NHBC welcomes Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ housing growth plans
NHBC is shaking-up house-building training, with its investment of £100m in the launch of 12 new multi-skill training hubs across the UK.
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- In conversation with house builders: future homes (January 2025)
- Understanding UK land types (January 2025)
- NHBC relaunches leading technical event as BEYOND ‘25 LIVE (January 2025)
- NHBC honours top UK site managers with national awards
for raising standards in house building (January 2025) - NHBC welcomes Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ housing growth plans (January 2025)
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- Minister for Communities visits quality new build development in Jordanstown and meets award winning site manager (December 2024)
- In conversation with house builders: the skills gap (December 2024)
- Cautious optimism from UK house builders with 40% increase in new home registrations in Q3 reports NHBC (November 2024)
- NHBC invests £100M in Multi-Skills Training Hubs to tackle UK house-building skills shortage (November 2024)
- NHBC appoints Stefan Szymoszowskyj as Regional Director for Scotland (October 2024)
- North East mayor shares vision to bridge skills gap (October 2024)
- Latest NHBC figures reveal current house building volumes must double to meet Labour’s 1.5m new homes pledge (July 2024)
- The benefits of apprenticeships for employers: building a skilled workforce (July 2024)
- The UK’s progress towards a Passivhaus standard in new homes (July 2024)
- NHBC colleagues win big at Women Leaders UK awards (June 2024)
- NHBC names UK’s best site managers as Pride in the Job 2024 Awards announced (June 2024)
- Economic challenges and wet weather dampen house building in first quarter, reports NHBC (May 2024)
- HRH The Princess Royal opens Cambridge Training Hub (April 2024)
- NHBC launches rotational Business Graduate Programme (April 2024)
- Record numbers of affordable homes completed in 2023 as private house building slows (February 2024)
- Apprentices tackling national skills gap and housing shortage are recognised (February 2024)
- NHBC publishes latest edition of Technical Standards, updated for 2024 (January 2024)
- UK site managers win top national award for house building quality (January 2024)
- NHBC appoints Hazel Adamek as Regional Director for the East (January 2024)
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- Lee Rowley MP opens inaugural NHBC Build to Rent Innovators event (20 November 2024)
- House building drops to lowest levels since covid (8 November 2023)
- NHBC and Bellway welcome Paul Sweeney MSP to top quality development of new homes in Glasgow (16 August 2023)
- Interview with Stephanie Barbabosa, Head of Build to Rent at Lendlease (28 July 2023)
- NHBC and Sigma Capital confirm UK-wide partnership (10 July 2023)
- Key considerations for using modern methods of construction (10 July 2023)
- NHBC welcomes LoCal Homes and Fusion Steel Framing to NHBC Accepts (5 July 203)
- NHBC launches Housing Association Insights collection (27 June 2023)
- UK’s best site managers awarded national accolade for house building quality (16 June 2023)
- Cambridgeshire's first "real-life" bricklaying apprenticeship Training Hub opens to combat the skills gap and housing shortage (22 May 2023)
- A breath of fresh air - hazardous ground gases guidance for housebuilders published (19 May 2023)
- NHBC's Richard Smith inaugurated as President of the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (16 May 2023)
- Quarterly fall masks return to confidence in house building sector (05 May 2023)
- Introducing your Sector Lead for Affordable Housing (20 April 2023)
- From Scandinavia to the US – Reimagining the home (19 April 2023)
- The power of placemaking (22 March 2023)
- NHBC partners with CIOB for assessment of Site Supervisor apprenticeship (21 March 2023)
- House building up in 2022 despite challenges in final quarter (28 February 2023)
- NHBC hosts Shadow Minister for Business and Industry at David Wilson Homes’ Sundial Place development (27 February 2023)
- Housebuilder Bovis welcomes MP to award winning Beverley site (13 February 2023)
- UK site managers win top award for house building quality (23 January 2023)
- NHBC celebrates as bricklaying and site supervision apprentices qualify (11 January 2023)
- NHBC launches new Residential Construction Statistics portal (9 January 2023)
- NHBC Technical Standards 2023 Now Live (6 January 2023)
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- The Knife Angel arrives in Milton Keynes (14 December 2022)
- Newcastle Training Hub opens to support the next generation of skilled house builders in the North East (3 December 2022)
- NHBC launches Build to Rent insights collection (24 November 2022)
- NHBC reaffirms commitment to Armed Forces Covenant (16 November 2022)
- New home registrations up 33% in Q3 but slowdown ahead (14 November 2022)
- Confused by carbon jargon? The NHBC Foundation launches a comprehensive new guide (3 October 2022)
- New home completions return to pre-pandemic levels in Q2 (11 August 2022)
- New Non-executive Director welcomed to NHBC Board (1 August 2022)
- New NHBC Foundation report seeks to unlock full potential of the Future Home Standards (27 July 2022)
- NHBC bolsters BTR offer with senior hire (22nd July 2022)
- NHBC boosts its alternative residential offer with senior hires (14 July 2022)
- NHBC Pride in the Job Awards 2022 celebrate the UK’s best site managers (17 June 2022)
- NHBC names UK’s best site managers as Pride in the Job 2024 Awards announced (June 2024)
- New home registrations up 25% in first quarter (19 May 2022)
- Planning approval submitted for Scotswood Training Hub to support more than 100 bricklaying apprentices per year (1 April 2022)
- NHBC reports 25% boost in UK new home registrations in 2021 (10 February 2022)
- Pride in the Job 2021 Supreme Award Winners Announced (25 January 2022)
- NHBC Technical Standards 2022 now live (4 January 2022)
- On trend colours for 2022 (7 January 2022)
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- New NHBC Standards announced for 2022 (25 November 2021)
- Focus on NHBC’s Technology Assisted Inspection app (14 October 2021)
- Pride in the Job 2021 Quality Awards: Spotlight on Barratt Homes and David Wilson (10 August 2021)
- New training hub (20 May 2021)
- The housebuilding industry can lead the way on biodiversity (28 April 2021)
- Welcome Josh Golding NHBC’s new Industry Training Manager (4 March 2021)
- NHBC announces Regional Director appointments for the North East, West & Wales and Scotland (11 February 2021)
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- New guide offers top tips to prevent moisture in new-build homes (5 November 2019)
- NHBC increases number of accepted MMC systems with Legal & General (6 November 2019)
- New guide offers top tips to prevent moisture in new-build homes (5 November 2019)
- As safe as houses: home security (12 October 2018)
- Get your garden ready this autumn (10 October 2018)
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