After several weeks of attempts to save the business, it has been reported that Wakefield-based building compliance and inspection firm Assent Building Compliance has ceased trading with immediate effect. The loss of this major independent building control firm, reportedly with... View Article

Bellway North East has appointed Daniel Walker as its new Regional Director. Daniel, 35, who began in the housebuilding industry in 2012, joined Bellway in 2021 as Construction Director. Having grown up in Throckley, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne and now living in... View Article

37 new affordable homes completed in Longsight as part of wider regeneration drive Watson and Jigsaw Homes deliver 37 high-quality, energy-efficient homes for social rent on a regenerated brownfield site in Manchester Development supports Manchester City Council’s ambition to provide... View Article

Elivia Homes has announced the formation of a new Strategic Land Division to fuel the next phase of growth across its business. The new division will focus on unlocking the value of its long-term land bank, which encompasses over 70 sites... View Article

Phase 1 of riverside regeneration at Beckton Gasworks, Newham gets unanimous approval An important milestone in bringing forward the first phase of this strategic riverside regeneration, Beckton Gasworks Phase 1, delivered in partnership with St William (part of Berkeley Group),... View Article

The ground has been broken on an affordable housing development that will provide homes for 150 South Gloucestershire families. Housing association Bromford, part of Bromford Flagship, started work on its new development at The Pastures off Old Gloucester Road in... View Article

Designed for Vasakronan – one of Sweden’s largest property companies – White Arkitekter has restored the previously derelict headquarters of the Swedish Food Agency into a modern office building, including laboratories and restaurants in Uppsala, Sweden. A building that was... View Article

Barnet Council has received a ‘C1’ grading from the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH), the highest possible result for landlords of social housing. Barnet is one of a small number of London councils to be awarded the RSH’s top grading... View Article

Construction of the Grand Canal Gateway Bridge in Hangzhou is now complete. When opened for public use later this year, the footbridge will unite the 800,000 square metre Seamless City masterplan under construction on the east and west banks of... View Article

Work has got underway on the development of 32 new affordable homes in the rural village of Scorton. Less than five miles from Catterick, the Bolton Road development will deliver a mix of one-bed bungalows and two, three and four-bed family homes. Providing both social rent and home ownership options, the... View Article

Bromford is scaling up its in‑house construction programme to deliver more homes built to high standards and tailored to local communities. Building in-house gives Bromford more control, from the first spade in the ground to handing over the keys. It... View Article

300+ agent Customer Service Centre (CSC) deployment to set new standard for social housing customer service Leading UK housing association, Bromford, has appointed AI-first customer experience specialists, Sabio Group, to deliver a transformative cloud communications platform that will fundamentally reshape how the... View Article

The Regulator of Social Housing has downgraded Phoenix Community Housing Association (UK) Ltd to G3, meaning that the landlord does not meet the governance requirements and there are issues of serious regulatory concern. Phoenix failed to make sure systems and controls... View Article

Minister of State for Housing and Planning, Matthew Pennycook MP, has visited Marleigh Park in Cambridge, an example of high-quality, sustainable placemaking delivered by award-winning housebuilder The Hill Group. The tour formed part of the minister’s wider visit to Cambridge to coincide with a... View Article

The first phase of Awaab’s Law officially came into effect on October 27, marking one of the most significant reforms to the rental housing landscape in recent years. Designed to ensure tenants are no longer left living in unsafe or... View Article

On 27 October the Renters’ Rights Act gained Royal Assent, meaning sweeping changes to landlords’ responsibilities to give greater rights to tenants.  The new legislation ends Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions, giving tenants greater protection against unfair treatment and insecurity. Ministers... View Article

By Tom Tawell, Head of Marketing and Business Development at Lignacite Ltd As we transition from traditional feature-led to evidence-based product marketing, here’s how Lignacite is building a stronger brand, voice and reputation in the construction industry – cutting through... View Article