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A study of home insulation has placed McCarthy & Stone retirement apartments among the warmest properties in Britain. They achieved an insulation rating double the national average, bringing residents lower fuel bills and higher levels of comfort as winter heads for its coldest spell. Some apartments came close to the theoretical maximum possible for a conventionally-built property.

In the month when statistics reveal that the number of over-60s in the UK overtook that of under-16s, the Witney MP David Cameron opened Kingstone Court, our development of retirement apartments in Chipping Norton.

Sir Cliff Richard, the biggest-selling recording artist in British chart history, returned to his old home town for the first time in more than 20 years to open a new McCarthy & Stone retirement development named after him. The enduring star, who grew up in Cheshunt, Herts, spent over an hour at Cliff Richard Court to cut the ribbon and meet the residents.

Motoring costs bring over-60s back to the town centre.

McCarthy & Stone is named Britain’s most reliable builder

The Major Home Builders Group (MHBG), of which McCarthy & Stone is a member, today announced it is moving forward with its initiative aimed at having only qualified operatives on its sites by December 2010 -through its partnership with ConstructionSkills.