News & Blog

Due to the current Coronavirus situation and the recent measures taken in the UK overall, H+H Ltd has temporarily adjusted its manufacturing operations in the UK to ensure its continued commitment to our people and their safety.

We have product in stock and will continue to staff our distribution yards to ensure that H+H Aircrete can be supplied in support of our customers and we will ensure all appropriate safeguards are in place to protect staff working in these facilities. 

Another reshuffle, another Housing Minister. The latest incumbent – Christopher Pincher - will be the tenth housing minister in the last decade and will not have a seat at the cabinet table as his predecessor did.

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced consultation on a new scheme that would see 30% discounts on new homes being made available for local first-time buyers.

In a recent speech Housing Minister Esther McVey outlined a proposal to recruit a “Planning A Team” to help councils to negotiate speedily through the planning system. A simpler solution might be to ease up on Green Belt restrictions.

Working at height is always a potential danger point, and the team at our Pollington plant have taken some radical action to reduce risk.

H+H Managing Director, Calum Forsyth reads the runes for 2020, taking the temperature of the housing market

Sales and Marketing Director Matthew Carter is right in the crosshairs when it comes to delivering the numbers, so what does the new year hold?

The headline topic for Technical Director Cliff Fudge in 2020 will be changes to Building Regulations. With consultation on revisions to Part L and Part F now pushed back to February, it’s a moving target.

H+H has made accessing its brochures even easier with the launch of its new, interactive and informative Brochure App, available now for download on Apple?s App Store and Google Play.

A quick reminder of what the Conservative party manifesto promised for house-building.

The UK is in the middle of a housing crisis, with a lack of social housing being highlighted this year. We’ve broken down the housing policies in the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat manifestos for you.

Would you like some free warm gear? Well as it’s nearly Christmas we thought it was about time for another Beanie Giveaway.

The certainty of a December election will do nothing to resolve the uncertainty and economic impact of Brexit on housebuilding, especially if the eventual outcome is a no-deal. 

As the UK housebuilding industry braces itself for a weaker economy and the unknowns of Brexit, it also faces the capping of Help to Buy in 2021 and the end of the scheme in 2023.