Platform Housing Group has announced the appointment of Kevin Bolt as Interim Group Chief Executive, following the upcoming departure of Elizabeth Froude at the end of January 2026. Kevin brings extensive senior leadership experience from across the housing sector.  Until... View Article

Torsion Group has completed four Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) schemes for the 2025/26 academic year, delivering 690 beds across Leeds, Coventry, Nottingham and York. In a year marked by sector-wide construction, labour, and occupancy challenges, Torsion delivered all four assets in time for September student move-in, demonstrating the resilience and advant ages of... View Article

The Government’s latest Budget (26th November) has drawn a muted response from across the housebuilding and wider construction sector, with a mix of commentators praising some moves such as on landfill tax and others calling it a missed opportunity to... View Article

Specialist housing provider Alpha Living is developing its largest extra care scheme, Driftwood Gardens delivering much needed affordable homes on the Wirral as part of an innovative regeneration partnership. The £18.5m scheme will provide 80 high quality, affordable one and... View Article

VIVID, one of the UK’s leading housing associations, has announced it has secured £100 million in funding from NatWest as part of the bank’s £500 million social loan fund, designed to accelerate the delivery of homes for social rent across... View Article

In one of the few key Budget moves directly affecting the construction sector, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves announced that the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme, which has seen energy companies forced to upgrade housing’s energy would be axed,... View Article

Anchor, with the support of PRP, has secured planning permission for a major extension to Cardamom Court in the London Borough of Newham, delivering 37 much-needed new affordable extra care apartments for older people. The scheme will increase the existing... View Article

Construction has begun on a new Extra Care scheme on Benton Road in South Shields, designed to help those with differing levels of care and support needs to live well and independently for longer. Built on the site of the... View Article

SeoulOne redefines urban living in South Korea. The Hyundai Development Company invited UNS to design this multigenerational, green neighbourhood for Seoul; a mixed-use mini-city where all essential services for people of all ages are available within a 10-minute walk. SeoulOne... View Article

Timber-first, climate-friendly, and affordable, this housing project in East London – designed by Al-Jawad Pike with engineers Momentum – has been declared Great Britain’s best new homes at the Wood Awards 2025. Chowdhury Walk is deliberately climate conscious, right from... View Article

Bellway’s Hedworths Green at Lambton Park development in County Durham has won the Gold Award for Best Exterior Design at the What House? Awards, being described by the judges as ‘elegant, confident, and timeless’. The development is a new-build project... View Article

NHBC’s Masterclass series has reached an important milestone, having now provided expert training to more than 15,000 delegates. A Home Builders Federation (HBF) initiative, the Masterclass series offers fully funded training courses delivered by experts in their field covering roofing,... View Article

Award-winning housebuilder The Hill Group and Goram Homes, Bristol City Council’s housebuilding company, have officially broken ground at Baltic Wharf, marking the start of construction on a major new harbourside neighbourhood that will deliver 166 new homes, including 40% affordable... View Article

A vacant brownfield site in one of the most sought-after market towns in South Derbyshire will be regenerated by Cameron Homes. The Staffordshire-headquartered housebuilder has acquired the site of the former Senior Citizens Centre in Melbourne, South Derbyshire to redevelop... View Article

Masterplan designs for a mixed-use development in Thessaloniki, Greece, have been revealed. Foster + Partners has been appointed by developers, Dimand, to transform the historic FIX brewery, an iconic heritage landmark of industrial Thessaloniki, into a dynamic urban project that... View Article

Cardo and Kingston Council welcome new apprentices Cardo and the Royal Borough of Kingston Council have welcomed ten new apprentices, celebrating a major step in their partnership. Having taken over a responsive repairs and maintenance contract with Kingston Council in... View Article

24 November 2025, Worsley Housebuilders Story Homes and Taylor Wimpey have exchanged contracts with Peel Land Group to purchase land at Hazelhurst Farm in Worsley, paving the way for a significant new residential development Subject to planning approval, the scheme... View Article