Carl Brown
Carl Brown is head of content at Building, Housing Today and Building Design.
He helps to shape the news, insight and analysis across all three titles.
He has many years of experience writing about the housing development market.
Contact info
- Tel:
- 07947 251 424
- Email:
- carl.brown@assemblemediagroup.co.uk
NewsTaylor Wimpey on track to hit annual operating profit target despite margin squeeze
Housebuilder expects full-year operating profit of around £444m
NewsWatkin Jones set for ‘small operating profit’ in first half
Firm says it has been focussing on cost management and cash generation in past six months
NewsHousing association Clarion sees completions go up as turnover tops £1bn
Firm says final accounts will be hit by £20m building safety provision
NewsGateway 2 checks blamed as BPF report says build-to-rent starts slip again
Number of homes being built down 14% in first quarter as property group says ‘urgent action’ needed to deal with safety hold-ups
NewsMHCLG officials to discuss affordable funding model proposed by Building sister’s title Housing Today
Civil servants looking to arrange meeting with G15 bosses following publication of State of the Capital report
NewsRelated Argent chair among names behind data tool which measures ‘live’ energy performance of homes
New data sensor product has been piloted for several housing associations
NewsBuilding launches new campaign to look at funding projects in an era of constrained public finances
New initiative will culminate in report to the Building the Future Live conference in October.
NewsHomes England to acquire stalled scheme to turn 1970s Nottingham shopping mall into new homes
Scheme was halted five years ago after former owner went bust
NewsNPPF changes will result in 1.3 million homes built by the end of the parliament, OBR forecasts
Housebuilding to exceed 300,000 homes a year by 2029/30, excluding impact of forthcoming Affordable Homes Programme
NewsVistry’s profit drops by nearly two-thirds as impact of cost estimation errors revealed
Housebuilder says turnover and completions up last year
NewsReeves announces extra £2bn for affordable homes
Source: MHCLG/Flickr Housing secretary Angela Rayner (left) and chancellor Rachel Reeves visited Your Housing Group’s Bournes Bank development in Stoke-on-Trent yesterday
NewsCrest Nicholson ‘on track’ to hit profit target after better than expected cash performance
Housebuilder open market sales rate increases in first few months of the year
NewsBuilding’s sister title Housing Today and G15 call on ministers to explore new grant funding model for affordable housing
Move towards amortised grant could help London’s housing associations develop while limiting increases in government balance sheet debt
NewsMore than 100 housebuilders sign letter calling for Reeves to rethink £3.4bn building safety levy
HBF says levy is “nakedly anti-development” and will result in fewer homes being built
NewsBerkeley warns building safety regulation putting ‘significant pressure’ on housebuilding
Housebuilder still expects to deliver nearly £1bn profit over next two years
NewsPersimmon increases profit despite £25m write-off for investment in failed modular developer TopHat
Housebuilder increases homes completion target for coming year
News‘Ministers must solve skills gaps in construction if they want to drive growth’, MP tells inaugural Good Employer Guide Live event
Liberal Democrat’s Sarah Olney says government has to focus on needs of industry
NewsApprenticeship funding reforms must help SMEs, say leading industry figures
Leading figures from contractor Sir Robert McAlpine and consultancy Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) have called on the government to simplify apprenticeships funding
NewsDrees & Sommer buys engineering consultancy
Deal means German firm’s UK arm now has 300 employees
NewsThe government’s response to the Grenfell Inquiry: Key proposals at a glance
Ministers have today published their long-awaited plan in response to the inquiry into the Grenfell fire, which claimed 72 lives in 2017. Here is a guide to the key proposals.