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Housebuilder gets new year honour

Housebuilding 2005 prizewinners

Adam Knight, technical director at David Wilson Homes North Midlands, and John Bussy, an architect at Southwark Building Design Service, won a luxury weekend a…

New online NHBC services

The NHBC has launched a website, www.nhbcbuilder.co.uk, to give builders access to NHBC information and news.

NFB launches lobby group

The National Federation of Builders has launched the House Builders Association as a lobby group aimed at representing the interests of the NFB’s 800 small to …

Higgins to head up ODA

David Higgins is leaving his three-year role as English Partnerships’ chief executive to head up the Olympic Delivery Authority.

Incentives use slows in October

HBF’s monthly survey shows a slight increase in the number of site visitors during October, and net reservations up on the previous month. Housebuilders’ use o…

Cala shifts out of apartments market to maintain record profits

Cala Homes’ \"radical\" decision to buck government policy and pull back on its apartment building programme has contributed to its achieving record results in…

Draft PPS3 must not avoid political taboos

The industry must seek to ensure that the government’s consultation draft of planning policy statement 3 (PPS3) on housing contains reasonable standards on car…

Westbury acquisition pushes Persimmon into FTSE 100

The year is drawing to a close with a fresh round of industry mergers and takeovers as challenging market conditions continue. Persimmon is acquiring Westbury …

\"Triple-headed\" team to take on Telford

When the industry’s three biggest players decided to bid for the right to develop an English Partnerships-owned former coalmine in Telford, some expected the s…