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Loft conversions are an excellent way to add value and space to your home – but how do you fund such an investment?

Builders are feeling the pinch, seeing their profits tumble as the pressures in the economy mount. Small, local builders are facing an uncertain few months ahead with growing concerns about insolvencies, as they tackle increasing inflation, the knock-on effects of the war in Ukraine and a customer base looking to tighten its belts.

The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) and UK Finance have joined forces to publish an updated ‘Guide to Development Finance’ to encourage more small and medium-sized (SME) housebuilders to build more homes.

This guide is aimed at helping you better understand development finance, where it sits within the housebuilding process and what you need to do to secure finance.

Joanna Mulgrew, Managing Director of HBXL Building Software and HBXL Estimating Service, looks at some of the measures building firms should take to protect their income.

If you are a company looking to become more resource efficient and cost effective, this opportunity may be for you.

Homes England offers finance for English housebuilders which bridges the gaps left by the private market. Find out more in this guest article.

A much-needed new guide which will help FMB members has been launched in Scotland. FMB Scotland Director Gordon Nelson explains what this is and how members can find out more.

Are financial constraints standing in the way of you developing your construction career? British Sugar TOPSOIL can help.

Despite welcome announcements on funding for skills, business rates and housing, it’s disappointing that the retrofit challenge to make our homes greener and more energy efficient has not been grasped by the Government, just four days ahead of the COP26 conference.

Birmingham Bank have a proud history of supporting a large number of national and Midlands-based construction businesses.

The Government must scrap new tax policy ‘reverse charge VAT’ to show they are listening to builders and protecting jobs...