If the UK is ever to meet its housing requirements then the annual output of new homes will need to increase at a pace which many in the industry concede is simply not possible.
However with housing moving further up the UK’s political agenda than at any time since the end of the Second World War, there is always hope.
And if there is a way to meet the demand, then it will come from increased automation and advances in materials, such as cross laminate timber.
It is here that Glasgow-based CCG is well-placed, and so a move south of the Border can certainly help the company grow its innovative off-site manufacturing business.
Having grown sales to £12m in a decade, the OSM facility has much more to contribute, as technology makes its mark in the sector – currently it is less than ten per cent of the CCG’s overall business.
Director Calum Murray said there was huge potential in the English and Welsh markets for manufacturers with capabilities in off-site timber construction.
Frustrations with the planning system in Scotland continue without any improvement in the fluidity of approvals, and so while CCG pushes further back into the private housing market to pursue growth, it seems likely that anyone driving southbound on the M74 may soon be passing someone’s new home in the inside lane.
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