Q&A: Claire Jarvis, managing director, David Wilson Homes North West From 21-year-old sales advisor to one of the UK housebuilding sector’s few female managing directors, Claire Jarvis of David Wilson Homes shares her career journey, perspective on current market challenges and opportunities, and how parent company Barratt Redrow is shaping the ... Read More...
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The chancellor has announced new measures for buying and building homes in his 2018 Budget. Philip Hammond delivered what he described as a “budget that paves the way for a brighter future” this afternoon (29 October) ahead of Brexit, and declared that “the era of austerity is finally coming to an ... Read More...
Stewart Milne Homes' North West managing director on building success in the city region With a clutch of sought after developments and more on the way, housebuilder Stewart Milne Homes is fast becoming a familiar name across the Liverpool City Region. YM Liverpool caught up with North West managing director Paul Challinor ... Read More...
Healthy demand for new build homes is behind the recent surge in housebuilding, according to a Liverpool City Region developer. Figures from the Department for Communities and Local Government suggest the number of homes being built in England has reached its highest level since the financial crisis. Redrow spokesperson Matt Grayson says the ... Read More...
Housebuilders must do more to sell the industry’s opportunities to young people as it faces a “crying need to recruit” workers. The North West managing director of Bellway Homes spoke out about the construction sector’s needs to engage more with schools during a panel discussion in Knowsley yesterday (3 May). David Williams ... Read More...
Merseyside is among the top 15 areas in the country for creating housebuilding jobs according to new figures released today. In its ‘Building Communities, Boosting Employment’ report the Home Builders Federation (HBF) suggests the industry created 3,096 new jobs across the county during 2014/15. This total, which puts Merseyside as 15th in ... Read More...
When recession hit in 2008 it brought a difficult time for a housebuilding sector which, nationally, already had a way to go to meet housing needs. small to medium developers particularly felt the full weight of the financial blow. With Help to Buy among initiatives credited with helping the industry back ... Read More...