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MAY 2014 PRO INSTALLER
PRO NEWS
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Put ‘Help to Build’,
before Help to Buy, says
property businessman
Property maintenance tsar, Will Davies has criticised the government
for not taking the ‘Get Britain Building’ fund seriously.
Mr Davies, who is the MD of
property maintenance firm,
aspect.co.uk, says that the
Coalition’s general treatment
towards the construction
industry is ‘embarrassing’.
His comments come after it has
been revealed that the £570 million ‘Get Britain Building’ scheme
has only build 715 houses since its
launch in November 2011. An initiative created by former housing
minister Grant Shapps, its intention was to provide 16,000 homes
in three years.
However, according to the Labour party, out of the 715 properties built, 47