Barriers facing SME builders today are numerous and varied says HBF

January 16, 2017

Press release yesterday 15th January from the Home Builders Federation (HBF)  headlined ‘Remove barriers and SME’s could deliver 25K more homes a year’.

A new report published yesterday by the Home Builders Federation highlights the challenges faced by SME house builders looking to increase output and sets out a range of proposals to address the finance, planning, and red tape barriers preventing smaller firms from playing a bigger part in tackling the housing crisis.

The barriers facing SME builders today are numerous and varied. The report is based on in-depth interviews and discussions with dozens of HBF’s smaller members and highlights access to finance, and the increasingly complex planning and regulatory systems as the biggest factors inhibiting the entrepreneurialism of smaller companies.

Read the HBF press release and the report in full click here

Allen Walkey

Highly experienced businessman with a successful career in property sales and investment both in the UK and abroad. Now a freelance writer and blogger for the property and Investment Industry, keeping readers up-to-date with changes and events in a rapidly changing world.

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