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- The UK’s progress towards a Passivhaus standard in new homes (July 2024)
- Economic challenges and wet weather dampen house building in first quarter, reports NHBC (May 2024)
- NHBC launches local authorities insights collection (April 2024)
- NHBC launches rotational Business Graduate Programme (April 2024)
- Apprentices tackling national skills gap and housing shortage are recognised (February 2024)
- NHBC publishes latest edition of Technical Standards, updated for 2024 (January 2024)
- UK site managers win top national award for house building quality (January 2024)
- NHBC appoints Hazel Adamek as Regional Director for the East (January 2024)
- Record numbers of affordable homes completed in 2023 as private house building slows (February 2024)
- NHBC names UK’s best site managers as Pride in the Job 2024 Awards announced (June 2024)
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- NHBC publishes latest edition of Technical Standards, updated for 2024 (January 2023
- Lee Rowley MP opens inaugural NHBC Build to Rent Innovators event (November 2023)
- North of Tyne Mayor praises next generation at NHBC’s “real-life” bricklaying apprenticeship training hub as it combats the skills gap and housing shortage (November 2023)
- The Rt Hon Edward Miliband MP tours quality new build homes in Doncaster (November 2023)
- Hull’s first “real-life” bricklaying apprenticeship Training Hub opens to combat the national skills gap and housing shortage (October 2023)
- Re-establishing social life in old age – how good retirement accommodation is more than just structural (September 2023)
- Pride in the Job Quality Awards (June 2023)
- NHBC and Bellway welcome Paul Sweeney MSP to top quality development of new homes in Glasgow (16 August 2023)
- NHBC and Sigma Capital confirm UK-wide partnership (10 July 2023)
- NHBC welcomes LoCal Homes and Fusion Steel Framing to NHBC Accepts (5 July 203)
- NHBC launches Housing Association Insights collection (27 June 2023)
- UK’s best site managers awarded national accolade for house building quality (16 June 2023)
- Cambridgeshire's first "real-life" bricklaying apprenticeship Training Hub opens to combat the skills gap and housing shortage (22 May 2023)
- A breath of fresh air - hazardous ground gases guidance for housebuilders published (19 May 2023)
- NHBC's Richard Smith inaugurated as President of the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (16 May 2023)
- NHBC partners with CIOB for assessment of Site Supervisor apprenticeship (21 March 2023)
- NHBC hosts Shadow Minister for Business and Industry at David Wilson Homes’ Sundial Place development (27 February 2023)
- Housebuilder Bovis welcomes MP to award winning Beverley site (13 February 2023)
- UK site managers win top award for house building quality (23 January 2023)
- NHBC celebrates as bricklaying and site supervision apprentices qualify (11 January 2023)
- NHBC launches new Residential Construction Statistics portal (9 January 2023)
- NHBC Technical Standards 2023 Now Live (6 January 2023)
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- Newcastle Training Hub opens to support the next generation of skilled house builders in the North East (3 December 2022)
- NHBC launches Build to Rent insights collection (24 November 2022)
- NHBC reaffirms commitment to Armed Forces Covenant (16 November 2022)
- Confused by carbon jargon? The NHBC Foundation launches a comprehensive new guide (3 October 2022)
- New home completions return to pre-pandemic levels in Q2 (11 August 2022)
- New Non-executive Director welcomed to NHBC Board (1 August 2022)
- New NHBC Foundation report seeks to unlock full potential of the Future Home Standards (27 July 2022)
- NHBC boosts its alternative residential offer with senior hires (14 July 2022)
- NHBC Pride in the Job Awards 2022 celebrate the UK’s best site managers (17 June 2022)
- New home registrations up 25% in first quarter (19 May 2022)
- Planning approval submitted for Scotswood Training Hub to support more than 100 bricklaying apprentices per year (1 April 2022)
- Innovative new tech secures NHBC accreditation in major boost for MMC (9 February 2022)
- Pride in the Job 2021 Supreme Award Winners Announced (25 January 2022)
- New head of marketing and communications (25 January 2022)
- NHBC Technical Standards 2022 now live (4 January 2022)
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- NHBC launches Building for tomorrow 2022 (9 December 2021)
- New NHBC Standards announced for 2022 (25 November 2021)
- NHBC appoints new Regional Director for the East (17 November 2021)
- Building Back Britain Commission publishes its first report, Levelling Up and the Housing Challenge (5 November 2021)
- Joint Virtual Meetings launched by NHBC to help improve construction quality management (02 November 2021)
- NHBC honours its STARs (21 October 2021)
- Focus on NHBC’s Technology Assisted Inspection app (14 October 2021)
- CIBSE launches design guidance for heat pumps in high density housing (1 October 2021)
- New NHBC Foundation report gives housebuilders essential direction on electric vehicle charging (27 September 2021)
- Spotlight on NHBC Accepts: BokLok (23 September 2021)
- Bellway Homes’ first female PIJ winner Jazele Parys (2 September 2021)
- Five key points from NHBC’s recent MMC roundtable (23 August 2021)
- Pride in the Job 2021 Quality Awards: Spotlight on Barratt Homes and David Wilson (10 August 2021)
- Feedback “overwhelmingly positive” for NHBC’s new Training Hub (3 August 2021)
- NHBC responds to rapidly increasing new home supply via Training Academy and recruitment drive for Operations roles (3 August 2021)
- NHBC celebrates first year of NHBC Accepts (29 July 2021)
- NHBC supports future homes delivery plan (27 July 2021)
- Pride in the Job 2021 Quality Awards: Spotlight on Taylor Wimpey's Jade Taylor (12 July 2021)
- NHBC strengthens Board with Non-Executive Director appointments (12 July 2021)
