Tag Archives: Housing

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, John Healey, needs to provide confidence, and not simply, hope with his ambitions for the housing. That’s according to Civils & Lintels’  managing director Allan Wright, who hopes Healey’s first Budget next week will give the industry definitive timelines and tangible action to boost confidence. …

Construction activity fell at a slower pace than in August, but total news orders fell at the steepest pace for three months, bringing business optimism down to its lowest point since May. That’s the headline results from the latest S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index™ for September. Slower rates …

Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam Be it ever so ‘umble, there’s no place like home One of the most cynical political moves of my lifetime was the 1986 Council elections in London. Westminster City Council was found to have pushed through sales of council housing in certain …

Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt. Every silver lining has its cloud it seems. There is just no getting away from the fact that it is pretty grim out there. Whether that’s to do with the actual weather …

Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s housing ambition must be matched by supply chain resilience, according to a recent comment from Huws Gray Partnership Solutions. Managing director Lyndon Johnson outlined the businesses hopes for Burnham’s premiership, looking at the supply chain infrastructure needed to realise his ambition of supercharging the building of …

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water I was at an event a few weeks ago with some merchants and suppliers. All more or less agreed on two things. 1, that things are, and have been for some time, about as bad as anyone …

“Hot Water Down the Drain: Unlocking Hot Water Decarbonisation Through the Warm Homes Plan”, a report published by Triton Showers is urging the government to integrate hot water decarbonisation into its long-term housing and net-zero strategies. The report calls on the government to include instantaneous electric showers (IES) and a …

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 …

Venus, anxious for her son’s affairs, New counsels tries, and new designs prepares Everyone loves a soundbite. Especially those in politics. Remember Greenest Government Ever, Build Back Better, Take Back Control and Get Brexit Done? Now we have another one courtesy of the Deputy Prime Minister’s planning reform, er, plans. …

The downturn in the UK construction sector showed signs of easing in May, according to the latest S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index™ (PMI®). Output and new orders both fell at the slowest pace since January, while growth projections for the year ahead improved again. Employment remained weak, with …