Budget for building boom making more of manufacturing in the UK George Osborne’s latest Budget put the building and construction sectors right at the heart of a recovery that continues to gather pace – you can read the industry feedback via our summary below.  Major infrastructure projects are boosting the economy plus Barbour ABI report[…]

THE BUDGET 2014 Firstly, for those anoraks out there that want to read every last word of George Osborne’s fifth Budget speech to the House of Commons, here the GrowthBusiness provides the full transcript. If you just want the key points, here is the BBC ‘at-a-glance’ review or the 4 minute BBC video review. Or[…]

The findings of the ‘Retrofit for the Future’ study will be launched at the Retrofit Live event held at the Centre of Refurbishment Excellence (CoRE) next month and will include discuss the outcomes of the recent £17m programme. We need to get serious about retrofit and this event and study will point the way forward.[…]

Celotex Insulating Briatain campaign begins at Ecobuild Ecobuild highlights for me included a visit to the Celotex ‘Insulating Britain’ campaign bus parked inside the exhibition hall; learning about the impact of BIM from Assa Abloy; great presentation (and hospitality) from Wilo; favourite new British product was the hybrid solar panel from Solar Angel; and I[…]

Robot brickies, keeping cool in Sochi, and housebuilder profits surge We begin with a quick exhibition update. This week you can visit Data Centre World, at London’s ExCel to find out 10 reasons why Energetics beat traditional energy providers; next week it is Ecobuild, also at ExCel – follow the link for the latest show[…]