Latest News from the R&B Forum

Nov 3, 2026

For the October Regional & Bespoke Housebuilders Forum event, Nigel Barclay, Corporate Director, Loan Origination at Homes England and Matt Fleming, Executive Chair of Henry, gave their take on the Budget with an emphasis on the new Your First Home scheme, the details of which have now been revealed. Nigel,...

Nov 2, 2026

Forum supporter Lavastar is offering a unique opportunity to a lucky R&B Housebuilder Forum member, the opportunity to have their development site branded completely free of charge. Lavastar is an award-winning sign manufacturing and installation company working across the UK. It specialises in large format printing and graphics and its...

Oct 29, 2026

For many Forum members, the time between reservation and exchange can be fraught. Buyers’ circumstances may change, mortgage offers have deadlines and delays of a few weeks can put a sale at risk of falling through. Local searches are often part of that wait and for smaller developers, the effect...

Oct 26, 2026

As a Founding Sponsor of the Regional & Bespoke Housebuilders Forum, VELUX has a long history of supporting SME housebuilders. Its recent partnership with Forum Member Beau Property, demonstrates what that advocacy looks like in practice. At Nevill House in the centre of Royal Tunbridge Wells, Beau Property has delivered...

Oct 9, 2026

At the end of September the R&B Housebuilders Forum hosted its annual Shooting and Innovation Event. We were joined by 70 SME housebuilders, material suppliers and industry professionals for a day of activities, panels and presentations all focused on supporting the SME housebuilding community.

Sep 16, 2026

The R&B Housebuilder forum is all about championing the cause and giving a voice to SME Housebuilders so we are delighted to sponsor the Best Housebuilder – less than 50 Homes a year category.

Sep 16, 2026

We were delighted to be joined by many R&B Housebuilder Forum members at the launch of the Regional Building Foundation (RBF) at St Giles House in Dorset on 10 September.

Sep 11, 2026

September R&B Housebuilders Forum Event, Tuesday 15th September @ 9.30am:

Join us on 15 September at 9am at our next R&B Housebuilders forum where we’ll hear from Maria Coulter BEM MRICS, Construction Coach and Founder of Solving Construction.

Aug 27, 2026

Trevor Smith, National Housing Development Manager at VELUX, one of the R&B Housebuilders Forum's Founding Sponsors, recently visited Horseshoe Crescent, the newest scheme by the Surrey-based award-winning housebuilder, Aspen Homes. Aspen's Managing Director, Joe Jelley, is a longstanding and active member of the Forum. Horseshoe Crescent is a development of...