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We continue to be rated as the country’s leading national sustainable housebuilder
We continue to be rated as the country's leading national sustainable housebuilder.
In the latest CDP scores, Barratt Developments came top, scoring higher and disclosing more comprehensively than any other housebuilder with scores of A for Climate, B for Forests and B for Water.
This is the second year in a row we have scored A for our Climate disclosure, underlining our leadership position in this... Read More »
Posted: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 09:17
We welcomed Sir Keir Starmer, Leader of the Labour Party, and Shadow Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, to our Rose Place and The Lilies developments
We welcomed Sir Keir Starmer, Leader of the Labour Party, and Shadow Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, to our Rose Place and The Lilies developments in Shrewsbury this week.
While on site, they spoke with local people who want to buy a home, discussed the challenges in the planning system to getting new homes built, met with some of our apprentices building a career in the construction industry and... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 09:36
Tags: Barratt Developments PLC
We have officially opened the doors to our new Discovery House at Alconbury Weald, a David Wilson development
We have officially opened the doors to our new Discovery House at Alconbury Weald, a David Wilson Homes development in Cambridgeshire.
The interactive experience, created in our popular Elmsthorpe style home, has been designed to show the various build stages of a new home and what makes new build homes so energy efficient.
The Mayor of Huntingdon, Councillor Phil Pearce, and the Mayoress, Debbie Pearce,... Read More »
Posted: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 17:41
Our Chief Executive, David Thomas, attended the Prime Minister’s first Business Council meeting this week
Our chief executive, David Thomas, attended the Prime Minister's first Business Council meeting this week at No.10 Downing Street.
The Council explored how the UK Government can best support growth and innovation across the economy. David and the Council discussed how "full expensing" can help boost business investment in the UK in the context of our investment in a £45million timber frame factory... Read More »
Posted: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 17:39
Tags: Barratt Developments PLC
National Apprenticeship Week
On Monday, the Industry and Parliament Trust held their annual dinner to mark National Apprenticeship Week, attended by figures from across business and parliament including Seema Malhotra, Shadow Skills Minister, and former Home Secretary the Lord Blunkett.
Representing Barratt at the dinner was Abigail Stevens. Abigail, pictured second from the right, is working towards her Level 3 Site Carpentry... Read More »
Posted: Fri, 09 Feb 2024 09:00
Tags: Barratt Developments PLC, National Apprenticeship Week
Apprenticeship announcement
In celebration of National Apprenticeship Week, we are proud to announce the opening of applications for our industry-leading apprenticeship programmes!
We offer the unique opportunity to explore a smarter route to higher education and build your career from the ground up with a leading housebuilder by exploring our apprenticeship courses.
Why choose a Barratt Developments Apprenticeship?
✅ Earn While... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 07 Feb 2024 08:30
Tags: Barratt Developments PLC, National Apprenticeship Week
Sarah Dyke MP visited Delamare Park last week, our gas-free, 82-home development in Frome, Somerset.
Sarah Dyke MP visited Delamare Park last week, our gas-free, 82-home development in Frome, Somerset.
All 82 energy efficient properties are fitted with air source heat pumps as standard, replacing gas boilers with a clean, emissions-free way of meeting a home's heating and hot water requirements.
Sarah Dyke MP said: "It's very encouraging to see the country's biggest housebuilder is taking the climate... Read More »
Posted: Tue, 06 Feb 2024 09:00
Tags: Barratt Developments PLC
This week we joined government, business and finance leaders at the Net Zero Council
This week we joined government, business and finance leaders at the Net Zero Council, bringing a range of industries together to plot a shared pathway to net zero.
As well as discussing the critical role for finance and how to decarbonise transport, our Chief Executive David Thomas spoke about the steps the homebuilding industry is taking to build zero carbon homes, as well as the need to tackle emissions... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 16:54
NHBC Pride in the Job Supreme Awards runner up
At the NHBC Pride in the Job Supreme Awards on Friday, Site Manager Sean O'Regan, working at our Waldmers Wood development in Bury, was named runner up in the Large Builder Category.
The Pride in the Job awards are the 'Oscars' of the housebuilding industry, and our record underlines the high standard of work that our site teams deliver every day, building homes and places of the highest quality.
Also... Read More »
Posted: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 17:00
Tags: Awards, Barratt Developments PLC, NHBC
Kickstart - a new shared ownership scheme launched with Legal & General Affordable Homes
To help more people to buy a high quality new home, we've launched a new shared ownership scheme with Legal & General Affordable Homes, called Kickstart.
Kickstart is a great way for people to afford a new home because they can start by buying a share rather than the full market value of the home. This means the deposit is lower, mortgage is smaller and you can increase that share over time.
Eligible... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 09:18