More than £1.7billion was added to the value of Britain’s biggest housebuilders on hopes the Chancellor will cut stamp duty. Rishi Sunak is expected to propose raising the levy’s threshold so that it would only apply to properties valued at £500,000 or more, instead of the current £125,000. The changes are expected to be unveiled … Read more
Builders want £180m-a-year levy lifted as bill to fund industry training looms By Neil Craven for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:30 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:30 BST, 20 June 2020 Construction firms are calling for a holiday from a £180million-a-year levy that they are due to begin paying as soon as next … Read more
Woman is left in tears after finding secret notes that her then three-year-old daughter hid in the walls of her house 30 years ago Kimberley Colbeck, 36, was stunned when her notes from 1987 were discovered Age three, she hid notes with her brothers Andrew, 12 and Christopher, eight Builders renovating her old house in … Read more
Builders’ merchant Travis Perkins will slash 2,500 jobs and close 165 stores amid fears coronavirus recession will hit trade for at least two years The firm said it comes as it expects the recession to hit them for about two years Bosses plan to close 165 stores – mainly focusing on smaller Travis Perkins sites … Read more
Pictures have emerged of a Hasidic rabbi who was stabbed in broad daylight on a London street today in a suspected hate crime before two heroic builders tackled the knifeman to the ground. Yaakov Schlesinger, a senior rabbi and teacher from the Satmar sect in his 50s, was stabbed multiple times after he was approached by … Read more
Huge queues built up outside B&Q stores and Five Guys burger restaurants as parts of Britain showed signs today that they were getting back to work despite the ongoing coronavirus lockdown. Builders are returning to construction sites and roads are visibly busier than a week ago, with traffic having increased to the highest levels since … Read more
Parts of Britain showed signs that they were getting back to work today despite the ongoing coronavirus lockdown as builders lined up at construction sites and roads appeared to be getting busier. Road traffic has increased to the highest levels since the lockdown was introduced, while some B&Q stores are starting to reopen around the … Read more
Borrowing the title of Johnny Nash’s 1972 hit, City broker Peel Hunt yesterday provided an upbeat commentary on housebuilders. In a note entitled ‘I Can See Clearly Now The Rain Has Gone’, it said December’s general election provided more certainty over Brexit, a swing factor for sentiment driving new home sales. ‘More consumer confidence and … Read more
Builders to join the battle against coronavirus by giving heroes of the NHS their masks By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 27 March 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 27 March 2020 Housebuilders have been urged to join the battle against the coronavirus by sending thousands of unused breathing masks to the … Read more
Builders claim they are being held to ransom by their bosses and forced to go to work as pressure mounts on the Prime Minister to shut down all construction sites. Mr Johnson was bombarded with calls to put a halt to all non-essential construction projects during Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday. But after London Underground trains and … Read more