Industry responses to Green Homes Grant cancellation
PBM takes a look at the industry's responses to the Government’s decision to cancel the Green Homes Grant scheme.
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Editor’s Viewpoint: Coping with a crisis
In the viewpoint column of PBM's April 2021 edition, editor Paul Davies considered the findings of the magazine's annual 'Top 20' listing of the UK’s largest merchant bus...
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Editor’s Viewpoint: Build Back Better?
In the viewpoint column of PBM's March 2021 edition, editor Paul Davies looked ahead to the coming budget and queried the longer term prospects of a nation transformed or...
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BiKBBI calls for urgent support ahead of Budget 2021
BiKBBI calls upon Rishi Sunak to kickstart local economies by ‘backing independent retailers in the home improvement industry.’
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2 in 3 builders’ workloads stagnant or declining, warns FMB
A Budget for Britain’s builders is needed to boost slowing workloads and to reverse contracting enquiries and employment, warns the FMB.
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Häfele survey predicts £700m home office construction boom
New research from Häfele has revealed that 40% of home working Brits are planning to create an office space in their property within the next 12 months.
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SIG welcomes news of national construction products regulator
The establishment of a new regulator to ensure homes are built from safe materials is ‘an opportunity to reset the compliance bar’ says SIG.
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RetrofitWorks endorses National Retrofit Strategy
RetrofitWorks has endorsed the National Retrofit Strategy, and has been campaigning for a plan to make the UK’s housing stock greener.
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Long-term strategy needed to combat failing Green Homes Grant scheme, says FMB
The poor take up of the Government’s Green Homes Grant scheme demonstrates the need for a longer-term strategy says the FMB.
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Travis Perkins RMI survey reveals positive picture for 2021 workloads
The latest Travis Perkins RMI survey has revealed that the vast majority of tradespeople are optimistic about their prospects for 2021.
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