Low energy homes can ease tenant hardship, says Keats

Jamie Keats, Co-Founder of retrofit specialists wrapt homes, discusses how low energy homes can help tackle tenant hardship and cut costs for those who need it.   As energy bills continue to stretch household budgets across the UK, many tenants remain... View Article

Super-fast social housing for Birmingham families

The UK faces a triple challenge to tackle the severe affordable housing shortage, cut carbon emissions, and ramp up housebuilding to meet the government’s target of 1.5 million homes in the next five years. These issues are felt acutely in... View Article

Housing 2025

24-26 June, Manchester Central With Labour having put housing at the forefront of their priorities, there is acknowledgement from all that we need a deep structural shift on how we fund our existing homes, and build the targeted 1.5 million... View Article

Connecting 30,000 industry professionals

24-26 June, NEC Birmingham   InstallerSHOW is the UK’s must-visit event focusing on sustainability in the built environment, bringing together more than 800 exhibitors and 30,000 visitors across three halls and three days at the NEC Birmingham in June 2025.... View Article

Close the data gap

Rob Norton of PlanRadar highlights the urgent need for better digital data management to meet fire safety standards, explaining how Regulation 38 can close critical compliance gaps across the sector. Almost eight years on from the tragic events of 14... View Article

Get retrofit right

Martin Hitchin of REHAU UK highlights how retrofitting window and door frames, alongside the necessary supply chain collaboration, is a vital component of improving thermal performance and meeting net zero targets across the sector. The residential sector accounts for approximately... View Article

Why should builders choose SterlingOSB Zero over plywood?

West Fraser’s SterlingOSB Zero, is often seen in restaurants, exhibitions and retail outlets where the theme is “natural”, “eco”, and “earthy”. It is also commonly used as a hoarding panel for building sites, or for boarding up broken windows. The fundamental engineered panel... View Article

Trust the Bathroom Experts

For 40 years we’ve been Making Life Better by designing bathroom products that not only do the job better than anybody else, but look great too and most importantly, stand the test of time. The AKW Baths Collection offers everything... View Article

Landlord Latest: Platform Housing Group

Since 1967, Platform Housing Group has put a strong focus on providing affordable, safe homes – serving over 120,000 people since forming. With 2,000 dedicated colleagues, COO Marion Duffy explains how Platform is building a truly modern, customer-focused HA that’s... View Article