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FeaturesThings can only get hotter – so we must tackle overheating in buildings
With climate change making heatwaves more frequent, intense and long-lasting, what can be done to mitigate overheating in buildings?
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NewsGovernment lays out detail of energy support for businesses
Wholesale price of electricity expected to be set at £211 per MWh
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NewsMake more effort to reach net zero goals, industry leaders tell Truss
Bosses of Bam, CBRE, Arup and British Land among signatories of letter urging prime minister to deliver on climate promises
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NewsGalliford Try to spend £1m on staff cost of living payment
One-off payments being handed to more than half firm’s 3,300 staff
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NewsLee Rowley named as fourth housing minister this year
North East Derbyshire MP has track record of opposing planning applications in his constituency
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NewsHigh Court grants injunction against protests across entire HS2 route
Judge rejects claims order will have ‘chilling effect’ on protest
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NewsKwarteng to announce planning deregulation initiative on Friday
Reports suggest chancellor will add detail to Liz Truss’ pledge to boost development and cut red tape
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NewsMace says tender price rises have peaked this year
But firm says escalating energy costs and demand for improved pay packets mean cost of jobs will continue to head north
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NewsDeveloper boss to chair net zero ratings scheme
Standard aims to verify and audit claims about buildings’ credentials
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NewsInsolvencies rise in July as soaring energy costs see small firms struggle
Soaring energy prices could tip indebted SMEs over the edge, advisor warns
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NewsLevelling-up target areas would benefit doubly from national retrofit scheme, claims think tank
IPPR advocates £7bn a year investment in upgrading homes
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NewsMajor land sale gives Henry Boot first half profit boost
Annual profit forecast just shy of pre-Covid levels
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NewsBusinesses wait on help to deal with rocketing energy bills ahead of Friday’s mini-budget
Frustration at delays to details of support package as firms hit by huge tariff hikes
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CommentPro-development or nimby? Which Liz Truss will we get?
The prime minister says she wants to scrap housing targets, but in 2019 she wanted to build on the green belt. How likely is a return to pro-development principles now she is in office?
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NewsSpringfield pauses signing of new affordable housing contracts
Scottish housebuilder reports record results but bottom line hit by sharp cost increases in supply chain
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NewsIndustry asked to review proposals for products competence standard
Regulators will ‘no longer tolerate an industry that does not evidence its competence’, Constuction Products Association warns
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NewsControversial Woolwich housing blocks get green light
Councillors narrowly approve revised scheme after previous proposal for 27-storey tower kicked out
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FeaturesBattersea power station: conquering the Everest of real estate
It has been compared to climbing the world’s highest mountain but the redeveloped Battersea power station is now, finally, complete
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NewsAnalysts expect Kier to resume dividend in 2024
Shareholder payouts last made in first half of 2018/19 financial year
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NewsTributes paid as former HBF boss Roger Humber dies
Passionate advocate of the housebuilding sector passes away suddenly aged 79