Waste not want not
Mark Armstrong, national contracts manager for Electrolux brands UK and IE, looks at how specifying the right appliances can help families and individuals to reduce food wastage
Fostering understanding among planners and builders
There is a gap in understanding between planners and developers which is slowing development down and delaying decisions. Mark Smulian reports on ideas to help each "side" understand the other better to improve the relationship
Challenging common convention
Suzie Mayes talks to John Anderson, the charismatic executive director of Kier Living, about partnering, his 2020 Vision plan and how housebuilders should be "disruptive"
Beyond confirmation bias
Stephen Byfield, md of communications consultancy PPS Group, looks at the phenomenon of "confirmation bias" in which we favour facts that support our beliefs and ignore the rest. This, he says, is impeding our business decisions
The Top 25: Britain's Top 25 Housebuilders
Notes to the Britain's Top 25 Housebuilders table (Figures in brackets are previous year)
The Top 25: From gloom to boom but resilience required ahead
Brian Green, editor of the Housing Market Intelligence report which is published this month, looks at some of the findings of the detailed analysis of the housing market over the past 12 months
The industry unites
In October UK Construction Week returns to the Birmingham NEC, with its nine shows providing something for everyone within the construction industry. Suzie Mayes reports on what to expect and what is new, focusing on the Build Show which targets the housebuilding sector
The right pitch
Five years ago NHBC launched an industry-wide campaign to help raise standards of pitched roofs on new homes across the UK in a bid to reduce claims and re-occurring problems. NHBC technical projects manager Chris Derzypilskyj looks at how the situation has improved
