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More than £500million was wiped off the value of Britain’s top builders as figures showed house prices had started to fall before the virus lockdown. Shares sank after data was released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Land Registry, revealing that house prices went into reverse in April. In an ominous warning, … Read more
More than 150 Jewish gravestones used by the Nazis to help build a road have been found in a small market square in a town in Poland. The grim discovery was made during construction work in the town of Leżajsk where workers removed a layer of asphalt and found the ‘matzevot’, which is Hebrew for … Read more
Help to Buy hearsay boosted shares in some of Britain’s biggest housebuilders. Ministers are preparing to extend the controversial scheme aimed at getting young people on the property ladder beyond its December deadline, reports say. Introduced in 2013, the loan programme allows people to buy a new-build house with a small deposit, and developers say … Read more
Cheeky graffiti from 1830 by builders mocking their boss’s belly is uncovered during mansion’s £5million roof restoration The 190-year-old banter was found in Wentworth Woodhouse, South Yorkshire Carpenters Jack Falding, Jack Vickers and Jack Wragg boasted about drinking The jokes were discovered by joiners Joe Hutchinson and Jack Richmond By Joe Davies For Mailonline Published: 13:36 BST, 8 … Read more
Warning over cowboy builders cold-calling vulnerable households as lockdown ends By Miles Dilworth For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 7 July 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 7 July 2020 Homeowners are being warned of a rise in cowboy builders targeting vulnerable households as the UK exits lockdown. Experts say they expect a ‘significant escalation’ … Read more
More than £1.7billion was added to the value of Britain’s biggest housebuilders on hopes the Chancellor will cut stamp duty. Rishi Sunak is expected to propose raising the levy’s threshold so that it would only apply to properties valued at £500,000 or more, instead of the current £125,000. The changes are expected to be unveiled … Read more
Builders want £180m-a-year levy lifted as bill to fund industry training looms By Neil Craven for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:30 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:30 BST, 20 June 2020 Construction firms are calling for a holiday from a £180million-a-year levy that they are due to begin paying as soon as next … Read more
Woman is left in tears after finding secret notes that her then three-year-old daughter hid in the walls of her house 30 years ago Kimberley Colbeck, 36, was stunned when her notes from 1987 were discovered Age three, she hid notes with her brothers Andrew, 12 and Christopher, eight Builders renovating her old house in … Read more
Builders’ merchant Travis Perkins will slash 2,500 jobs and close 165 stores amid fears coronavirus recession will hit trade for at least two years The firm said it comes as it expects the recession to hit them for about two years Bosses plan to close 165 stores – mainly focusing on smaller Travis Perkins sites … Read more
Pictures have emerged of a Hasidic rabbi who was stabbed in broad daylight on a London street today in a suspected hate crime before two heroic builders tackled the knifeman to the ground. Yaakov Schlesinger, a senior rabbi and teacher from the Satmar sect in his 50s, was stabbed multiple times after he was approached by … Read more