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The Budget – How can we simultaneously support SMEs and apprentices to deliver more housing?

|Date: 28 November, 2025

The Budget – How can we simultaneously support SMEs and apprentices to deliver more housing?

On Wednesday Chancellor Rachel Reeves shared the annual Autumn Budget. One key announcement was the incre ...

On Wednesday Chancellor Rachel Reeves shared the annual Autumn Budget. One key announcement was the increases in minimum and apprenticeship wages but with the construction workforce already a challeng ...

28 November, 2025
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Elevating housing standards through effective procurement

|Date: 30 January, 2024

Elevating housing standards through effective procurement

Effective procurement has a crucial role to play in elevating housing standards, says CHIC. Here, the mem ...

Effective procurement has a crucial role to play in elevating housing standards, says CHIC. Here, the member owned procurement and asset management consortium shares details of its recently introduced ...

30 January, 2024
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Aston University leads winning bid for funds to support businesses work towards net zero

|Date: 30 November, 2023

Aston University leads winning bid for funds to support businesses work towards net zero

An Aston University-led consortium has secured £4.095m in funding from the West Midlands Combined Authori ...

An Aston University-led consortium has secured £4.095m in funding from the West Midlands Combined Authority’s (WMCA) UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) to support businesses in the West Midlands to red ...

30 November, 2023
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Latest generation of EN:Procure’s £700m New Build Housing framework announced

|Date: 13 June, 2023

Latest generation of EN:Procure’s £700m New Build Housing framework announced

Leading regional procurement specialist EN:Procure the procurement arm of social housing consortium Effic ...

Leading regional procurement specialist EN:Procure the procurement arm of social housing consortium Efficiency North, has opened the bidding for the next iteration of its Framework for New Build Housi ...

13 June, 2023
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Consortium wins £2.2m ‘green’ grant to improve energy efficiency

|Date: 19 May, 2023

Consortium wins £2.2m ‘green’ grant to improve energy efficiency

A consortium of housing providers has been awarded over £2.2m to help improve the energy efficiency of th ...

A consortium of housing providers has been awarded over £2.2m to help improve the energy efficiency of their homes. Grand Union Housing Group and Central Bedfordshire Council (CBC) jointly won the gra ...

19 May, 2023
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Making tenants’ homes more energy-efficient

|Date: 28 April, 2023

Making tenants’ homes more energy-efficient

Affordable housing provider believe housing has completed a £5m project to make 1,100 homes warmer, green ...

Affordable housing provider believe housing has completed a £5m project to make 1,100 homes warmer, greener, and cheaper to run … and a second, even bigger scheme is about to get underway. The County ...

28 April, 2023
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