Construction
Housebuilding starts and completions slip 9%
The number of new housebuilding starts in Q1 was 9% lower than in the same period a year earlier, according to the latest numbers from the Office of National Statistics
McGee awarded demolition contract for Lodha UK’s 1 Grosvenor Square
London-based contractor McGee has bagged the £7.4m contract for the demolition of the former Canadian High Commission building at 1 Grosvenor Square.
100 units already sold at Oakmayne’s Two Fifty One
Oakmayne's new scheme in Southwark has seen a strong take up, with nearly a third of the units going before the construction enters the fit-out phase.
‘Cranebridge’ rises to new heights as 14 major schemes get underway
Cambridge is cracking on with its ambitious growth plans at a rate of knots
Set Your Sites: What is the future for marketing development land?
As the land market evolves, agents will have to concentrate less on harnessing relationships with buyers, and more on their presentation and digital media skills, explains Knight Frank's Daniel Ward...
Profits rocket 70% for Hill as pipeline hits £1.1bn
Top 20 UK housebuilder Hill has seen its pre-tax profits climb to over £31 million, up 69% annually, and laid out some ambitious growth plans.
RBKC tops national planning enforcement league
Going by the number of notices served, Kensington & Chelsea has the busiest planning enforcement team in the country, according to new figures released by the Department of Communities and Local Government.
RBKC brings in ‘tough’ new construction noise rules
A "tough" new noise regime has come into force as part of Kensington & Chelsea's new Code of Construction Practice.
Chinese developers have spent $30bn on overseas projects in the last five years
China's economy may be going through a rough patch but that hasn't stopped its property developers spending record amounts on overseas projects
Skills shortage sharpens for SME builders as new private housing projects jump 20%
Salaries for small building firms are soaring as a result of the growing skills shortage, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), as the number of new private housing projects increased by…
High-end resi construction sector gears up for inaugural Summer Ball
London's high-end resi construction sector will be donning its gladrags this summer for a major new annual charity event.
Prefab Sprouting: ‘Lego-style’ rooftop extension craned onto Marylebone apartment
Apartment on Nottingham Place started life as a pretty modest 680 square foot 1.5-bed affair on a single-level of a period building