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GUEST ARTICLE: Planning in 2026 – from ambitious promises to practical delivery

Dec 18, 2025 | Guest Articles

This guest article, from Lawrence Turner, Director at Boyer, looks at why 2026 must be the year reform turns into permissions, homes and infrastructure…

Mitsubishi Electric: Spring Statement reaction

Mar 27, 2025 | Articles, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Regulations & Accreditations, Building Services, Facility Management & Building Services, Heating Systems, Controls and Management, Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning - HVAC, news, Pipes & Fittings, Plumbing, Retrofit & Renovation, Sustainability & Energy Efficiency

Russell Dean, Deputy Divisional Manager at Mitsubishi Electric, welcomes the OBR’s conclusion that housebuilding will reach a forty-year high under planning reforms.

BMBI: Merchants’ November value sales fall -4.6%, as prices drop -3.4%

Jan 29, 2025 | Articles, Bricks & Blocks, Building Associations & Institutes, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Services, Civil Engineering, Concrete, Cement, Admixtures, Hand Tools, Hard Landscaping & Walkways, Health & Safety, Information Technology, Innovations & New Products, Interior Design & Construction, Interiors, Landscaping, news, Paints, Paints, Coatings & Finishes, Plant, Equipment and Hire, Power Tools, Publications, Research & Materials Testing, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & Renovation, Sustainability & Energy Efficiency

The latest Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) report shows builders’ merchants’ value sales in November were down -4.6% compared to the same month in 2023.

FLIR C5: Greening Campaign’s Tool For Energy-Efficient Homes

Mar 19, 2024 | Articles, Building Associations & Institutes, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Services, Case Studies, Facility Management & Building Services, Heating Systems, Controls and Management, Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning - HVAC, Information Technology, Posts, Retrofit & Renovation, Sustainability & Energy Efficiency, Thermal Imaging and Monitors

The Greening Campaign, founded by Terena Plowright, has set its sights on an ambitious goal – to make the entire United Kingdom greener, one community at a time. This initiative seeks to address a pressing concern regarding the widespread lack of awareness about the importance of energy efficiency within homes. FLIR’s C5 cameras are being used there…

REHAU Report Shows How Offsite Construction Can Overcome Skyrocketing Demand on UK Building Industry

Nov 20, 2023 | Articles, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Services, Heating Systems, Controls and Management, Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning - HVAC, Plumbing, Posts, Publications, Research & Materials Testing, Retrofit & Renovation

A new report from REHAU is encouraging mechanical services contractors, specifiers and developers to accelerate the uptake and deployment of offsite construction techniques.

Wetherby Building Systems: Blackberry Hill Hospital Modular

May 22, 2023 | Articles, Bricks & Blocks, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Systems, Case Studies, Facades, Insulation, Render, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & Renovation, Timber Buildings and Timber Products, Walls

32 high quality ‘flat-pack’ homes form part of Vistry Partnerships’ wider regeneration of a 21-acre site, which includes 346 homes (including 100 much needed affordable homes). They feature OSB board and 15mm timber cavity rails from Wetherby Building Systems.

Aluprof UK: Scotland Leads the Way to Passivhaus Homes

Feb 8, 2023 | Aluminium Products, Architectural Ironmongery, Articles, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Regulations & Accreditations, Building Systems, Curtain Walling, Doors, Glass, Glazing, Insulation, news, Retrofit & Renovation, Sustainability & Energy Efficiency, Walls, Windows

Within two years, all new homes built in Scotland will be built to a Scottish equivalent of the Passivhaus standard. This is a huge shake up in legislation which is already gaining attention from around the globe, according to Wojciech Brożyna, MD of Aluprof UK, who writes the following piece…

Hush: Research highlights need for better floor soundproofing in our homes

Dec 19, 2022 | Acoustics, Noise & Vibration Control, Articles, Building Industry News, Building Products & Structures, Building Regulations & Accreditations, Building Services, Building Systems, Ceilings, Facility Management & Building Services, Floors, Health & Safety, Research & Materials Testing, Restoration & Refurbishment, Retrofit & Renovation, Walls

Recent research provides compelling evidence why separating floors in houses and apartments need to be designed to much higher acoustic standards. Hush Acoustics has more…