Housebuilders will be stripped of planning permission if site development does not commence within 18 months after planning is ‘green-lit’, under new government proposals. With England desperate for new houses, and close to a million [read more…]
Stephen Hemmings, head of environment and sustainability at drywall construction materials manufacturer, Siniat, outlines why the construction sector needs to look beyond simply new homes’ performance and instead, towards the circular economy in order to [read more…]
The latest Constructive Voices podcast is out now, on which acclaimed journalist and media commentator, Henry McDonald, interviews Professor Michael Parkinson CBE, Honorary Professor at the University of Liverpool and Ambassador for its Heseltine Institute [read more…]
Leading engineering services sector body, Actuate UK, has issued a warning about serious consequences for businesses, public and commercial projects as well as domestic customers in only six months if a major issue regarding product [read more…]
NBS, a leading specification and product information platform for the construction industry, has entered into a new partnership agreement with the ASFP (Association for Specialist Fire Protection), the UK’s leading association for the passive fire [read more…]
A new on-demand delivery service, SNAP IT, has been launched that enables tradespeople to order spare parts and materials at the click of a button, helping digitise an industry that still uses mainly pen and [read more…]
Research by the Office for National Statistics states that the employment rate in the construction sector for the UK fell from 2.3m in 2017 to 2.1m at the end of 2020. This demonstrates a 4% [read more…]
GEZE UK has been successful in securing a five-year contract in conjunction with NHS UK Property Services. The collaboration between NHS UK Property Services and GEZE UK is believed to be one of the largest [read more…]
MKM Building Supplies is looking forward to bowling over customers with its new flagship branch in Barnsley. To celebrate the opening, the UK’s largest independent builder’s merchant invited world famous Yorkshire cricketing legend Dickie Bird [read more…]
The UK construction sector was heavily impacted by the disruption caused by the Covid-19 outbreak and the tactics that were quickly adopted by the industry to keep sites open will no doubt continue post-pandemic. Here, [read more…]
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