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Easier finance helping small house builders

Access to finance for SME house builders is showing signs of improvement, according...

Central and local government must increase SME spend

All local authorities and housing associations should set targets to increase their...

Two thirds of UK building companies turn down work

New research has revealed the extent of the current skills shortage in the UK...

Building boom endangered by skills shortage

Despite the fact that the building industry has been booming for more than two years,...

Planning stats conceal barriers to house building

The latest planning permission figures from the Government reveal a welcome increase...

Reforms could signal “age of the apprentice”

The Government’s apprenticeship reforms could indicate a revolutionary new...

New construction strategy will support SME firms

The Local Government Association’s (LGA) newly launched local government...

UK must build 200,000 homes a year by 2020

Government and industry must collaborate to build at least 200,000 homes a year by...

Construction apprenticeships doomed under government...

The future of the construction industry hangs in the balance following the...

Cross-party focus on housing and infrastructure will...

Cross-party consensus on how best to deliver new housing and infrastructure projects...

Builders fund excludes micro-builders

The government's new £525 million Builders Finance Fund will improve access to...

Building recovery under threat

The economic recovery in the SME construction sector is under threat from rising...

Construction SMEs failing to win public sector...

More than 40% of construction SMEs are failing to win nine out of ten public sector...

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