Category Archives: Industry News

Allotments could provide space for 600,000 new homes England’s allotments could provide space for over 600,000 new homes, according to the latest research by the estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk. GetAgent’s research found that there are an estimated 4,554 allotments across the nation containing roughly 177,606 plots, each at an average size of 250 square metres. That’s…

RICS: Housebuilders face soaring costs and labour shortages The construction supply chain struggled to keep up with increasing new housing and infrastructure across the UK, the RICS Construction and Infrastructure Survey has found for Q2 2021. With total workloads showing strong growth after +38% (net balance) of respondents reported a rise, there were also problems…

Leaseholds on the rise with 8% growth in five years The latest research from Warwick Estates shows that leasehold homes are playing an increasingly significant role in the UK housing market after enjoying significant growth in the past couple of years. There is an increasingly common narrative around the housing market that leaseholds should be a thing…

Construction sector R&D investment outperforms other industries Construction sector R&D investment outperformed UK industry as a whole in first quarter of the year. R&D spending in the construction sector held firm in the first quarter of this year despite the disruption caused by the pandemic, analysis of the latest ONS data, released yesterday, by business…

Hill Group joins forces with two charities to tackle homelessness Three leading organisations have combined forces to launch a formidable new partnership today (28th June) to help single people experiencing homelessness get their lives back on track. Award-winning developer Hill Group, The Salvation Army and Citizens UK have together formed the SHC Partnership, following a £12m…

MPs hit back at government’s proposed planning reforms A new report from the Commons Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee has criticised Government’s proposed planning reforms, saying the proposals lack details and will fail to deliver more homes. “Our evidence has suggested there are problems with the three areas proposal,” the MPs said. “These…

77% of Brits want more new homes, but don’t support Growth Zones The latest research by Warwick Estates has revealed that almost 77% of people think that the government needs to build more homes, but if that means introducing Growth Zones or reclassifying Green Belt space, public support starts to dwindle. With an obvious and well-reported shortage…

Public urge housing providers to solve ugly tech According to new research from Zen Internet, potential homebuyers are fed up with ugly technology being on show. Almost three in five (57%) of those surveyed thought wires around the home were the most unsightly of the lot. This was closely followed by daisy chained extension leads (43%), whilst…