Housing News – Page 285
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NewsCouncils demand right to reinvest rents in local housing
Local Government Association argues councils could help beat housing crisis if allowed to keep rental income to spend on new local homes
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NewsPersimmon cuts 2,000 jobs as sales slump 31%
Housebuilder confirms redundancies as it reveals 31% lower sales and a 45% fall in reservations in first six months
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NewsTake a look back at the house of the future
Ten years ago a house was built for BBC TV to show case the future of green and intelligent housing technology. Now architect Craig Anders takes us on a tour to see which aspects of the design took off and which missed the mainstream.
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NewsColourful ideas for the Black Country
Urban Splash reveals shortlisted designs for Walsall site
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NewsBradford grows its own construction workers
A local housing association convinces young people from ethnic minorities to try a career on site
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NewsTony Pidgley to receive £31m bonus package
Berkeley boss and three other directors are rumoured to have awarded themselves shares worth a total £60m
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NewsCity Lofts goes into administration
Developer becomes most high-profile casualty of the credit crunch
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NewsPersimmon to cut over 1,000 jobs
More than 1,300 jobs have been cut at housebuilders Persimmon and Kier, Building.co.uk can reveal
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Sir Howard Bernstein to head up Blackpool regeneration body
Manchester city council chief exec will step down from Olympic Delivery Authority board
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NewsFarrell scheme wins planning on Newcastle's Quayside
George Wimpey development will feature a 13-storey residential tower and a four- to six-storey office building
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NewsHBF reports skills cards success
More than 91% of workers employed by major housebuilders now carry CSCS cards
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NewsSuper-quango strikes deal with councils on housing targets
Protocol spells out funds and powers of Homes and Communities Agency
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NewsBanks order Taylor Wimpey to sell Taywood
Lenders insist on disposal of housebuilder’s construction arm after it fails to raise £500m in capital
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NewsGovernment to buy up land to ensure housebuilding targets
Caroline Flint poised to react to housing slump with expansion of publicly funded land buying
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Berkeley still strong despite property slump
Berkeley Group is continuing to lead the rest of the UK housebuilding industry, according to the latest housebuilding profitability figures from BDO Stoy Hayward, writes Tom Bill.
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NewsHousing Design Awards: Quality good, quantity bad
Source: Tim Crocker / Design For Homes Source: Tim Crocker / Design For Homes Source: Tim Crocker / Design For Homes
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Councils pressed to protect workers from OFT fallout
Thousands of former council workers now employed by contractors could lose their jobs, warns union
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Morgan Sindall issues profit warning as market stays weak
Morgan Sindall has issued a profit warning for 2009 on the back of weak trading in the housing and fit-out markets.
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Tory rejection casts further doubt over eco-town plans
Developers may lose appetite for new towns as local and political opposition mounts
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£100m Croydon scheme stalls
A £100m scheme for 500 homes and a swimming pool in London has been put under review, according to Croydon council.