14 EVENTS & AWARDS; INDUSTRY NEWS


Events & awards


2017


FIT Show 23 – 25 May, Birmingham www.fitshow.co.uk


Housing Excellence Awards 25 May, Manchester awards.housingexcellence.co.uk


PLANTWORX 6 – 8 June, Leicestershire www.plantworx.co.uk


Housing Heroes Awards 26 June, Manchester hha.secure-platform.com


CIH Housing 27 – 29 June, Manchester www.cihhousing.com


Housing Design Awards 10 July, London www.hdawards.org


National Housing Awards 7 September, London www.nationalhousingawards.co.uk


RESI Conference 13 – 15 September, Newport www.resiconf.com


NHF Annual Conference & Housing Exhibition 19 – 20 September, Birmingham annual.housing.org.uk


UK Construction Week 10 – 12 October, Birmingham www.ukconstructionweek.com


Build Show 10 – 12 October, Birmingham www.ukconstructionweek.com/build-show


24housing Awards 12 October, Coventry www.24housingawards.co.uk


Women in Housing Awards 2 November, Manchester www.womeninhousingawards.co.uk


WhatHouse? Awards 17 November, London www.whathouse.com/awards


Plantworx is thought to be the UK’s largest “working” construction equipment show, hosted by the Construction Equipment Association (CEA). The 2017 event will be the biggest event to date, where visitors can expect to see the latest in construction machinery and equipment innovation, which will set future trends. The event combines live machinery


demonstrations and applications offering an invaluable day out for everybody who works in construction. The event is designed to attract all types of construction professionals – from those involved in purchasing and operating to the people who specify plant equipment or services. The 2017 event will be 20 per cent larger


than the 2015 show. More exhibitor stands have been included and there is an increase in demonstration areas to meet the demands of both exhibitors and visitors. To date Plantworx has over 311 confirmed exhibitors including all the major leading brands in construction equipment, plant tools and services. If you want to visit then register on the


WWW.HBDONLINE.CO.UK


Plantworx 2017 –“be part of the biggest working construction show”


website www.plantworx.co.uk. Tickets and car parking are free. The venue for the event is just south of Leicester in Bruntingthorpe, junction 20 of the M1. The organisers said: “There is only a


month to go until the biggest construction machinery event of the year – so make sure 6-8 June is in the diary.”


Buyer activity on the rise


Home buyers borrowed £8.9bn, up 6 per cent on January, and 2 per cent on February 2016, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). This came to 48,600 loans, up 7 per cent on January and 2 per cent on February 2016. First-time buyers reportedly borrowed


£3.8bn for home-owner house purchase, up 6 per cent on January and 12 per cent on February 2016. They took out 24,200 loans, up 7 per cent month-on-month and 11 per cent year-on-year. The CML revealed home movers


borrowed £5.1bn, up 6 per cent on January but down 4 per cent year-on-year. This equated to 24,400 loans, up 6 per cent month-on-month but down 6 per cent compared to February 2016. Home-owner remortgage activity was


down 26 per cent by value and 23 per cent by volume on January. Compared to February 2016, remortgage lending was up 8 per cent by value and 9 per cent by volume. Gross buy-to-let saw month-on-month


decreases, down 13 per cent by value and 12 per cent by volume. Compared to February 2016, the number of loans decreased 26 per cent and the amount borrowed decreased by 13 per cent. Paul Smee, director general of the CML,


commented on the figures: “2017 began relatively strong on the house purchase side. “Borrowers took out more loans to


purchase a home in the first two months of 2017 than any year since 2007. This is down to strong first-time buyer activity, which has consistently matched home mover borrow- ing over the past six months, a trend not seen in the UK for 20 years.” Paul said that house purchase activity on


the buy-to-let lending side however “remains weak,” and that the trend “is expected to continue.”


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