Useful links

Government Sites

Department for Business, Innovation & Skills  www.bis.gov.uk
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)  www.defra.gov.uk 
The Department for Transport  www.dft.gov.uk
The Government Information Service  www.open.gov.uk
Communities and local government  www.communities.gov.uk/corporate
HM Treasury   www.hm-treasury.gov.uk 
The Homes & Communities Agency  www.homesandcommunities.co.uk 
Office of Government Commerce www.ogc.gov.uk
Partnership Sourcing   www.pslcbi.com 

Key industry associations and trade bodies

British Council for Offices (BCO)  www.bco.org.uk
British Council of Shopping Centres (BCSC)  www.bcsc.org.uk
British Retail Consortium (BRC)  www.brc.org.uk
BURA  www.bura.org.uk
International Council of Shopping Centres (ICSC)  www.icsc.org 
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)  www.ciob.org.uk
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI)  www.cbi.org.uk
Construction Skills  www.cskills.org  
The Construction Confederation  www.thecc.org.uk 
The Construction Industry Council  www.cic.org.uk
CoreNet Global  www.corenetglobal.org.uk
The House Builders Federation  www.hbf.co.uk
The Housing Forum  www.thehousingforum.org.uk 
The National Federation of Builders  www.builders.org.uk

Other sites

The Civic Trust  www.civictrust.org.uk 
The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)  www.rics.org 
The construction and property industries' charity for homeless people www.crash.org.uk