{"id":18815,"date":"2015-07-06T09:36:23","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T09:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=18815"},"modified":"2015-07-06T09:36:23","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T09:36:23","slug":"small-housebuilders-receive-100m-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/small-housebuilders-receive-100m-boost\/18815\/","title":{"rendered":"Small housebuilders receive \u00a3100m boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span>Under new measures revealed by Housing Minister Brandon Lewis small housebuilders will receive a \u00a3100m funding boost to support developments&#8230;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The launch of the Housing Growth Partnership will see investment in smaller builders working on new developments. It will also provide funding to support their businesses, help get workers onto sites, and increase housing supply.<\/p>\n<p>A network of builders will also be formed under the partnership. This will include experienced developers, who will act as mentors and advisers to companies looking to grow their business.<\/p>\n<p>The government said it had placed housebuilding at the heart of its long term economic plan. They hope to increase the number of new homes to tackle the housing shortfall and create more jobs in the construction industry. Over the last 25 years the number of firms between 1 and 100 units a year has fallen from more than 12,000 to fewer than 3,000.<\/p>\n<p>The latest figures revealed starts and completions have risen in the past year and the number of homes granted planning permission reached the highest annual total for eight years. It is hoped the Housing Growth Partnership will enable small building companies to play a greater role in construction.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a3100m funding will be made up of an investment from the Lloyds Banking Group of \u00a350m, which will be matched by the government. It is expected the partnership will make around 50 investments and will provide an additional 2,000 homes.<\/p>\n<p>Housing Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/people\/brandon-lewis\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Brandon Lewis<\/span><\/a> said: \u201cThe 2008 economic crash devastated our army of small builders, with delivery falling from 44,000 homes to just 18,000 \u2013 seven years on, companies are getting back on their feet but we\u2019re determined to give them all the help they need.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccess to finance is one of the biggest challenges they face \u2013 so that\u2019s why today I\u2019m launching this \u00a3100 million commitment which will help our smaller builders fund new projects, expand their businesses, create more jobs and build more homes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith housing starts at a seven-year high and climbing and homes granted planning permission at 261,000 \u2013 the highest since 2007, this work will ensure we maintain this momentum and keep the country building.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Bester, Group Director and Chief Executive, Commercial Banking, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lloydsbank.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Lloyds Banking Group<\/span><\/a> said: \u201cThe challenge of housing supply and affordability is one of the biggest issues facing Britain today, so we at Lloyds Banking Group welcome the government\u2019s announcement of support for the Housing Growth Partnership, which will double the capability to support SME house builders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will provide SME house builders with much needed equity to support residential development projects, to stimulate growth in their businesses and facilitate access to conventional property development finance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe building both a greater quantity and mix of homes will help Britain prosper and this partnership will help address the issue of housing supply in the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The scheme will invest in small and medium sized housebuilders who can show they have a track record in delivering residential development schemes. It will benefit builders who have completed on average between 10 and 1,000 single unit completions annually over the past three years.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Berry, Chief Executive of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmb.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Federation of Master Builders<\/span><\/a>, said: \u201cThere has been a sharp decline in the numbers and output of SME house builders over the past 8 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the biggest obstacles these firms have faced is a severe difficulty in accessing finance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout adequate access to finance they cannot bring forward the number of new homes they would otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new Housing Growth Partnership will directly help to address this issue and the additional \u00a350 million greatly increases the scale of what can be achieved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe commend Lloyds Banking Group and the government on their trailblazing approach and we hope this marks a real turning point in the fight to provide adequate finance to the SME house building sector.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under new measures revealed by Housing Minister Brandon Lewis small housebuilders will receive a \u00a3100m funding boost to support developments&#8230; The launch of the Housing Growth Partnership will see investment in smaller builders working on new developments. It will also provide funding to support their businesses, help get workers onto sites, and increase housing supply. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18815","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Small housebuilders receive \u00a3100m boost | Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Under new measures revealed by Housing Minister Brandon Lewis small housebuilders will receive a \u00a3100m funding boost to support developments\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/small-housebuilders-receive-100m-boost\/18815\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Small housebuilders receive \u00a3100m boost\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Under new measures revealed by Housing Minister Brandon Lewis small housebuilders will receive a \u00a3100m funding boost to support developments\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/small-housebuilders-receive-100m-boost\/18815\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-07-06T09:36:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/dreamstime_m_7009144.