An internal promotion at housebuilder Gleeson Homes sees Wayne Sutton appointed as Regional Managing Director in its Yorkshire East region. Wayne joined Gleeson in October 2019 as Operations Manager for the Tees Valley region and within months was promoted to... View Article

The BEIS Select Committee have been accused of “deliberately misreading” Ministerial plans for decarbonising UK homes in its latest report, published this week, according to Mike Foster, chief executive of the not for profit trade body Energy and Utilities Alliance.... View Article

If you were to design a building that puts occupants’ happiness first, what would it look like? How would the materials, form and layout support healthy ways of living and working? From the author of 2018’s hugely successful Happy by... View Article

On the 4th February, the world watched Beijing celebrate the start of the 2022 Winter Olympics as the world’s first dual Olympic city. The only new permanent venue for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games, the National Speed Skating... View Article

“Now we know the impact of the global energy crisis upon the average consumer, a price cap increase of £693 to £1971 a year. Millions more households will now be thrown into fuel poverty, through no fault of their own... View Article

One of Nottingham’s most recently refurbished spaces is a finalist for three awards at this year’s British Council for Offices (BCO) Midlands and Central England Awards. Architecture and interior design firm CPMG Architects oversaw the internal refit of the Grade... View Article

Responding to the commitment in the Levelling Up White Paper to halve the number of poor quality rented homes, Cllr Darren Rodwell, housing spokesperson for the Local Government Association (LGA), said: “Councils want all tenants to be able to live... View Article

A swathe of councils could follow two Hertfordshire authorities who rejected their local plans in the wake of the government’s decision to reverse proposed planning reform. The construction industry fears Conservative-run Hertsmere and Welwyn Hatfield borough councils’ move to revise their... View Article

Innovative affordable housing developer Pocket Living has secured a resolution to grant planning permission from Southwark Council for two new developments in the Old Kent Road Opportunity Area. As two linked planning applications, the two schemes, Ossory Road and Credon House, will... View Article

Perkins&Will, led by Penoyre & Prasad with Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, has signed a contract with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust to design two new state-of-the-art hospitals on the site of Leeds General Infirmary (LGI). The appointment follows a competition... View Article

The details of the Government’s Levelling Up White Paper have been revealed, including a range of housing announcements as part of a broad devolution agenda. Among a range of proposals intended to increase prosperity for ‘forgotten’ regions outside London and... View Article