AUDIO NEWS: FMB calls for bold plan to insulate Britain and builders find World Ward 2 bomb
Posted: Wednesday, September 18th, 2024
The Federation of Master Builders has called for a “bold plan” from the government to insulate at least five million homes, after it voted to cut the Winter Fuel allowance last week. The UK has some of the oldest and least energy efficient housing stock in Europe. The trade body estimates that eight million properties need loft insultation, five million need cavity wall insulation and over 20 million homes have uninsulated floors. Brain Berry, chief executive of the FMB, called on the government to create a “nationwide programme” to support local builders to install insulation, double glazing and new heating technology across the county.” --- Construction spending is shifting outside London and the South East – that’s according to analysis from Barbour ABI and the Construction Products Association. The report shows that contract awards were up nearly 8% across the East of England, with Cambridge, Suffolk and Essex all registering double-or-triple digit increases. In contrast contract awards in the capital dropped by over 18%. --- Homes were evacuated in Manchester earlier this week after builders found a World War 2 bomb, while working on a local property. Local residents were told that they had just five minutes to leave their homes, as the police ordered an evacuation within a 100-metre radius of the bomb’s location. Panic only subsided when the cops decided the object was not explosive. --- To listen to the construction news please click below.
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