- NHBC announces new partnership with retirement community body ARCO (9 July 2021)
- NHBC Training: Spotlight on Redrow's Brad Lines (06 July 2021)
- NHBC Training: Spotlight on Taylor Wimpey’s Lilly Wren (03 June 2021)
- New training hub (20 May 2021)
- The housebuilding industry can lead the way on biodiversity (28 April 2021)
- Building for tomorrow marks its 30th year with successful virtual event (26 March 2021)
- Welcome Josh Golding NHBC’s new Industry Training Manager (4 March 2021)
- NHBC honours best of the best in UK house building (2 March 2021)
- Building for tomorrow 2021 Speaker spotlight: Mark Farmer (22 February 2021)
- Building for tomorrow 2021 Speaker spotlight: Douglas Cochrane (22 February 2021)
- Building for tomorrow 2021 booking open (15 February 2021)
- NHBC announces Regional Director appointments for the North East, West & Wales and Scotland (11 February 2021)
- National apprenticeship week (9 February 2021)
- A new innovative inspection app launched (2 February 2021)
- NHBC training surpasses 5,000 NVQs in landmark year (18 January 2021)
- David Campbell's year in review (18 January 2021)
- Spotlight on NHBC's NVQ opportunities (1 January 2021)
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- NHBC launches new 2021 Standards for UK housebuilders (16 November 2020)
- NHBC strengthens senior commercial team with two key appointments (12 November 2020)
- NHBC welcomes BoKlok to its new MMC acceptance scheme (10 November 2020)
- Pride in the Job at 40: What it means to us - Rebecca Roberts, Barratt Homes (12 October 2020)
- NHBC launches its first apprenticeships (28 September 2020)
- NHBC Foundation publishes brand new report on the future for home heating (16 September 2020)
- Pride in the Job at 40: What it means to us - John Greggain, Managing Director at L Greggain & Co Ltd. (10 August 2020)
- Industry working group launches building control regulation proposals (14 July 2020)
- NHBC launches new MMC acceptance service for UK construction industry (14 July 2020)
- NHBC reveals the UK's best housebuilders as Pride in the Job celebrates its 40th anniversary (19 June 2020)
- 30,000 participants benefit from NHBC's virtual training during lockdown (5 June 2020)
- NHBC Building Inspector becomes landmark 500th to achieve NVQ award (29 May 2020)
- Alan Rubenstein appointed as new NHBC Chair (26 May 2020)
- New technical guidance for NHBC Standards launched (15 May 2020)
- NHBC continues commitment to MMC with acceptance of new system delivering hundreds of quality homes (7 May 2020)
- NHBC receives RoSPA Gold Award for health and safety achievements (28 April 2020)
- NHBC launches free virtual training for house-building industry during Coronavirus lockdown (1 April 2020)
- Guy Lambert announced as new Head of Marketing and Communications at NHBC (1 April 2020)
- NHBC statement on the New Homes Ombudsman (25 February 2020)
- NHBC welcomes new Non-Executive Director (13 February 2020)
- NHBC launches Building for tomorrow 2020 (12 February 2020)
- Thermal imaging explained, a new NHBC Foundation guide (30 January 2020)
- NHBC honours the best of the best in house building (28 January 2020)
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- 10 tips for keeping heating costs down this winter (12 December 2019)
- NHBC strengthens its standards, research and innovation offering with new appointment (9 December 2019)
- David Campbell to join NHBC as Commercial Director (5 December 2019)
- Aileen Campbell MSP visits award-winning housing development in East Kilbride (27 November 2019)
- NHBC increases number of accepted MMC systems with Legal & General (6 November 2019)
- New guide offers top tips to prevent moisture in new-build homes (5 November 2019)
- NHBC welcomes new Non-Executive Directors to Board (28 October 2019)
- Trio of appointments as NHBC strengthens its operations team (23 October 2019)
- Traditionally built homes embracing innovation (7 October 2019)
- Brian Whittle MSP visits award-winning development in Kilmarnock (2 October 2019)
- Dr Matthew Offord MP visits award-winning development in Hendon (6 August 2019)
- Housing Minister visits development managed by female-led team in Cwmbran (1 August 2019)
- NHBC wins Habitat for Humanity Hope Challenge (3 July 2019)
- David Melding AM visits quality new homes in Llanwern (24 June 2019)
- NHBC names UK's best housebuilders (17 June 2019)
- New guidance on commissioning services in new homes (14 May 2020)
- Cabinet Secretary Aileen Campbell visits new Edinburgh development (20 March 2019)
- New guide on energy storage launched for UK house builders (26 February 2019)
- MP Michael Tomlinson visits quality new homes in WImborne (29 January 2019)
- MP Paul Masterton visits award-winning new homes (22 January 2019)
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- NHBC staff support MK Food Bank for Christmas (11 December 2018)
- Developers embracing modern methods of construction, says new report from NHBC Foundation (14 November 2018)
- Guiding you through the barriers to small brownfield site development (7 November 2018)
- NHBC Land Quality Endorsement (LQE) team sponsors Brownfield Briefing Awards 2018 (30 October 2018)
- Getting information about your NHBC Buildmark cover (25 October 2018)
- The greying of green rural England (18 October 2018)
- 40 facts: homes, housing and house building today (19 September 2018)
- Link between housing and health highlighted by NHBC Foundation (19 September 2018)
- The right housing at the right time (4 September 2018)
- The changing shape of UK households (21 August 2018)
- Homes: out with the old, in with the new (13 August 2018)
- New build, or not new build, that is the question (30 July 2018)
- Quality Award winners named in NHBC Pride in the Job Awards (15 June 2018)
- NHBC appoints new Head of Actuarial (12 June 2018)
- Futurology: the new home in 2050 (5 June 2018)
- NHBC responds to Dame Judith Hackitt's review into building regulations and fire safety (17 May 2018)
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