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
Councils reveal affordability v brownfield clash
Local authorities have been set a 2017 deadline to deliver their Local Plans so the scramble to find sites to accommodate unprecedented housing growth is on. But is the government's dual focus on a brownfield-first agenda and affordability contradictory? Communications consultancy PPS has used Freedom of Information requests to find out. Account director Lewis Jones feeds back
Getting a buzz from building
Suzie Mayes talks to Chris Endsor, the candid, enthusiastic ceo of Miller Homes, about Brexit, his plans for growth and the importance of sport
A helping hand for incentives
Johnny Morris, research director of Countrywide, looks at the effect of Help to Buy on housebuilders' use of incentives and speculates that it is time for the industry to look elsewhere for sales boosts
SWOT 2016: Suppliers in tune with housebuilders' SWOT views
The supply and subcontractor side of the housebuilding industry has an important role to play to help tackle the challenges ahead. Ben Roskrow focuses on what this sector sees as the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats facing the industry
SWOT 2016: EU vote brings new Threat to market
The vote in June for the UK to leave the EU changed the landscape for the housebuilding market and introduced significant new Threats.
SWOT 2016: A land of Opportunity for housebuilders
Opportunities abound for the housebuilding sector according to this year's SWOT analysis, but the "Government's attitude to housebuilding" remains at the top of the pile.
