Quartermain and Ricketts in their rightful place. Elevated above the throng.

Inspirational first ever joint Barratt Redrow Group Leadership Conference. Fantastic speakers all day, summed by CEO reminding us of the most important takeaways: customer focus, safety and growth. #excitingtimes

Enjoyed The Power Broker - Robert A Caro’s masterpiece biography of Robert Moses and the reshaping of New York. Despite being 1200 pages!
Albeit not keen on Moses’ opinion of planners. 😱😡

Inspirational first ever Barratt Redrow Senior Leadership Meeting.
Great updates on our strategy and growth targets plus superb external perspectives from Neil Jefferson @HomeBuildersFed and Lucian Cook. @Savills

4 tube stops from Kings Cross. 👏👏 LB Waltham Forest.

Normally big fan of @_BusinessLDN (esp John Dickie & Jon Seager but not keen on this article. Highlights well the housing problem but the single solution of, “greater funding for more affordable housing” falls short. London needs more housing of all types and filtering will help.

Just a vacant petrol station in Tottenham but in 20 years this site will be seen as changing the UK planning system.
It triggered MPs debating what & who Green Belt is for, led to the idea of Grey Belt, and ushered in a new sensible approach to housebuilding in and around cities

Important piece in the FT last week from Neil Hudson at Built Place on the importance of new build statistics.
Extract on the diversification of the sector below - not to be taken as underplaying the importance of continuing to diversify and support SMEs.