Energy saving approaches
NHBC Foundation recently launched a report which looks at the likely performance of emerging technologies as the industry nears the zero carbon deadline. Graha…
Prevent your customers seeing red when you go green
Cary Davey of In-house Research says that customer feedback suggests housebuilders need to rethink their approach to helping new home owners operate the new te…
Pendulums in planning
Stephen Byfield, managing director of communications consultancy PPS, casts his eye over recent moves by and within government and marvels at the speed with wh…
Two sides to an interesting political experiment
The government has introduced new initiatives to try to boost housebuilding, focusing on easing the planning delays and affordable housing demands. Housebuilde…
Britain's Biggest Housebuilders
The Top 25 Housebuilders: The 2012 Housing Market Intelligence Report will be launched at the Housing Market Intelligence conference in London on October 3. It…
SWOT 2012
The Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats facing the housebuilding industry – as voted for by Housebuilder's expert industry panel.
The Roofng Masterclass – brought to you by Redland
In January this year, the NHBC made changes to its standards focusing on the issue of mechanical fixing of ridge and hip tiles on roofs. How has the industry f…
Tile guide
The industry is adapting well to the revised standards on pitched roofs, which became effective on January 1 2012. Graham Perrior, NHBC's head of standards and…
Planning in perspective
The latest planning tables give a mixed picture, but an improved one on quarter one's results which were plagued by uncertainty over the planning system. Steve…
Localism? Never heard of it
Stephen Byfield, managing director of communications consultancy PPS, says there are signs that the government is rowing back from localism. If so, it needs to…
