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Contractor Sentiment Generally Positive as the Worst of Price Pressures Ease, According to Office Fit Out Vendors Across Asia Pacific

The cost to fit out an office in key locations across Asia Pacific has continued to rise, although at a slowing rate, according to findings from Cushman & Wakefield's Asia Pacific Fit Out Cost Guide 2025.

The 315bn question: How will the UK retrofit its homes for net zero?

Rob Norton, UK Director, PlanRadar The UK’s housing industry is facing a two-pronged challenge of building new homes whilst ensuring new and old buildings are energy efficient. The Future Homes Standard will come into effect this year and help to minimise carbon production from new homes however existing housing stock remains a pressing issue. Moreover, with the deadline for the British Standards Institution’s PAS 2035 coming at the end of March, the push and requirements for energy-efficient housing retrofits are intensifying. Rob Norton Retrofitting almost thirty million homes by 2050, an estimated 315bn endeavour, is critical to decarbonising the UK’s housing stock. According to the UK’s Climate Change Committee, retrofits must ramp up to one million homes per year by 2030 to meet the nation’s clean energy goals. It’s a huge undertaking and the newly announced 6.6bn Warm Homes Plan, aiming to upgrade five million homes over five years, falls far short of the scale required. Needless to say, the construction industry faces an uphill battle in getting all homes to EPC C by 2035. Alarmingly, only 29% of homes currently meet this standard, according to the Green Alliance. At this critical juncture, to succeed it must overcome escalating costs, [...]

Fit-out boom sees Morgan Sindall upgrade 2025 results forecast

Firm says year-end number will be ahead of previous £178m consenus

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