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Building News
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A Bigger Tax Burden will Damage All our Listed Buildings says FMB Fri, 18 May 2012 11:24:55 GMT Until the Government drops its plans to add 20% VAT to listed building alterations from 1st October, the UK's heritage is still at risk. On the day the consultation on this VAT increase closes, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) wants the Government to look beyond churches and recognise the value of all listed buildings. |
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Paying cash for building jobs costs homeowners £260 million a year Thu, 17 May 2012 10:42:45 GMT Last year homeowners were duped out of £260 million by dodgy builders doing slapdash work, according to research to launch the Master Builder of the Year Awards. |
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SME House Builders Can Help Tackle the Housing Crisis says FMB Thu, 17 May 2012 12:41:29 GMT The 11% fall in house building starts in England since the end of last year demonstrates the seriousness of the current housing crisis and the need for the Government to do more to enable small house builders help solve the problem, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), the UK's largest trade association in the building industry. |
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Flexibility for Small Business Employers is Key to Economic Success says FMB Wed, 09 May 2012 12:54:38 GMT Court and tribunal reforms outlined in today's Queen Speech offer hope to small business employers who need greater flexibility to run their businesses more competitively and so help job creation, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), the UK's largest construction trade association. |
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VAT Hike for Listed Buildings is a Further Break on Economic Recovery Tue, 01 May 2012 17:53:36 GMT A broad coalition of organisations has written to the Chancellor urging him not to press ahead with a 20% increase in VAT on approved alterations to listed buildings. Seventeen organisations including the Campaign to Protect Rural England, the Federation of Master Builders, the Heritage Alliance and the Royal Institute of British Architects have signed a letter describing the disruption the Budget measure is already causing to planned building projects and the threat it poses to the future of the UK's histo |
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Construction Holds the Key to Economic Recovery says FMB Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:39:11 GMT The Government needs to introduce a wide range of reforms to stimulate the construction sector if it is to get growth back in the economy, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) in response to today's disappointing Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures issued by the Office for National Statistics. |
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Workloads for SME House Builders Worst on Record, says FMB Scotland Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:04:38 GMT New build workloads for small house builders in the social housing market are at their lowest level since 1999, warns the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) in its latest State of Trade Survey, the only one of its kind looking at small and medium sized (SME) companies in the construction sector. |
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Proposed Building Rules Will Cost Homeowners Thousands, warns FMB Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:29:11 GMT Government plans to force homeowners to spend thousands of pounds extra on green home improvements when they extend their homes will be impractical, unpopular and counterproductive, warns the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). |
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Workloads for SME House Builders Worst on Record says FMB Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:43:53 GMT New build workloads for small house builders in the social housing market are at their lowest level since 1999, warns the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) in its latest State of Trade Survey, the only one of its kind looking at small and medium sized (SME) companies in the construction sector. |