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Optivo appoints ENGIE for essential fire safety work

|Date: 8 April, 2021

Optivo appoints ENGIE for essential fire safety work

ENGIE, leading energy, services and regeneration specialist, has been appointed by housing association Op ...

ENGIE, leading energy, services and regeneration specialist, has been appointed by housing association Optivo to deliver vital fire remediation work worth £120m. Optivo have been proactively surveying ...

8 April, 2021
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Project Profile | Apprenticeship and career opportunities at Sovereign

|Date: 6 April, 2021

Project Profile | Apprenticeship and career opportunities at Sovereign

No more long stands or tartan paint. Sovereign Housing Association’s Head of Employment and Training, Eri ...

No more long stands or tartan paint. Sovereign Housing Association’s Head of Employment and Training, Erica Watts, talks to LABM about the Government’s Kickstart scheme, the work the housing associati ...

6 April, 2021
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Apprenticeship helps Coatbridge local find his path

|Date: 1 March, 2021

Apprenticeship helps Coatbridge local find his path

At 23 years old, Dylan Andrew is charging ahead in his career as he launches himself into the second year ...

At 23 years old, Dylan Andrew is charging ahead in his career as he launches himself into the second year of his four-year apprenticeship with Mears. Faced with the challenges and surprises of the pas ...

1 March, 2021
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Double win for Ian Williams at National Housing Maintenance Forum Awards 2021

|Date: 10 February, 2021

Double win for Ian Williams at National Housing Maintenance Forum Awards 2021

Ian Williams, one of the UK’s largest privately-owned property services companies, is delighted to announ ...

Ian Williams, one of the UK’s largest privately-owned property services companies, is delighted to announce it came away from this year’s National Housing Maintenance Forum (NHMF) awards with two acco ...

10 February, 2021
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The importance of Apprenticeships — supporting National Apprenticeship Week 2021

|Date: 9 February, 2021

The importance of Apprenticeships — supporting National Apprenticeship Week 2021

In the last academic year, UK businesses saw 319,000 apprenticeships started. As it's the 14th National A ...

In the last academic year, UK businesses saw 319,000 apprenticeships started. As it's the 14th National Apprenticeship Week, there has never been a more important time to showcase the benefits of appr ...

9 February, 2021
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Progress Housing Group to kickstart careers for young people in Lancashire

|Date: 5 February, 2021

Progress Housing Group to kickstart careers for young people in Lancashire

Progress Housing Group is offering fully paid work placements for six months to give young people a stepp ...

Progress Housing Group is offering fully paid work placements for six months to give young people a stepping stone into work. 28 young people will be given the opportunity to start a paid work placeme ...

5 February, 2021
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SO Modular invests in new talent after uplift in demand

|Date: 5 February, 2021

SO Modular invests in new talent after uplift in demand

Timber frame construction specialist SO Modular has created two new jobs on the back of an uplift in dema ...

Timber frame construction specialist SO Modular has created two new jobs on the back of an uplift in demand, despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown. The Neath-based co ...

5 February, 2021
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Handover of the innovative Radyr development catering for those with disabilities

|Date: 21 December, 2020

Handover of the innovative Radyr development catering for those with disabilities

Building firm J.G. Hale Construction has officially handed over the keys to a £4.3m innovative housing de ...

Building firm J.G. Hale Construction has officially handed over the keys to a £4.3m innovative housing development on De Clare Drive (Cwrt Idris) in Radyr, Cardiff, to its partner on the project, Taff ...

21 December, 2020
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Pagabo hits £3bn social value enabled mark

|Date: 27 November, 2020

Pagabo hits £3bn social value enabled mark

Framework provider Pagabo is celebrating hitting its latest social value milestone, marking £3bn in socia ...

Framework provider Pagabo is celebrating hitting its latest social value milestone, marking £3bn in social value being enabled by works procured through its frameworks since 2017. This marks another m ...

27 November, 2020
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Work concludes on 28 new homes in Whiston

|Date: 25 November, 2020

Work concludes on 28 new homes in Whiston

Work has completed on an affordable housing scheme at Lickers Lane in Whiston, bringing much-needed new h ...

Work has completed on an affordable housing scheme at Lickers Lane in Whiston, bringing much-needed new homes to the area. Delivered for Livv Housing Group (formerly Knowsley Housing Trust), the £2.56 ...

25 November, 2020
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