McCarthy Stone plots low carbon retirement home drive

Cecilia Keating
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Sigmat and McCarthy Stone collaborated on a retirement community in Hexham, Northumbria (pictured) | Credit: McCarthy Stone
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Sigmat and McCarthy Stone collaborated on a retirement community in Hexham, Northumbria (pictured) | Credit: McCarthy Stone

Company announces plans to build 40 retirement communities using modern methods of constuction

Retirement housing developer McCarthy Stone has confirmed that 40 of its upcoming projects will be built using modern methods of construction (MMC), as it works to meet a new goal to develop half of its...

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