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York Handmade wins prestigious award at the brick oscars

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YHB BDA Awards 2025 The York Handmade Brick Company, one of the leading independent brickmakers in the country, has won the Sustainability category in the prestigious 2025 Brick Awards.

York Handmade, based at Alne, near Easingwold, in North Yorkshire, triumphed for its acclaimed brickwork at York Racecourse.

The UK’s leading construction show is back at Olympia and breaking all records!

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London Build 2025 is bigger than ever, with more speakers, more topics, more exhibitors, and more attendees than any year before. The show has grown into the UK’s leading and most influential gathering for the built environment.

Over 38,000 attendees are expected this year, making it the largest edition yet. London Build 2025 will turn Olympia into a festival of construction, packed with live DJs, entertainment, interactive workshops, and networking parties. It’s set to be the most exciting mix of business, learning, and fun that the industry has ever seen.

Ground source heat pump sector backs new unified trade body — HPA UK

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The Ground Source Heat Pump Association (GSHPA), together with the Heat Pump Association (HPA) and the Heat Pump Federation (HPF), has formally agreed to merge into a single, unified trade body — Heat Pump Association UK (HPA UK) — launching in January 2026.

This landmark decision marks a defining moment for the UK’s low-carbon heating sector, bringing together the full spectrum of heat pump technologies under one powerful voice.

Sector unites behind the International Access and Scaffolding Association

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17 09 img1 One of the most significant international developments in scaffolding and access for half a century has been unveiled with the formation of the International Access and Scaffolding Association (IASA).

The inaugural meeting took place at ScaffEx25 in Manchester last week.

Brewing a new future: work begins on £145m regeneration of Boddingtons site

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4370 Brewery Gardens External 01 Final Cropped Option03 ZG 2 Latimer, the development arm of Clarion Housing Group has broken ground on the £145 million transformation of the former Boddingtons Brewery on Great Ducie Street in central Manchester. A significant milestone paving the way for 505 new homes, 60% of which will be affordable, in one of the city’s most ambitious regeneration projects.

The site, once home to Manchester’s most famous beer and which has been derelict for more than a decade, will be reborn as Brewery Gardens, a new mixed-tenure neighborhood featuring high-quality homes, flexible commercial spaces, landscaped public realm, and generous amenities for residents.