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Poor GDP figures sparks call to build way out of recession

25/01/2013

Fresh figures from the Office for National Statistics show the UK economy shrank in the last three months of 2012. While the economy contracted by 0.3%, construction managed to buck the overall...

NewBuy rates jump as ‘second steppers’ scheme launched

24/01/2013

The NewBuy initiative has recorded the highest reservation rate since it launched in March last year, according to the Home Builders Federation. The better figures, which show more than 100 peop...

Construction4Growth set out 10-point plan at Downing Street meeting

17/01/2013

Twenty leading industry figures met at 11 Downing Street today to set out a three-pronged plan for growth in construction. They met with the skills minister and the government’s chief cons...

Planning minister unveils ‘Boles bung’ for house building

11/01/2013

Communities that embrace new housing developments will get up to a quarter of the revenue raised from the community infrastructure levy for the project. Planning minister Nick Boles has unveiled...

Mid-term pledge sets course for housing

07/01/2013

The Government has reiterated its pledge to speed up housing delivery in its mid-term review. Conservative prime minister David Cameron and his Liberal Democrat deputy Nick Clegg marked the half...

“Get Britain Building” to drive economic growth

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An £11bn investment in construction can kick start the UK’s economic recovery, say experts

An £11.27bn investment in construction and a series of strategic decisions around new home building can kick start the UK’s economic recovery and deliver a £33bn return for the Gover

Million Homes not Built

Analysis by the Local Government Association shows that 2,564,600 units have been granted planning permission by councils since 2009/10 while only 1,530,680 have been completed. The association sai