HBF CSCS app slashes card check times
<p>The Home Builders Federation has launched a web-based application designed to “dramatically” improve the accuracy and speed of verifying workers’ CSCS cards.</p>
Registrations hit eight-year high - NHBC
<p>UK new build registrations have hit an eight-year high, with 156,140 new homes registered in total in 2015, according to the latest NHBC statistics.</p>
Crest on target to build 4,000 homes a year by 2019
Bovis set for record profit
<p>Bovis Homes expects to announce a “significant” rise in its revenue and pre-tax profit for the year ending December 31 2015, it said today, (January 15) as it continues to deliver on its growth strategy.</p>
Barratt and GT give strong half year updates
<p>Barratt Developments saw its completions rise 9.4% during the six months to December 31 2015 against 2014, with ceo David Thomas hailing “an excellent first half performance” for the volume housebuilder.</p>
UK's retirees are "Generation Stuck" - McStone/ILC
<p>There is high demand from the over 55s to downsize but a lack of suitable properties is stopping older people from moving, creating “Generation Stuck,” according to a report commissioned by McCarthy & Stone.</p>
Taylor Wimpey hits six-year housebuilding high
<p>Taylor Wimpey said today (January 11) that it has built more homes than at any point in the past six years, with a “healthy increase” in completions of 7% in 2015.</p>
HBF reacts to LGA permission claims
<p>The Home Builders Federation has defended the industry’s track record in building in response to Local Government Association (LGA) research, which reveals that there are a “record” 475,647 homes in England with planning permission which are waiting to be built.</p>
Completions up in "strong year" for Persimmon
<p>Persimmon has enjoyed “another year of strong growth,” with 2015 bringing legal completions of 14,572 new homes, an 8% rise on 2014, the volume housebuilder said today (January 7).</p>
London has steepest construction costs in Europe - Arcadis
<p>London is the most expensive city in Europe in which to build, according to a new report by Arcadis, the design and consultancy firm for natural and built assets.</p>
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