Inside the Surrey estate loved by Cliff Richard and Andy Murray Life&Style The Surrey estate is close to Windsor and has historic parkland backing onto new residential properties Set amid 78 acres of land, including wildflower meadows, the Surrey country estate of Sunningdale Park was established in the late 1700s and for centuries was home to all manner of Sirs and High Sheriffs, including at one point [...]
Barratt: Profit halves at housebuilder but firm optimistic after Redrow deal Property Housebuilder Barratt reported a halving in profit and drop in completions amid a challenging housing market, but has said it is optimistic about the future. Barratt said its total home completions in the year ended 30 June reached 14,004, down 18.6 per cent from 17,206 in 2023 but at the upper end of the company’s [...]
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Completions to fall at Barratt amid flurry of updates from housebuilders September 1, 2024 Barratt Developments is expected to report a fall in home completions, but profits just ahead of previous expectations, amid a week of financial updates from UK housebuilders. The company, which is Britain’s biggest housebuilder, reports its annual results on Wednesday September 4, with updates from Vistry and Berkeley Group in the following days. Barratt said in July [...]
Why we bought a decommissioned nuclear power station August 30, 2024 Seventy years since a Brit first split the atom, it’s time to re-energise our nuclear industry and reclaim leadership in the technology of the future, says Lord Grade Down an unassuming country lane in Gloucestershire, out of the market town of Berkeley and toward the Severn Estuary, lies the site where Britain’s next nuclear power [...]
The pockets of London propping up the prime commercial property market August 20, 2024 The commercial prime market is, for want of a better word, doing OK. In the City, leasing increased by one per cent over its long-term average in the second quarter, while overall demand was 12 per cent below its long-term average. For a sector pummelled by downsizing amid changes to weekly working patterns, it’s not [...]
Legal and General rows in behind Reeves’ housebuilding drive with £125m fund July 15, 2024 Legal & General has thrown its weight behind the government’s house building push today with a pledge to inject at least £125m of pension cash into affordable housing.
Housebuilding giants Bellway, Berkeley and Barratt laud Reeves’ planning pledge July 8, 2024 Some of the UK's largest property and housebuilding firms have welcomed the new Labour government's promise to "get Britain building again" with a reintroduction of compulsory housebuilding targets, calling them "hugely encouraging".
Why bad recruitment strategies could cost your start-up more than a few pay checks June 28, 2024 How do you know when you have made a good hire?
Thousands of new homes on Bromley-By-Bow gasworks given green light June 20, 2024 It has developed the design plans with RHSP Architects, which is also working on a similar gasworks concept, Broadway East in Bethnal Green.