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The Get Britain Building campaign has thrown its weight behind a new report – produced by the Cut the VAT Coalition – on the effect of cutting VAT for housing repair, maintenance and improvement as an important first step.

Encouraging signs that the housing market is in the midst of a fragile recovery continue to emerge, according to the Construction Products Association's February Market Trends report.

Over 13,000 homes will have to be refurbished every week if the Government is going to reach its refurbishment target, according to the Energy Saving Trust.

Steel producer Corus, part of the Tata Steel Group, will start to mothball its Redcar plant and up to 1600 jobs could be axed.

For every customer who switches to electronic billing, Buildbase is going to sponsor the planting of 10 sapling trees in a dedicated area of SCA Timber’s FSC-certified forests in Sweden.

Over 54,000 vouchers have been issued under the Government's boiler scrappage scheme. At the end of February 2010 there were around 70,000 vouchers worth £28m still available.

The Port of Leith Housing Association (PoLHA) has acquired three development sites in Leith, at a cost of £2.5m, with a view to investing a further £20m to create 165 new homes on them.

Mr Steve Morgan, executive chairman of house builder, Redrow called on the government to address the shortage of homes in the country or face the prospect of social unrest.

The UK’s construction activity is believed to have declined at a weaker pace at the start of 2010.