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Michael Gove unveils plans to reform housing and planning

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Michael Gove has unveiled his plans to reform housing and planning; the Builders Merchants Federation’s (BMF) CEO, John Newcomb, was in attendance to listen to the Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing and Communities at the RIBA head office in London. In his speech Gove said he was “confident” …

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Russell Roof Tiles takes on 50-day fitness challenge for charity

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Russell Roof Tiles has pledged to transform old habits into healthy new ones by taking on a 50-day fitness challenge while raising money for local charities. Over the course of the programme, 14 staff from its Burton site, will use state-of-the-art body-scanning technology to measure who has improved the most …

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Research reveals top 10 cities with most tradespeople vacancies

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New data has shown that there is over 141,000 active vacancies across the top tradespeople roles, 51,683 of these vacancies are builders’ roles. Metals4U, who published the data, analysed the job vacancies on Indeed, Total Jobs and LinkedIn to find the most in-demand trade roles in the country. Paul McFadyen, …

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Marshalls research finds premium garden designs offer housebuilders extra revenue

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Research, commissioned by Marshalls, has found that 51% of people would be more likely to consider buying a new build home if it had a landscaped back garden – and it’s something many would be willing to pay more for. The research, which questioned 2,001 adults across the UK and …

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