All Housing articles – Page 243
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FeaturesRunning Countryside: Another bite of the Cherry
Two days after Countryside chairman Alan Cherry died, his sons were back at work. Graham, the housebuilder’s chief executive, talks to Joey Gardiner about the values his father instilled in him – and whether the company will be able to hang on to its vision in less certain times
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NewsActive fire protection: What’s the best way to do it?
Wales is on the brink of becoming the first region in the UK to demand active fire protection in all new homes, but how should it be done?’
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News£4bn of large London schemes back on track
Research by Building has revealed that more than £4bn of large developments in London have come back online in recent months,
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NewsGalliford Try teams up with social housing landlord
Housebuilder and Affinity Sutton Group to build 296 homes in the South-east
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NewsTelford Homes: Year-end results will be ahead of expectations
London and Essex-based housebuilder says it has sold 389 properties this year, compared with 350 last year
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NewsLabour under fire for proposing regeneration cuts in manifesto
Property industry attacks pledge to make 'savings in regeneration funding'
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NewsHousing sales increase at fastest rate for three years
21% more surveyors saw more instructions than those that saw less in March
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NewsFour firms scoop £149m Scottish housing upgrade
Renfrewshire council awards Apollo, Wates Living Space, Connaught and Carillion Planned Maintenance contracts to renovate 13,000 council properties
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NewsSt Modwen to start construction of £1bn Welsh 'new community'
Section 106 agreement with Newport council clears way for building work at 600-acre steelworks redevelopment
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NewsVienna's vision
This dramatic apartment block in Austria managed to incorporate cantilever balconies with some interesting technology
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FeaturesStrata tower: Southwark’s sore thumb
The Strata tower sticks out 150m above south London’s downtrodden Elephant and Castle. But, rather than being a symbol of aspiration, the building is turning away from the very area it’s meant to be giving a lift
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NewsElection shutdown forces quangos to halt spending
7,000 homes brought to market as government extends election purdah to quangos
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News80% of South-east homes fail HCA space standards
Research on new private housing finds some dwellings a third smaller than proposed sizes
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NewsGreen guidelines could threaten Scottish housebuilding
Industry figures warn that changes to building standards could increase cost of projects by £8,000
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NewsHousebuilder bonuses: Have bosses lost the plot?
What's the right approach for top execs to take in a recession?
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NewsHousing crisis set to intensify, figures reveal
National Housing Federation says planning authorities in England have failed to meet housebuilding targets by nearly a third
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NewsBovis Homes directors waive cash bonus
Housebuilder’s bosses surrender controversial cash payments in favour of share payouts
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NewsNew uniform
Contractor James and Taylor has won the job to clad Greater Manchester Police’s new £63m headquarters
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HSE fears cuts will make it ‘reactive’
The Health and Safety Executive has warned that it may be forced to abandon preventative work if its resources are cut after the election, despite the fear of more deaths when building work picks up.
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NewsRow erupts over cost of new housing rules
Concerns raised about effect on output as HCA sets out raft of space and quality standards