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Grand Designs Live 2025

Key takeaways from Grand Designs Live 2025 as Stuart Barr and Scott Ellis discuss collaboration, communication, and setting your build project up for success.

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Hands on with Her Land

As Women in Construction Week begins and we approach International Women’s Day, we are pleased to highlight our involvement with Her Land.

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Building the future with apprenticeships

As we celebrate National Apprenticeship Week 2025 (10–16 February), we take immense pride in showcasing our talented apprentices and the vital role they play in shaping the future of construction.

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Mamma Mia – ready for a further 40 years!

Award-winning pizzeria moves to new premises next door; extended and refurbished but "almost the same"!

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CIOB CEO Caroline Gumble visits Grade II-listed Barr Build restoration

The Barr Build team were recently privileged to host a visit from the CEO of the Chartered Institute of Building, Caroline Gumble.

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Team BG Tough Mudder

The great thing about a Tough Mudder is that it takes everyone pulling together to get through it, and absolutely everyone brings something to the party.

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Barr Group achieve Chartered Building Company certification

Barr Group Ltd. are extremely proud to announce our accreditation as a Chartered Building Company with The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).

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The Stonor Park journey

Barr Build are privileged to be acting as principal contractor on the project; proud to play a part in the structural journey of this truly outstanding building.

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The Barr Group 2022 apprentice search

Alongside National Apprentice Week, Barr Group celebrated 15 years of their thriving (and award-winning) apprenticeship programme.

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Nurturing talent: apprentices of today... the Barr Group leaders of tomorrow

As a building and manufacturing company, our workforce is the lifeblood of our company.

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A collaborative project in memory of Melissa Lancashire

Over the past couple of months Barr Group have had the privilege of working with the team at Lord Williams’s school and some truly fantastic collaborators on a memorial project, in honour of a much loved teacher and member of the Thame community.