A Practical Guide to Increase Productivity in 7 Easy Steps

A Practical Guide to Increase Productivity in 7 Easy Steps Increasing productivity will help you complete projects faster, reduce costs, win more bids, and increase your profit. According to a recent study of over 12,000 projects by the Independent Project Analysis Group, more than 35 percent of all construction projects will incur a major change.1 […]

The Recovery Loan Fund

The Recovery Loan Fund The Recovery Loan Fund provides loans to UK charities and social enterprises who have been impacted by Covid 19 and need funds to help them to survive, recover and grow. It has been established by Social Investment Business (SIB) to make an existing Government guarantee scheme, the Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS – further […]

What will levelling up do for the housing market?

What will levelling up do for the housing market? The rebranded Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) is a signal of how integral the government sees housing provision to economic opportunity and growth. Yet the housebuilding sector still faces a longstanding challenge to meet targets. 2020 is the first time the UK has […]

How timber construction supports the economy and gets us to Net Zero by 2050

The Timber Industry Manifesto: Developed by Wood for Good Sustainability, a phrase barely in the public consciousness thirty years ago, has rapidly become a concept that permeates policy discussions in all spheres of public life. It is no longer adequate to centre our thinking on what will work in the short term; our eyes must […]

The Timber Industry Manifesto: Developed by Wood for Good

The Timber Industry Manifesto: Developed by Wood for Good Sustainability, a phrase barely in the public consciousness thirty years ago, has rapidly become a concept that permeates policy discussions in all spheres of public life. It is no longer adequate to centre our thinking on what will work in the short term; our eyes must […]

Budget Briefing – 27 October 2021

Budget Briefing – 27 October 2021 The Chancellor of the Exchequer has today delivered his second budget of 2021, which also coincides with a spending review that was delayed from 2020 because of the economic uncertainty caused by COVID-19. This document provides NFB members with an overview of the key announcements that are likely to […]