocks 9 and 10 at Waterloo & Queen Street Site in Romford. London Borough of Havering and Wates Residential will deliver two 100% affordable housing schemes on the site comprising 107 high quality homes and a... View Article

Yorkshire based housebuilder, Newett Homes, has announced three new senior appointments to its leadership team, as it continues to focus on accelerated growth and scaling-up operations across the business. The appointments of a new Regional Technical Director, Head of Planning,... View Article

Staffordshire-headquartered Cameron Homes has acquired a three-acre site in Rutland’s county town of Oakham, which has detailed planning consent for 50 open market houses. The site forms the final undeveloped residential land of the Barleythorpe Sustainable Urban Extension, where circa... View Article

Housebuilder Honey will build 184 new homes in Bessacarr, Doncaster, after being granted planning permission for a £53m development. Called Opal and located off Cammidge Way, adjacent to Bawtry Road, the 16-acre development will comprise a mix of two-, three- and four-bedroom homes, including... View Article

Work has started on a £24m regeneration scheme in Derker, Oldham, which will see Seddon and Hive Homes deliver 132 carbon-neutral homes across five disused brownfield sites. The sites were acquired by Hive Homes from Oldham Council with an aim... View Article

Britain is pouring record sums into repairing and upgrading older homes. The latest report from Houzz reveals that homeowners who renovated in 2024 spent a median £21,440, a 26 per cent increase on the previous year. At a time when... View Article

The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) is shining the spotlight on women in construction from young apprentices just starting out – to those shaping the sector at the very top -to mark this year’s UK Women in Construction Week (2-8th... View Article

Cameron Homes has submitted an outline planning application to Lichfield District Council for a 20 Ha development of up to 430 homes and community facilities, located off Highfields Road in Chasetown, within the Staffordshire town of Burntwood. The £150m grey... View Article

Construction work is under way on a 60-home development in Four Marks that will include 24 affordable properties and a children’s play area. Bellway is building homes ranging from one to four-bedroom properties on the seven-acre site off Lymington Bottom... View Article

Futurebuild 2026 has unveiled an unashamedly provocative main conference programme, placing resilience firmly at the centre of the built environment conversation. Taking place from 12-14 May 2026 at Excel London, big hitters representing UKGBC, RIBA, ACAN, Architects Declare and The Sustainable Development Foundation, among... View Article

Redcliffe Homes has legally completed on a new residential development site in Dilton Marsh, Wiltshire. The site benefits from outline planning permission and a signed S.106 agreement providing for up to 54 new homes, including 30% affordable housing. Jon Burcombe,... View Article