Lovell opens doors to Acle Academy students
Lovell in East Anglia welcomed 17 students from Acle Academy to its St Edmund’s Park site at Acle last week to learn about careers in construction and go behind the hoardings on a working building site, as part of Build UK’s Open Doors 2021. The design technology students, aged between 14 and 16, learnt about brickwork and insulation, as well as […]
Larkfleet Group to host online conference on housebuilding and carbon biodiversity
Housebuilding and development company Larkfleet Group, is welcoming industry colleagues to attend its online conference, focusing on the question, ‘Can housebuilders deliver 300,000 new homes a year and meet carbon biodiversity targets?’. The online conference is being held on Thursday 30th September and includes a great line up of guest speakers who will discuss the […]
Charity’s 2020 Impact Report demonstrates vital support for construction community
The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity has just released its 2020 Impact Report which demonstrates the vital support they provided in 2020. Against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic and three national lockdowns, the charity was able to provide a lifeline to 2264 families in crisis and delivered £1.287M of charitable giving. For the first time […]
Norwich city centre development moves into final construction phase
Broadland Housing and R G Carter have celebrated reaching the fourth phase of Canary Quay, a new modern housing development on the River Wensum in Norwich city centre. Construction of 101, one-and-two-bedroom apartments has already started on site and represents the final stage of the Canary Quay regeneration project in which a total of more […]
RoSPA order of distinction for Lovell
Lovell in East Anglia has landed an internationally recognised award for demonstrating high health and safety standards, having been granted the Order of Distinction by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) for winning 15 consecutive annual gold awards. Organisations receiving a RoSPA Award are recognised as being world leaders in health and […]
Hopkins Homes pledges £50,000 to support community-run businesses
Award-winning housebuilder Hopkins Homes has pledged to donate a further £50,000 to extend the Hopkins Plunkett Communities Scheme which provides vital support to community-run businesses in East Anglia. The partnership between East Anglian-based Hopkins Homes and national charity Plunkett Foundation, has already provided support to the region’s community businesses during the pandemic. The extra funding […]
Construction progress at Grace Cook Primary & Pre-School
Orwell Multi-Academy Trust is celebrating the start of construction for the new primary and pre-school in Stowmarket. In April 2021, Suffolk County Council received planning permission to build the new school, which is to be named Grace Cook Primary School. The new school will be located within Northfield View housing development, previously known as Chilton […]
Anderson wins award for home at heart of country park
One of the UK’s leading property development companies has scooped a prestigious award for an innovative 131-acre housing development in a vast country park. Chelmsford-based Anderson was named as Best Large Development in the national First Time Buyer Readers’ Awards for its work at Faversham Lakes in Faversham, Kent. The ambitious project includes 330 two-, […]
Larkfleet Group enjoys strong performance
Larkfleet Group, trading as Larkfleet Homes and Allison Homes, has seen a strong trading performance for the year to the end of June 2021. A statement from John Anderson, Group CEO of Larkfleet Group, explains: “All parts of the business performed well over the year delivering a strong trading performance for the year ending June 2021. There’s […]
Constable Country villages added to gigabit-capable full-fibre broadband
Around 20,000 rural homes and businesses in Constable Country have been earmarked to get full-fibre broadband built in their village and receive some of the fastest and most reliable connections in the UK, community broadband provider County Broadband has announced. Fifteen villages on the Suffolk/Essex border including East Bergholt, Capel St Mary and Brantham have […]
