Merry Christmas Mr Pickles
Stephen Byfield, managing director of communications consultancy PPS Group, sends festive greetings to the communities secretary – but wishes he was acting qui…
"We all live in a Fred Story house".
Carlisle based Story Homes is looking to double its housebuilding programme in the next three years. Ben Roskrow meets the charismatic Fred Story, engineer, ho…
The weakest link?
According to the NHBC, increasing solar PV installations are leading to more problems with leaking roofs. Redland’s head of marketing and business development …
Steady applications
Steve Menary looks at the latest planning league tables for the year to September 2011 which show who is planning to build and where. Applications are up in si…
Housebuilder awards 2011
Housebuilder presents the winners and runners up of its prestigious Awards, created for the industry by the industry, which showcase the most imaginative schem…
The Top 25 Housebuilders
The new Housing Market Intelligence Report will be launched at the Housing Market Intelligence conference on October 12. It includes the Top 75 housebuilders t…
Renewing interest
The renewables technology market is in its infancy. Recognising this, the NHBC Foundation has produced a best practice guide to installing renewable energy sys…
That elusive allocation
Stephen Byfield of PPS Group says that, with the localism agenda, strategic land departments will have to speed up
SWOT 2011
Housebuilder’s annual exclusive analysis of the state of the industry and the views of a 23 strong expert panel on the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and…
Pitching the roof at planners
Richard Hartley, head of marketing and business development at Redland, speculates on the future of roof design
