Day: August 12, 2022

Keepmoat was selected as Wigan Council’s preferred development partner in June 2020 to regenerate the Worsley Mesnes area. The first phase is 169 family homes across four sites known collectively as The Seasons, alongside new shops and open spaces. The four sites being redeveloped include...

Monthly construction output decreased 1.4% in volume terms in June 2022, according to the Office for National Statistics. This is the first decrease since October 2021 (0.9%) following seven consecutive months of growth. June’s decrease was a result of falls in both new work (2.0%)...

The CIOB wants an end to the anomaly that 20% value added tax (VAT) is applied to building improvement work but not to new build. This can mean that perfectly good buildings are being knocked down and rebuilt instead of being refurbished because the absence...

Woodberry Down Woodberry Down is a 30-year regeneration project next to Finsbury Park that Berkeley started in 2009. More than 5,500 mixed-tenure new homes are planned. The development is being built over eight phases, and will include parkland, open water and a nature reserve –...

Left to right are Wirral Waters development director Richard Mawdsley, Starship Group managing director Dave Dargan and Starship Modular managing director Karl VentreEarlier this year, Starship Group relocated its head office to Hythe, Peel L&P’s office building at Wirral Waters. Now, the house-builder has moved...