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Barratt Redrow has today reported a 10.1% year-on-year decline in forward sales as of March 30, 2025, with 10,245 homes on order compared to 11,402 the previous year. Despite this drop, the UK's largest housebuilder reaffirmed its annual target to build between 16,800 and 17,200 homes.
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A building contractor who fraudulently claimed a £50,000 Covid Bounce Back loan has received a 13-month suspended sentence. Florin-Petrica Bodale operated as a building contractor offering plumbing, heating and air-conditioning installation and was based in Harrow, London.
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A Romford man who ran a joinery business in Essex has been handed a 15-month suspended sentence, and 100 hours unpaid work, after he claimed a second Covid Bounce Back Loan and used some of the money for personal spending. Charles Ling, of North Road, Havering-atte-Bower, had already received
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Aberdeenshire Council will hold a pre-determination hearing in April to discuss a planning application for onshore transmission infrastructure for the Muir Mhor offshore windfarm. The plans include formation of an onshore landfall point, laying of underground cables, erection of substation and assoc
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Good progress on a new primary school for the area of Tillydrone has been made and the new building is expected to open before the summer holidays.
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Councillors have endorsed a £10 million programme of work to improve Argyll and Bute’s roads and support recovery work resulting from Storm Eowyn.
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Construction work on an extension and modernisation of the Macduff Marine Aquarium is about to get underway. Appointed contractor Ogilvie Construction has already begun pre-construction activities on-site alongside the external landscaping works it started earlier this year.
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Less than a third of UK property experts say the UK government will achieve its target of building 1.5 million homes in England during its five-year term in parliament, with affordable housing ambitions cited as a major barrier to housebuilding. Research commissioned by audit, tax and consulting fir
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The finalists for a Glasgow canalside regeneration contest have been revealed, showcasing innovative designs aimed at transforming underused urban spaces.
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At a special full Inverclyde Council meeting last week, councillors approved a three-year £65 million capital budget. Projects included in the £65m capital budget that was agreed are:
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Link Group has submitted a series of planning applications to Argyll & Bute Council for Phase 4 of the Dunbeg development near Oban.
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Loreburn Housing Association has launched a new pilot programme to improve energy efficiency across some of the poorest-performing homes in its housing stock. Delivered in collaboration with Clyde Net Zero and City Energy Network, the programme will introduce insulation upgrades, air source heat pum
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After a decade-long battle with local officials, a Welsh computer engineer is considering buying an entire landfill site to search for a hard drive containing an estimated £620 million in lost Bitcoin. James Howells, 39, says his ex-partner mistakenly discarded the drive, containing his Bitcoi
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A couple who bought a £32.5 million mansion can hand it back and have most of their money returned after they found out it had a "severe moth infestation", a High Court judge has ruled. Iya Patarkatsishvili and Yevhen Hunyak successfully sued William Woodward-Fisher, the vendor of their proper
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Construction work has begun for a Virgin Mary statue in Poland that will be taller than the Christ the Redeemer monument in Rio de Janeiro. Set for Konotopie, a small village located between Lipno and Toruń, in the municipality of Kikół, the structure will be 55.6 metres high.
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