This year will be one of significant change in how the Chancellor seeks to steer the direction of the economy and tell us what he is going to do. The spring budget, with the traditional “red box” is gone and will be replaced by a “Spring Statement”. The budget will be moved to the autumn…
Prime Minister sets out plans to “restore dream of home ownership” (Clearly from the backdrop the homes will be built of brick!) In her speech, Theresa May warned developers who are too slow to build houses that their past record could count against them when they applied for new planning permissions. The Prime Minister also…
A new year brings fresh challenges, the biggest of which in the construction industry is how to deliver the Government’s target of 1,000,000 new homes before the end of this Parliament! Contrary to what most of the media is telling us, the UK economy is doing quite well. We are experiencing the lowest unemployment figures…