Construction industry reacts to Sunak’s coronavirus Budget

Voices from across the construction industry have reacted to the Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s ‘high-spending’ Budget, delivered as the coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation. Brian Berry, Chief Executive of the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) [...]

2020 Budget promises new money for housebuilding

New Chancellor Rishi Sunak has delivered his first Budget in the House of Commons, including an extension of the Affordable Homes Programme (AHP) and a £1bn fund to remove “unsafe cladding.” £12bn will be released with the new AHP settlement, [...]

Bold as brass

Listen here. The project architect in charge of a new architecturally adventurous flagship retail store in the German city of Wuppertal explains to Jack Wooler how the practice went about revitalising a large brownfield site, and created a unique retail [...]

BoKlok UK exchange contracts on its first three development sites

BoKlok UK Ltd, the sustainable, quality and low-cost home provider jointly owned by Skanska and IKEA has announced the exchange of contracts on its first three developments, since launching in the UK in 2019. The company’s first three development sites, [...]

Getting ‘Closer to Home’ with surface material innovation

The Surface Design Show will showcase the best in innovative surface design, manufacturing and development at London’s Business Design Centre in February, putting the focus on the on-trend topic ‘Close to Home’ Now in its 15th year, the Surface Design [...]

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