SME housebuilders Archives

Closing the gap — the role of SMEs in boosting social housing provision

|Date: 5 October, 2023

Closing the gap — the role of SMEs in boosting social housing provision

Co-founder and Director of Helix Partnership Homes, Charlie Scherer, and Nic Davies, Group Chief Executiv ...

Co-founder and Director of Helix Partnership Homes, Charlie Scherer, and Nic Davies, Group Chief Executive Officer at Helix, look at the qualities of SME housebuilders in boosting housing provision, a ...

5 October, 2023
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Southern Construction Framework announces first project success under new £5bn residential programme

|Date: 23 February, 2022

Southern Construction Framework announces first project success under new £5bn residential programme

Southern Construction Framework (SCF), a leading construction procurement framework delivered by the publ ...

Southern Construction Framework (SCF), a leading construction procurement framework delivered by the public sector for the public sector, has paved the way for a first project under its £5.16bn Reside ...

23 February, 2022
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Is red tape the biggest barrier to government target of 300,000 new homes a year?

|Date: 6 July, 2018

Is red tape the biggest barrier to government target of 300,000 new homes a year?

Bureaucracy, lack of cooperation and a dwindling SME builders market are the main blockades to reaching t ...

Bureaucracy, lack of cooperation and a dwindling SME builders market are the main blockades to reaching the Government’s ambitious housing targets according to panellists at an event held by BLP Insur ...

6 July, 2018
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NFB: You cannot diversify the housing market with demand-led initiatives

|Date: 23 March, 2018

NFB: You cannot diversify the housing market with demand-led initiatives

The National Federation of Builders (NFB) comments on the importance of supporting efforts to build more ...

The National Federation of Builders (NFB) comments on the importance of supporting efforts to build more council homes, because they contribute to diversifying the housing market. Research by the Char ...

23 March, 2018
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Late payment in construction

|Date: 22 March, 2018

Late payment in construction

Late payment and non-payment has been a blight on the construction industry for decades — both in the pri ...

Late payment and non-payment has been a blight on the construction industry for decades — both in the private and public sector. Emma Stapleton from TenderSpace examines its impact. In November 2017, ...

22 March, 2018
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Homes England supports first Custom Build project in Shropshire via the Home Building Fund

|Date: 1 March, 2018

Homes England supports first Custom Build project in Shropshire via the Home Building Fund

Shropshire Council has worked collaboratively with SME developer Czero Developments on a project financed ...

Shropshire Council has worked collaboratively with SME developer Czero Developments on a project financed by Homes England to provide nine serviced plots for custom build homes. The scheme, which alre ...

1 March, 2018
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Combined authority unveils its housebuilding plans at housing summit

|Date: 8 August, 2017

Combined authority unveils its housebuilding plans at housing summit

A housing summit hosted in July has seen a pledge laid down to accelerate much-needed high quality housin ...

A housing summit hosted in July has seen a pledge laid down to accelerate much-needed high quality housing in Cambridgeshire.   The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority hosted the event ...

8 August, 2017
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Birmingham City Council launches new programme to support small and medium-sized housebuilders

|Date: 29 March, 2017

Birmingham City Council launches new programme to support small and medium-sized housebuilders

A new four-year programme, which will see small and medium-sized housebuilders working for Birmingham Cit ...

A new four-year programme, which will see small and medium-sized housebuilders working for Birmingham City Council’s housebuilding arm — Birmingham Municipal Housing Trust (BMHT) — has been launched. ...

29 March, 2017
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