Build Up from the Basement
Build Up from the Basement
Podcast Description
🎙️ BuildUp from the Basement – the podcast for builders who want the bigger picture.
Hosted by the FMB’s policy and public affairs team, this deep-dive podcast unpacks everything shaping the construction and housebuilding world—from planning policy and industry economics to the real issues affecting builders on the ground. If you’re in the trade and want to stay ahead, tune in and build up your knowledge from the foundations.
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes such as planning policy, industry economics, and real-world issues affecting builders. For instance, episodes discuss the urgent need for a licensing system in the building industry and provide expert insights into the UK’s economic outlook with a focus on infrastructure investment.
🎙️ BuildUp from the Basement – the podcast for builders who want the bigger picture.
Hosted by the FMB’s policy and public affairs team, this deep-dive podcast unpacks everything shaping the construction and housebuilding world—from planning policy and industry economics to the real issues affecting builders on the ground. If you’re in the trade and want to stay ahead, tune in and build up your knowledge from the foundations.
How can the UK build more homes while creating the conditions for SME builders to grow? In this episode of Build Up From the Basement, Iona Stewart-Richardson is joined by Baroness Rachel Maclean to discuss planning reform, housing policy and the challenges facing smaller building firms.
Drawing on her experience in government, Rachel explores the policies affecting builders and housebuilding, from planning and housing targets to skills, apprenticeships and licensing. The conversation looks at what needs to change to support SME builders and increase housing delivery.
You’ll learn
- What planning reform could mean for SME builders and housing delivery
- Why economic confidence and business conditions matter for housebuilding
- How skills, apprenticeships and licensing fit into the wider policy debate
- What government can do to create better conditions for smaller building firms
Hosts
Iona Stewart-Richardson
Guest
Baroness Rachel Maclean
Find out more about the issues discussed in this episode: Planning reform: how to unlock more homes and support SME builders | FMB, Federation of Master Builders
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