GLASGOW TECH START UP IOPT WINS GLOBAL PROPERTY COMPETITION

Tech start-up iOpt is the only Scottish company to win a global competition run by one of the UK’s largest property management companies, Places for People, to find companies with technologies who can help facilitate better and more efficient management... View Article

Loft living with CaberBoard flooring

Leeds-based New Storey Homes, who specialise in loft conversions and expanding storage spaces, repeatedly chooses Norbord’s CaberDekfor its builds as it is easy to use and is a consistently reliable product. Originally a joinery company, New Storey Homes expanded its services... View Article

Award-winning designs with Norbord’s SterlingOSB Zero

As a renting tenant, Medina Grillo was bored with bland walls and out-dated furnishings.  Now an award-winning interiors blogger with a new makeover book aimed at the renting home owner, Medina has created an on-trend home for her family and found Norbord’s SterlingOSB... View Article

Six interior design tips that celebrate autumnal tones

As we enter September, those with a love for interior design will find themselves dreaming about warm, autumnal tones. Longing for a cosy, inviting home design, we creatively envisage our perfect autumn setting; something that can easily be achieved by... View Article

CPA provides support to We Build The Future

The Construction Products Association (CPA), the leading voice for construction product manufacturers and distributors in the UK, has extended its support to construction and built environment sector charity We Build The Future.  We Build The Future supports people who work... View Article

Housing partnership with NHS delivers healthcare savings

A housing association’s support service for vulnerable customers with mental health issues is making a significant contribution to primary care support according to one GP’s assessment. The Tenancy Support team at VIVID, one of the south’s leading housing associations with... View Article

Rollalong reveals modular designs for housing

Rollalong, the largest permanent offsite construction company in the south of England, has unveiled plans for 600 new homes which its building for affordable housing provider Magna Housing. Rollalong’s Managing Director Steve Chivers and the Magna Housing team revealed the... View Article

Construction sector faces perfect storm of VAT issues

Unless HMRC responds to calls from the construction industry and RSM, on 1 October 2019 the industry faces a perfect storm of VAT issues. The domestic reverse charge for the Construction Industry Scheme will be introduced along with the kick-off of... View Article

Barratt announces final results for the year ended 30 June 2019

Highlights Strong operational and financial performance with continued good progress against medium term targets Operating margin of 18.9% (2018: 17.7%), with a trading improvement of 80 bps, driven mainly by continued strong progress from our margin initiatives Profit before tax... View Article

How many complaints are there really in the construction sector?

The National Federation of Builders (NFB), which represents the broadest range of building and contracting businesses across England and Wales, is questioning the newly proposed licensing scheme targeted at tackling shoddy building work or poor business practice. The construction sector... View Article