Wren and Taylor Wimpey Achieve Top Safety Recognition with FIRA

Wren and Taylor Wimpey Achieve Top Safety Recognition with FIRA Wren Contracts has reinforced its position as a leader in safe, high-quality kitchen installation across UK construction sites, achieving an outstanding 98.4% in a recent FIRA Gold Installation assessment for... View Article

Fashionable flooring

Lorna Williams at Amtico shares her insights on winter flooring trends for 2025 and how self-builders can use them to curate a cohesive interior scheme. Flooring is often one of the biggest decisions in any project, setting the tone for... View Article

RIBA announces winning projects of the inaugural APAC Awards

Shenzhen – China 17 December 2025 – The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has today announced the 10 winning projects of the inaugural RIBA Asia Pacific Awards, honouring the most innovative, socially impactful and future-focused architecture across one of... View Article

Social housing needs a new approach

Our regular social housing correspondent Patrick Mooney argues that, with homelessness at record levels and councils pushed to the brink, only a bold new approach can deliver the affordable homes Britain urgently needs. With record levels of homelessness being experienced,... View Article

Planning and Infrastructure Act receives Royal Assent

The Planning and Infrastructure Act has been given Royal Assent, with promises from the Ministry of Housing that it will “remove blockages and delays in the planning system, accelerating the construction of tens of thousands of new homes across every... View Article

Backhouse Housing announces senior management promotions

Backhouse Housing, a leading housebuilder in southwest England, has announced a series of senior management appointments following the planned departure of Chief Executive Officer Ian Jones at the beginning of January 2026. These changes mark the next phase of the... View Article

NSBRC: The Winter Show of 2026 is here!

Bookings Now Open! The National Self Build & Renovation Show 2026 Book your FREE tickets for our Winter Show! Friday 31st January – Sunday 2nd February Now that 2026 is just around the corner, many of us are turning our... View Article