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lisa Carnwell\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@PBC_Today\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PBC_Today\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/small-housebuilders-receive-100m-boost\/18815\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/small-housebuilders-receive-100m-boost\/18815\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lisa Carnwell\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/a3c579395b9fa3afe1bb370843acfc38\"},\"headline\":\"Small housebuilders receive \u00a3100m boost\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-07-06T09:36:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/small-housebuilders-receive-100m-boost\/18815\/\"},\"wordCount\":630,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Planning &amp; Construction News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/small-housebuilders-receive-100m-boost\/18815\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2015\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/small-housebuilders-receive-100m-boost\/18815\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/small-housebuilders-receive-100m-boost\/18815\/\",\"name\":\"Small housebuilders receive \u00a3100m boost | Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-07-06T09:36:23+00:00\",\"description\":\"Under new measures revealed by Housing Minister Brandon Lewis small housebuilders will receive a \u00a3100m funding boost to support developments\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/small-housebuilders-receive-100m-boost\/18815\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/small-housebuilders-receive-100m-boost\/18815\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/small-housebuilders-receive-100m-boost\/18815\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Small housebuilders receive \u00a3100m boost\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today\",\"description\":\"The Latest Planning, Building &amp; Construction News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\",\"alternateName\":\"PBC Today\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/PBC_Today\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/a3c579395b9fa3afe1bb370843acfc38\",\"name\":\"Lisa Carnwell\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1fcf8fe4d0bb386422671c004870f9914448822f3ca1a741922d383c5a867e0e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1fcf8fe4d0bb386422671c004870f9914448822f3ca1a741922d383c5a867e0e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Lisa Carnwell\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/author\/lisa-carnwell\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Small housebuilders receive \u00a3100m boost | Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today","description":"Under new measures revealed by Housing Minister Brandon Lewis small housebuilders will receive a \u00a3100m funding boost to support developments","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/small-housebuilders-receive-100m-boost\/18815\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Small housebuilders receive \u00a3100m boost","og_description":"Under new measures revealed by Housing Minister Brandon Lewis small housebuilders will receive a \u00a3100m funding boost to support developments","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/small-housebuilders-receive-100m-boost\/18815\/","og_site_name":"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/","article_published_time":"2015-07-06T09:36:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/dreamstime_m_7009144.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Lisa Carnwell","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@PBC_Today","twitter_site":"@PBC_Today","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/small-housebuilders-receive-100m-boost\/18815\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/small-housebuilders-receive-100m-boost\/18815\/"},"author":{"name":"Lisa Carnwell","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/a3c579395b9fa3afe1bb370843acfc38"},"headline":"Small housebuilders receive \u00a3100m boost","datePublished":"2015-07-06T09:36:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/small-housebuilders-receive-100m-boost\/18815\/"},"wordCount":630,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Planning &amp; Construction News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/small-housebuilders-receive-100m-boost\/18815\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2015","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/small-housebuilders-receive-100m-boost\/18815\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/small-housebuilders-receive-100m-boost\/18815\/","name":"Small housebuilders receive \u00a3100m boost | Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-07-06T09:36:23+00:00","description":"Under new measures revealed by Housing Minister Brandon Lewis small housebuilders will receive a \u00a3100m funding boost to support developments","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/small-housebuilders-receive-100m-boost\/18815\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/small-housebuilders-receive-100m-boost\/18815\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/small-housebuilders-receive-100m-boost\/18815\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Small housebuilders receive \u00a3100m boost"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/","name":"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today","description":"The Latest Planning, Building &amp; Construction News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization","name":"Planning, Building & Construction Today","alternateName":"PBC Today","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"Planning, Building & Construction Today"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/","https:\/\/x.com\/PBC_Today"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/a3c579395b9fa3afe1bb370843acfc38","name":"Lisa Carnwell","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1fcf8fe4d0bb386422671c004870f9914448822f3ca1a741922d383c5a867e0e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1fcf8fe4d0bb386422671c004870f9914448822f3ca1a741922d383c5a867e0e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Lisa Carnwell"},"url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/author\/lisa-carnwell\/"}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-23 02:48:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18815\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18815"},{"taxonomy":"stakeholder_rel_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stakeholder_rel_tag?post=18815"},{"taxonomy":"contributor_rel_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor_rel_tag?post=18815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}