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We have been waiting all this fortenight: Now help us, lord, since it lies in thy might I’m rather inclined to think that pushing the Autumn Budget back from the end of October, as it was last year, to the end of November, was, on balance A Not Good Thing. I …

Peter Caplehorn, director of the Construction Products Association, has written on the Association’s behalf to the Chancellor of the Exchequer ahead of next month’s Budget, stressing the importance of the construction and manufacturing sectors in helping to enable and support the country’s long-term productivity and economic growth. The letter points …

You don’t make the poor richer by making the rich poorer Listening to the Today programme on my way to work this morning, I actually heard a government spokesman – the Secretary of State for Health, Wes Streeting no less – say something sensible. He was talking about bringing in …

Tippers, the Lichfield-based family-run, independent builders merchant welcomed Dave Robertson MP to its head office branch to show him how builders’ merchants are preparing to deliver the Government’s ambitious programme to build 1.5 million new homes. He was welcomed by joint managing directors Joe and Bill Tipper, along with Brett …

Builders merchants trade association, the Builders Merchants Federation has welcomed a £2bn boost for affordable housing announced yesterday (March 26) by Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves. BMF CEO John Newcomb said: “We welcome the Chancellor’s announcement of £2bn funding for affordable homes as this is a measure we have …

It was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair And so it begins. The ‘Project Fear’ that Rishi Sunak’s election campaign majored on, the huge amount of tax increases that an incoming Labour Government would …

Prime minister Rishi Sunak and chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt visited Selco Builders Warehouse on one of the most significant days in the political calendar. Sunak and Hunt were welcomed into Selco’s Old Kent Road branch just hours after the Spring Budget were delivered to the House of Commons. …

The Builder’s Merchant Federation’s (BMF) CEO, John Newcomb, has expressed his disappointment with the chancellor’s Spring budget. He explained that the budget is a “missed opportunity to get Britain building again”, and is designed to buy short term electronical support as opposed to promoting the long-term economic success of the …

The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has called on the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, to invest in property repair, maintenance and improvement to create purposeful jobs in every region and boost much-needed local growth across the country. The government has previously announced increased spending on energy efficiency for homes, businesses, and public …

Money talks, but it don’t sing and dance, and it don’t walk, We are due to have a UK general election sometime in the next 12 months. We know that, it’s the rule that we can’t go for longer than five years without the Westminster circus coming to town again. …