Construction
Required Reading: The VAT reverse charge for building & construction services
A major change to the way VAT is collected in the building and construction industry comes into play on 1st October 2019 [delayed to 2020].
High-end joinery specialist hires Sizebreed founder
Barry Breed joins Leicester-based NBJ as Business Development Director, after leaving the high-end construction firm he co-founded with Darren Size in 2009
London’s new-build market suffers as starts, completions and sales tumble
Construction starts in London totalled just 3,400 units in Q2, according to Molior, well down on last year's quarterly average of 5,800;
RICS publishes ‘pioneering’ global property measurement standards
A draft guidance note on "Measurement of Land for Development and Planning Purposes" is now open for consultation
Bloomberg: UK builders see Brexit crisis when foreign labour disappears
Britain's construction industry "will lose access to the lifeblood of its workforce" as a result of leaving the EU, warns Bloomberg journalist Olivia Konotey
Glass skyscrapers: A great environmental folly that could have been avoided
If architects had paid more attention to the difficulties of building with glass, the great environmental damage wrought by modern glass skyscrapers could have been avoided, argues Henrik Schoenefeldt…
Rising costs hit housebuilder’s margins
Taylor Wimpey expects build costs to escalate by 5% this year
Development projects facing ‘major delays’ as building inspectors are forced out of business
Recent changes in the insurance market could hit the construction industry hard, and scupper the government's housing ambitions, according to the ACAI
In Pictures: On-site at the restoration of one of London’s great private houses
Aerial shots show how the derelict Athlone House in Highgate is being returned to its former glory via an epic programme of works, involving a lot of scaffolding...
In Pictures: The 2019 HQR Summer Ball
Prime resi construction firms raise £110k for worthy causes as 650 guests descend on Park Lane for the annual charity bash
Britain’s oldest building firm goes under
R Durtnell & Sons has ceased trading after more than 400 years, having been in the same family since Elizabethan times
Watch: Knowles rolls out luxury ‘car cave’ division
One of London's top basement construction firms has launched a new arm specialising in luxury "car caves".