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NHBC’s Campbell warns 1.5m housing target at risk without urgent skills push
in the most needed trades.” NHBC’s latest Foundation report, ‘Maintaining quality in the design and construction of 1.5 million homes,’ highlights the “historic link between rising build volumes and falling customer satisfaction.” Campbell argued in his conference speech that “ensuring a strong supply of skilled workers is the key to breaking this cycle.” He welcomed recent government initiatives, including the £625m investment in construction skills, the creation of the Construction Skills Mission Board and the £3bn apprenticeship budget, but also stressed that “collaboration between the Government and industry was essential to deliver both quality and quantity.”
Dandara Eastern appoints Wickett as new managing director to drive growth
The Government’s new mantra to “build, baby, build” must be matched with a national effort to “skill, baby, skill,” the National House Building Council’s (NHBC) chief operating offi cer David Campbell warned in his speech to the Labour Party Conference, urging urgent action to grow the housebuilding workforce.
The call comes after Housing Secretary Steve Reed vowed earlier to “leave no stone unturned” in delivering 1.5 million new homes, bringing together developers and housebuilders to accelerate construction.
Campbell warned that without a
signifi cant and sustained expansion of the housebuilding workforce, the Government’s housing targets will be diffi cult to achieve.
As the UK’s leading provider of new home warranties and a “champion of quality in house building,” NHBC is widening its apprenticeship training network and investing £100m in 12 new multi-skill training hubs across the UK. NHBC said the hubs will be “roughly two- thirds the size of a football pitch and train 3,000 new apprentices each year initially
Independent housebuilder Dandara has appointed Andrew Wickett as managing director for its Eastern division, as the developer announces its expansion across Essex with two new sites acquired in the county in the last month.
Previously the operations director at Dandara’s Northen ome Counties division, Andrew holds over three decades of experience across accountancy, fi nance and property. e is a qualifi ed Chartered Accountant with a degree from
the University of Adelaide, and trained with KPMG in Australia. Wickett’s fi rst role was as a private accountant in the USA for real estate and development holdings clients. He then moved to the UK in 2005 and worked in senior fi nance roles at St ames omes, Laing O’Rourke and Barratt Homes. Most recently, Andrew held the position of managing director at McCarthy Stone in London and the Southeast.
is role as MD will see him provide strategic oversight of the region, aiming to support the company’s growth trajectory across Essex, said Dandara. This region will also bolster its developments with new land acquired in Takeley and reat Dunmow. The new sites will join its current portfolio of developments, which includes Birch Park in Braintree, The Orchard in Little Dunmow and Oaklands in Copford. Dandara is currently building homes across Essex, with homes available at Birch Park in Braintree, Oaklands in Copford and The Orchard in Little Dunmow.
Avant Homes submits plans to deliver 155-home development in Barnsley
Housebuilder Avant Homes has submitted plans and exchanged contracts on an 11.9-acre site in Barugh Green, Barnsley to deliver a £37m, 155-home development. Located on Barugh Green Road, the proposed development will comprise a mix of one, two, three, four and fi ve- bedroom units. It will feature 14 of Avant Homes’ “practically designed, energy effi cient house types. If given the go ahead by Barnsley Council, work on site is set to commence in April 06, with the fi rst residents expected to move into their new homes in November 2026.
The homes being built form part of the Barnsley West, Masterplan, which will see Barnsley Council deliver around 1,700 new homes across the region. Subject to planning being granted, the development will be delivered by Avant Homes West Yorkshire.
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