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Grand Designs

  • Kevin McCloud: Housebuilder ‘oligopoly’ needs urgent reform

    Property

    Britain’s housebuilding industry is a cartel-like oligopoly that needs root and branch reform in order for the UK is to build enough high-quality homes to solve its housing crisis, Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud has said. In a withering assessment the track record of major housebuilders, McCloud said the UK construction sector’s supply chain had [...]

    Kevin McCloud (Photo courtesy of Grand Deisgns Live)
  • Channel 4 to invest millions into AI-powered art marketplace Fy

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    Channel 4 is set to invest millions into the art and homeware marketplace Fy, in a move the retailer hopes will help it to "take a leap forward" against its more established rivals.

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  • Grand Designs’ Kevin McCloud: Big builders are artificially driving up house prices for profit

    property

    Most of the issues in the market can be traced back to the big builders that dominate the sector, TV presenter Kevin McCloud, told City A.M.

    LONDON - APRIL 25: Kevin McCloud opens Grand Design Live at ExCel Centre on April 25, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Ferdaus Shamim/WireImage)

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