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  • 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

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    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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