Housebuilder completes Leicestershire land purchase

The Owl Group has completed the unconditional purchase of a 16.63 acre site in Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire for an undisclosed sum. The award-winning housebuilder has acquired the site with outline planning permission for 135 new homes, following a deal with... View Article

You cannot build to a standard that does not exist

Simon Storer, Chief Executive of Insulation Manufacturers Association The Conservative Party’s pledge at its recent conference to scrap the Future Homes Standard before it has even come into force has been presented as a way of cutting red tape and... View Article

NHBC appoints Caroline Eyre as Head of Portfolio Management

NHBC, the UK’s largest provider of new home warranties and insurance, has appointed Caroline Eyre to the newly created role of Head of Portfolio Management. Caroline will oversee the underwriting portfolio, ensuring risk appetite and strategy are translated into disciplined portfolio... View Article

ADSA Tees Up Support for Charity

Twenty-nine teams took to the fairways at Branston Golf & Country Club for the Automatic Door Suppliers Association’s (ADSA) annual charity golf day, helping to raise £9,000 for three main charities and a range of others. The event, on 24... View Article

Salford keys to a community

To meet a growing local need for social housing in Salford, ForHousing has completed its White Lion development – 18 social rent homes on a brownfield site designed with a focus on creating safe, modern places to live. Roseanne Field... View Article

Concrete bricks’ sustainable role

Jamie Gledhill of Brett Landscaping and Building Products, explores how UK manufactured concrete bricks can reduce embodied carbon while supporting resilient, efficient housing delivery. Housebuilders and developers are under growing pressure to deliver homes that meet increasingly ambitious sustainability targets... View Article

Jones Homes buys land to build 41 homes in Woodhouses

Jones Homes is to build 41 homes in Woodhouses near Failsworth after completing the purchase of land in the village. Detailed plans for the project, on a 3.9-acre site south of Ashton Road, were approved by Oldham Council in January... View Article

Borghese Gallery architectural competition opens

Proposals for new solutions to expand what the gallery can offer: displaying works currently held in storage, staging new exhibitions and conferences, equipping restoration laboratories, and improving accessibility and services for a growing public, for people with disabilities and for... View Article

RSH gives two local authorities a C3 consumer grade

Two local authorities received a C3 consumer grade from the Regulator of Social Housing in regulatory judgements published today (Wednesday 14 October 2026). RSH found serious failings in Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council’s understanding of the condition of its homes and... View Article