House building

NHBC Hull Training Hub opening

Hull’s first “real-life” bricklaying apprenticeship Training Hub opens to combat the national skills gap and housing shortage

A new apprenticeship Training Hub in Bransholme which will deliver the next generation of skilled house builders in the North of England has been unveiled by NHBC, the UK’s leading new home warranty and insurance provider.

The NHBC Training Hub, which officially opened on Thursday 12 October 2023, is in partnership with EN:Able Futures, a flexi-job apprenticeship provider and part of...

House building targets

Industry reacts to Michael Gove u-turn on house building targets

Managing Director of Stripe Property Group, James Forrester, commented:

“This is astonishingly negligent on the part of the government. House building has languished below the required 300,000 annual number since the 1950’s and that’s even with the focus and accountability of local authority facing targets. To remove those targets is to allow the UK’s requirement to dangle in the...

Research reveals the UK locations with the most building scams (& top tips on how to avoid them!)

New research from Clothes2order has revealed the areas across the U.K. that have fallen foul of rogue builders and scams.

By analysing figures from Citizens Advice’s ‘Consumer Advice Trends’, Wyre in the North West was found to be the local authority dealing with the most complaints around possible scams.

Read the full report here: https://www.clothes2order.com/blog/building...

New build houses

Fewer homes built in the last year as new build delivery tumbles

The latest research by the property developer, StripeHomes , has found that the level of new homes reaching the market has fallen by more than 32,000 across England year oin year.

StripeHomes analysed the number of completed dwellings delivered to the market in the last 12 months and how this compares to the stock levels delivered during the previous 12.

The figures show...