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
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
