As the countdown to the oscars of the housebuilding industry has begun, we say hello to the progressive companies sponsoring the largest event in the industry.
Premier Guarantee
As a leading structural warranty provider, Premier Guarantee offers a comprehensive range of products to support the development process. Established for more than 20 years, the business has provided cover for more than £57bn-worth of properties across the UK, Ireland and Europe.
With an HQ in Wirral and hub offices nationwide, it has more than 450 employees working to support clients’ construction projects and providing structural warranty and building control solutions for residential and commercial builds. Its national network of risk management surveyors is among the country’s largest and provides onsite technical support and knowledge, while the account management team offers support with managing quotes, orders and ongoing work.
Premier Guarantee uses only ‘A-rated’ insurers for all policies and is accepted for warranty purposes by most of the UK’s top mortgage providers and lenders.
Alex Lyons, Premier Guarantee UK sales director
Alex Lyons, Premier Guarantee UK sales director, says: “Building is a complicated process. It takes a lot of time, a great amount of varying expertise and a serious amount of effort to go from the idea of a development to that glorious moment of stepping over the threshold of a completed project.
“Anyone working in the industry knows there will be tough times where things go wrong and which all the planning in the world could not have prevented. At those moments, when the pressure is on, that’s when you gather the team around you and lean on them for support and energy to move onwards.
“Building a trusted team is rarely discussed but knowing that people are equipped with the knowledge, skills and experience along with enthusiasm for the job at hand is priceless. With our many years of experience, no one knows the complexities of this process, the challenges projects face and the issues within the wider industry better than Premier Guarantee.”
Shawbrook Bank
Specialist lender Shawbrook Bank’s dedicated development finance team, which launched five years ago, has loaned more than £1bn to property developers. The team supports established regional property developers with facilities ranging from £1m to £30m across residential and mixed-use schemes and spanning affordable homes to high-end luxury.
With a solid reputation as a flexible, responsive, and knowledgeable lender that focuses on smaller developers, the team wins record numbers of repeat customers. One of its key strengths is its thorough understanding of how SME developers operate, which allows it to work closely with clients throughout all stages of the project from initial planning through to delivery.
The development finance team sits within the overall Shawbrook Bank group, a British savings and lending bank founded in 2011, which provides personal and business savings services and corporate and personal loans to small- and medium-sized businesses, as well as individuals. Shawbrook Bank’s total lending is more than £7.1bn and it has raised in excess of £6.9bn in deposits from personal and business customers.
Terry Woodley, managing director, development finance at Shawbrook
Terry Woodley, managing director, development finance at Shawbrook, says: “Reaching £1bn in development loans represents a significant milestone for our business. The fact we have achieved it in less than five years is a testament to the strength of our product, the expertise of our team and our commitment to supporting developers across the sector through challenging periods.
“We’ve seen strong demand for funding from large developers delivering significant eco-developments and regeneration projects, to the smaller developers that need a specialist lender to understand how they operate and can work with them as they deliver schemes concurrently.
“Our customers are increasingly pushing boundaries to tackle the UK’s development challenges. As we target the next £1bn, our focus will be championing the innovation that will ultimately lead to more sustainable and affordable developments in the years to come.”
Nicholls & Clarke Group
The Nicholls & Clarke Group has been manufacturing and supplying the housebuilding sector with tiling and bathroom products for more than 145 years.
The Romford-based business started life as a builders’ merchant in 1875, when it was founded by Samuel Nicholls. Since then, it has vastly expanded its range, activities and reach and now supplies a wide variety of products ranging from porcelain, ceramic, mosaic, glass and quartz wall and floor tiles to adhesives, grouts, sealants, flooring screeds, tiling tools, under-tile heating and wet room tanking. Other products include vinyl sheet and tile flooring, toilet suites, washbasins, pedestals, baths, taps, bathroom accessories and wet rooms, door handles and locks plus a selection of interior and exterior paints.
Richard Hill, company director of Nicholls & Clarke
Richard Hill (pictured), company director of Nicholls & Clarke, says: “We are an innovative British manufacturer who uses our experience in the development of innovative and on-trend solutions to help today’s housebuilders stand out from the crowd when selling their properties.
