How the Big Five housing developers have made £10 BILLION since Grenfell fire 

As the financial hardship of many leaseholders continues, building firms are cashing in on a property market boom. The five biggest developers have made around £10billion in profits since the Grenfell Tower inferno, allowing them to shower more than £4.5billion on shareholders in dividends. The Government’s Help to Buy scheme, which offers loans to first-time … Read more

How the Big Five housing developers have made £10 BILLION since Grenfell fire 

As the financial hardship of many leaseholders continues, building firms are cashing in on a property market boom. The five biggest developers have made around £10billion in profits since the Grenfell Tower inferno, allowing them to shower more than £4.5billion on shareholders in dividends. The Government’s Help to Buy scheme, which offers loans to first-time … Read more

Fury as developers of upmarket estate try to ban children in ‘social housing’ from using play park

Fury as developers of upmarket ‘countryside community’ try to ban children in ‘social housing’ from using ‘residents only’ play park Residents Only sign was put up at £1 billion Bertha Park estate in Perth, Scotland Factoring firm Screen Autumn, which maintains estate said they had received complaints about ‘children from social housing’ using playground at … Read more

Ministers consider £2bn levy on developers as families face £15bn bill for safe homes after Grenfell

Big building firms face a multi-billion-pound levy to help families pay to repair homes with dangerous cladding in the wake of the Grenfell fire. It could a mean a levy on all high rise flats and possibly a separate charge on major developments to atone for building tens of thousands of flats and homes with … Read more

Developers cashing in on growing demand for roof gardens

Lockdowns aren’t easy for anyone, but for those one in eight UK households who have no access to a shared or private garden, they’ve been near impossible. The good news is that a growing number of developers have found a solution to the problem: roof gardens. ‘I think it should be made a planning condition … Read more

Under fire Apple halves rates for small app developers

Under fire Apple halves rates for small app developers as it fights lawsuit from Fortnite video game maker By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 18 November 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 18 November 2020 Apple is to halve the commission it takes from small app developers as it fights off a … Read more

Apple drops App store commission fee to 15% for some developers

Apple is set to halve its longstanding 30 percent app commission fee for small developers and businesses. The tech giant announced its new App Store Small Business Program that cuts the fee to 15 percent for those who generated less than $1 million sales in the previous calendar year. The initiative is set to launch … Read more

Apple drops App store commission fee to 15% for developers making up to $1 million in sales per year

Apple is set to halve its longstanding 30 percent app commission fee for small developers and businesses. The tech giant announced its new App Store Small Business Program that cuts the fee to 15 percent for those who generated less than $1 million sales in the previous calendar year. The initiative is set to launch … Read more

Digitally-created models are earning their developers a fortune by promoting fashion brands

Instagram superstars like Kylie Jenner are having their social media empire threatened – by computer-animated virtual influencers. The CGI characters, who are kitted out in digital replicas of real clothes manufactured by some of the world’s biggest fashion brands, are becoming a growing online phenomenon. The influencers are portrayed in real-life settings and are used … Read more

Developers of Florida hotel make amazing finds during renovation

Technically it’s a hotel renovation – but it’s turned into a treasure hunt. Developers renovating a historic hotel in Florida once visited by John F. Kennedy have been startled by a series of incredible discoveries, unearthed as walls have been taken down and wallpaper peeled away. They’ve found a hand-cranked elevator, a staircase leading to nowhere, … Read more