Buyers’ rights of new homes strengthen with industry code

Developers who fail to resolve snagging problems on new homes could see themselves struck off the New Homes Quality Board, NHQB, register. The board has released a new housebuilders code banning high-pressure selling, requiring an after-sale ‘cooling off’ period and protecting the... View Article

Keystone Christmas Merrioke

The Keystone Group is proud to present its Keystone Christmas Merrioke featuring the superstars of Keystone. It’s time for a festive sing-a-long to get you in the Christmas spirit! A huge thanks to all our singers and dancers for playing... View Article

Gleeson to build 39 new homes in Abbeytown

Gleeson Homes has been granted planning permission to build 39 new homes off, Abbey Road, in Abbeytown, Cumbria. The development, which will be known as Barley Meadows, will see the 4.57 acre area of land be transformed into beautiful, high... View Article

Net zero carbon shared ownership homes in Stanford-le-Hope

Gresham House and ilke Homes have cause for celebration, as of 30th November the organisations officially broke ground at their first partnership zero carbon development at Hope Green in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex. Delivered by ilke Homes and funded by Gresham House, via... View Article

It’s time for collective action on retrofit

Gail Scholes of Zenergi explores the challenge for builders and housing associations on retrofitting the UK’s ageing housing stock to meet modern energy standards. With 28.1 million homes in the UK, the challenge of reaching net zero is significant. We... View Article

A Guide to Temporary Buildings Planning Permission

You will be required to apply for planning permission for temporary structures as per the regulations in your country. In the UK, one has to seek temporary building planning permission if the structure has a space larger than 100 square... View Article

Pump Technology Ltd packaging goes ALL GREEN!

At Pump Technology Ltd., we are continually striving to improve our environmental footprint. We started with our DrainMajor wastewater pumping range by changing the collecting tank material from GRP to a fully recyclable Polyethylene. More recently we have been working... View Article