“We are fairly unusual in that we own British factories and operate from 18 addresses within the UK, which allows us to offer a high level of service, backed by a considerable stock holding. This is serving us well in the current climate, compared with many others who source from the Far East. Buying British has never been so favourable, and we are well placed to help housebuilders solve their current tile, bathroom and wet room supply issues.
“We are leading suppliers within our sector and excel in adding value with solutions such as our Alfresco porcelain paving, which offers the housebuilder the opportunity to join the growing trend of expanding living space out on to patio, using the same range of porcelain floor tiles used inside the property.
“The use of our 20mm exterior porcelain tiles is growing exponentially, further accelerating since lockdowns as consumers look to make better use of their outside space and create an exterior living room. We even offer fire-rated pedestal systems that allow our Alfresco porcelain tiles to be used externally on balconies and roof gardens in high-rise developments.”
https://www.nichollsandclarke.com/
BPC Recruitment
BPC Recruitment is a boutique recruitment business specialising in management and senior appointments in the housebuilding market.
Drawing on its industry knowledge and experience, the company identifies talented candidates and focuses mainly on middle- to senior-level appointments, including an executive search and selection service. Sectors where it has expertise include land acquisition and planning, commercial and technical, construction, sales, marketing and business support and executive appointments.
A sister company to BPC Land and New Homes, BPC Recruitment is part of the BPC Group, which is now in its 25th year of trading. Established in 1996 by managing director Steve Blight, the Group started as one business but has since expanded to five, complete with 40 staff and offices in Hertford and London.
Stewart Lange, associate director at BPC Recruitment
Stewart Lange (pictured), associate director at BPC Recruitment, says: “In the new world we’re living today, we’ve seen many changes in the way that we work. Some have found the benefits of working from home and others have embraced the flexibility of hybrid work, while many have continued as they have always done in an office capacity.
“We’ve learned to communicate in different ways, exploring new technologies and finding solutions to those hurdles that have challenged us. So, with these adaptions, people’s expectations have also changed and the opportunity to try something new or learn a skill is prevalent. We realise that location, commuting distance, and career progression are the main objectives when making that next career jump. We want to be there to help.
“The housebuilding industry remains buoyant and the need for talented professionals is increasing – this, of course, brings fresh recruitment headaches. You don’t have the time to shortlist candidates? You can’t find the right people that fit your business and culture? BPC Recruitment wants to become your recruitment partner and take the stresses out of the search. We will invest time to learn about your company, the different teams and what you look for in an individual.”
New Homes Law
New Homes Law is an independent, family-run property lawyer and conveyancing specialist business.
Founded by Grant and Claire Noble in 2012, the firm has grown from its original team of four to more than 40 people operating from teams in Essex and Exeter. By harnessing their joint experience in business and law, Grant and Claire have built a successful company working alongside housebuilders, developers, housing associations, local authorities, mortgage brokers and lenders.
Examples of the top companies and organisations NHL works with include Help to Buy London, Bellway Homes, Redrow, Taylor Wimpey, Persimmon, Linden Homes, David Wilson Homes, Peabody and Notting Hill Genesis.
New Homes Law is an approved conveyancer for virtually every mortgage lender in the UK.
And it’s also one of the preferred conveyancers recommended by developers and housing associations, who want to make sure their buyers receive excellent customer service and also prefer to use a conveyancer that has comprehensive knowledge of new-build transactions and understands how crucial it is to meet exchange deadlines.
The NHL team’s experience and knowledge of the Help to Buy and shared ownership processes and paperwork helps sales to go through smoothly. It also offers training workshops to help developers’, agents’ and housebuilders’ sales teams feel more confident in educating and successfully negotiating with first-time buyers.
Above all, NHL prides itself on its open and transparent approach to communication, which helps identify early on anything that could cause an issue or delay while also providing advice on how to resolve the situation before it becomes a problem.
It’s this proactive and diligent approach that delivers a seamless and anxiety-free experience.
nhlaw.co.uk
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