Builders’ results show improving picture

Margin call

Barratt profits rise 40 per cent as margins improve

House builder Barratt has reported a 40 per cent increase in profits for the six months to 31 December 2011 compared with the equivalent period of 2010.

Galliford Try posts increased profits

Galliford Try has reported an 80 per cent increase in profits from its housebuilding division.

Housing surge boosts construction firm's profits

An increase in house building helped a construction company post soaring profits for the first half of the year.

Completions for house builder rise by more than a quarter

House builder Galliford Try has reported a 27 per cent increase in housing completions for its trading year, which ended on 30 June.

Brazil needs a new approach

Brazil needs a shift in attitude if it is to successfully tackle its growing housing crisis, says Ruban Selvanayagam

Support on a shoestring

Budgets are being slashed and demand is up but, as Inside Housing and Capita’s exclusive Supporting People survey reveals, many care and support providers are maintaining services for vulnerable people. Lydia Stockdale finds out how they are doing it and if it can last.

Casting the net for a home

A website aimed solely at local housing allowance claimants is helping people find homes. Lydia Stockdale logs on

Going spare

The government’s contentious ‘bedroom tax’ on under-occupying tenants is set to become law this month. Alex Turner looks at the disproportionate effect it’s likely to have in the north

Special agents

Is your organisation ready for the introduction of new rights for agency workers, asks Siobhan Fitzgerald, lawyer at TLT