Housebuilder October 2018

THE HOMEPAGE
Housebuilder’s at-a-glance guide to the events, people and products making the news this month
HEADLINES OF THE MONTH
■ UK’s Top 25 housebuilders revealed
■ Help to Buy “an unmitigated success” – HBF
■ Raynsford review into planning
For a full news round-up turn to pages 7 and 8. For news alerts direct to your desktop, register at www.house-builder.co.uk
EVENTS COMING UP
OCTOBER
Thursday 11th
Housing Market Intelligence
Conference and Annual Report launch,
Barbican, London
Housing secretary James Brokenshire is to address the
industry at this year’s Housing Market Intelligence
conference, joining a strong line up including experts
from industry, finance and the political world.
He will be joined at the conference by Liberal
Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable who will give his take
on the political challenge of housing, plus leading
figures from the housebuilding industry, including
Barratt ceo David Thomas, Homes England ceo Nick
Walkley and HBF executive chairman Stewart Baseley.
Nationwide Building Society chief executive Joe Garner
will tackle the mortgage market and David Inskip of
CBRE Global Investors will provide the market forecasts.
HMI will also feature an expert session on changes to
the planning system, chaired by HBF planning director
Andrew Whitaker.
The HMI Report will be launched at the conference
with information, analysis and statistics including the
Top 75 housebuilders listing – for a preview of the
report see pages 27– 44.
For tickets go to www.house-builder.co.uk
Nationwide ceo Joe Garner will speak
at this year’s HMI conference
OCTOBER
Tuesday 9th to Thursday 11th
The Build Show
NEC, Birmingham
The Build Show, part of UK Construction
Week, attracts thousands of construction
professionals who are looking for
solutions and new products to enhance
their projects and businesses. The show,
including exhibitions and seminars, is
the UK’s largest event for housebuilders,
tradespeople, contractors and SMEs.
www.ukconstructionweek.com
Thursday 25th
The HBF Wales conference
and dinner
The Angel Hotel, Cardiff
Tickets are now available for HBF
members at the Wales conference and
dinner. The conference commences
at 3.30pm and will be followed by
a three-course dinner, providing
delegates with the perfect
opportunity to network with HBF
members from across Wales. The
conference will include presentations
from the HBF executive team as well
as from external speakers.
Tables sit up to a maximum of 10
places and tickets are £60 plus VAT.
Go to www.house-builder.co.uk
NOVEMBER
Thursday 1st
The Housebuilder Awards
2018
InterContinental, The 02
London
The finalists have been announced
for The Housebuilder Awards 2018 and
tickets for the ceremony are now on
general sale. The Housebuilder Awards
recognise excellence in all aspects of the
industry, including design, customer
satisfaction, community initiatives,
marketing, training, recruitment,
regeneration, refurbishment and
sustainability.
The winners will be announced on the
night of Thursday November 1.
More details at
www.house-builder.co.uk
Thursday 29th
The Construction Marketing
Awards
The Hilton,
London Bankside
The Construction Marketing Awards
are the only programme to recognise
excellence in marketing in the
building and civil engineering
industry in the UK. Now in their 18th
year, they are highly prized by their
winners, and recognised by building
product manufacturers, builders
and contractors, and construction
consultants alike.
Entries closed on September 21 and
shortlisted entries will be announced
by the end of this month and winners
announced at a Gala dinner at the
end of November which brings
together several hundred marketers
for the highlight of the construction
marketing calendar.
More details at
www.cmawards.co.uk
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