Six developers have made the shortlist to build 800 new homes to form a new neighbourhood on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Chobham Manor will sit between the Athletes Village and the VeloPark. The shortlisted bidders are: East Thames and Countryside Properties, Barratt Homes and Le Frak Organisation, St James Group Limited (Berkeley), Swan Housing […]

£10bn switch to capital spending from revenue spending announced over the next two parliaments Chancellor George Osborne has pledged to “get Britain building again” in his autumn statement. He said an extra £5bn would be spent on capital projects as a result of reducing revenue spending by the same amount. This will be allocated to […]

Prime Minister David Cameron and his deputy Nick Clegg will unveil a £400m fund to build 16,000 houses, to reverse the slow rate of house building, and stimulate the economy. The ‘Get Britain Building’ initiative will focus on ‘shovel ready’ construction sites where work has stalled. The government is aiming to build an additional 450,000 […]

Plans for the biggest affordable housing development seen in St Andrews have taken a significant step forward. Kingdom Housing Association (KHA) has secured funding from the Scottish Government for nine flats in Greenside Place, part of the proposed Abbey Park development by Knightsbridge Homes. KHA has been working with the Knightsbridge team to provide affordable […]

East End parishioners will have a new church building by the end of summer. Rebuilding of St George’s and St Peter’s Parish Church, on Aberdalgie Road, Easterhouse, Glasgow is due to be complete by August this year and BRS are providing a range of energy efficiency and building regulations services to the project. Rev. Malcolm […]