Carl Brown
Carl Brown is head of content at Building, Housing Today and Building Design.
He helps to shape the news, insight and analysis across all three titles.
He has many years of experience writing about the housing development market.
Contact info
- Tel:
- 07947 251 424
- Email:
- carl.brown@assemblemediagroup.co.uk
NewsDagenham fire started from materials kept on scaffolding, initial probe suggests
Institution of Fire Engineers releases detail of preliminary investigation into huge blaze
NewsBarratt pulls four planning applications over 50% affordable housing viability concerns
Group land director calls for tweaks to National Planning Policy Framework proposals
NewsBuilding Safety Regulator opens investigation into Dagenham fire
Health and Safety Executive will work with the London Fire Brigade, the police and other parties
NewsHousing secretary demands faster action on remediation of buildings following blaze
Rayner says she ‘expects’ more from regulators and partners following huge Dagenham fire
NewsRayner sets up ‘accelerator’ team of officials to boost development on 200 stalled sites
MHLCG believes 300,000 homes can be built across large sites
NewsWatkin Jones lowers profit forecast after unexpectedly slow summer
Student accommodation developer’s share prices drop as it says it is unlikely to close further deals before September’s end
NewsCMA may accept Barratt and Redrow's measures to fix local competition concerns, paving way for full merger
Merger to create £7bn-turnover housebuilder set to take place this week
NewsBarratt and Redrow merger set to complete this week
Barratt to waive CMA approval condition as it engages with regulator over local competition concerns
NewsBellway abandons plan to take over Crest Nicholson
Housebuilder says it will not now make a firm offer after asking for a deadline to make a decision
NewsSouthern scales back new build work as firm says contractor delays hit income
Housing association says number of builders going bust has increased provisions
NewsRegulator tells Barratt and Redrow to resolve local competition issues before £2.5bn merger can proceed
CMA raises concern about lessening of competition in one local market in Shropshire
NewsBellway gets more time to make Crest Nicholson takeover offer
Firm given fresh deadline to commit to bid for housebuilder rival
NewsHousing association boosts surplus after ‘reducing reliance on contractors’
Group has taken measures to “improve cost control” by insourcing work as part of transformation drive
Features‘Significant growth is likely to be in other parts of the world’… Cundall boss Carole O’Neil explains her global ambition
Cundall is rapidly making a name for itself in the world of sustainable engineering and design. Managing partner Carole O’Neil shares her strategy with Carl Brown
NewsExtended financial year and falling costs see Hill break £1bn turnover mark
Housebuilder also recorded record profit in 15-month period
NewsPlans for 1,500-home ‘smart town’ pulled over viability concerns
£2.3bn coastal project designed by Poundbury-architect Léon Krier have been withdrawn
NewsLack of skilled workers may be biggest barrier to Labour hitting 1.5m homes target, warns economist
Construction Products Association director Noble Francis warns “there just won’t be the people” to meet key manifesto pledge
NewsConcrete frame defects and fire safety work cost Barratt an extra £130m
Housebuilder says it expects CMA decision on £2.5bn merger with Redrow by August
NewsVistry ‘confident’ it will hit 18,000 completions in 2024
Housebuilder increases build rate 8% in first half of the year and brings down costs after supply chain price reductions