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New Build Residential Framework: Tender now live

|Date: 11 April, 2024

New Build Residential Framework: Tender now live

The tender is live for Scotland Excel’s New Build Residential Framework — the organisation’s largest cons ...

The tender is live for Scotland Excel’s New Build Residential Framework — the organisation’s largest construction framework that is forecast to be worth £1.5bn over four years. Companies can now bid t ...

11 April, 2024
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Scottish firms given massive opportunity to tackle housing targets

|Date: 12 March, 2024

Scottish firms given massive opportunity to tackle housing targets

A wide range of businesses have secured a place on a major nine-figure framework that will enable the mod ...

A wide range of businesses have secured a place on a major nine-figure framework that will enable the modernisation and improvement of Scotland’s public sector buildings and social housing. It follows ...

12 March, 2024
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£90m monthly spending on homeless accommodation ‘threatens to bankrupt boroughs’

|Date: 28 February, 2024

£90m monthly spending on homeless accommodation ‘threatens to bankrupt boroughs’

New data from London Councils reveals that boroughs’ monthly spending on temporary accommodation for home ...

New data from London Councils reveals that boroughs’ monthly spending on temporary accommodation for homeless households grew by almost 40% last year — reaching £90m a month. Skyrocketing rates of hom ...

28 February, 2024
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Over £50bn could be added to the economy through investing in social housing

|Date: 28 February, 2024

Over £50bn could be added to the economy through investing in social housing

According to research conducted by CEBR for Shelter and the National Housing Federation, the next governm ...

According to research conducted by CEBR for Shelter and the National Housing Federation, the next government could add £51.2bn to the economy, including £12bn profit to the taxpayer, by building 90,00 ...

28 February, 2024
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Places for Everyone plan for new homes, jobs and growth goes to final stage following inspectors’ report

|Date: 19 February, 2024

Places for Everyone plan for new homes, jobs and growth goes to final stage following inspectors’ report

The plan for new homes, jobs and sustainable growth in Greater Manchester has reached its final stage, fo ...

The plan for new homes, jobs and sustainable growth in Greater Manchester has reached its final stage, following a report by planning inspectors. In their report, published on the 15th February, the i ...

19 February, 2024
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Building homes on brownfield land to be strengthened

|Date: 13 February, 2024

Building homes on brownfield land to be strengthened

Big city councils must prioritise brownfield development over Green Belt, says government as it announces ...

Big city councils must prioritise brownfield development over Green Belt, says government as it announces a major shake-up to planning rules to boost the construction of new homes in the right places. ...

13 February, 2024
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New research project launched by Tpas Associate and involved tenant Kai Jackson to foster diversity and inclusion in social housing

|Date: 12 February, 2024

New research project launched by Tpas Associate and involved tenant Kai Jackson to foster diversity and inclusion in social housing

Kai Jackson, a Tpas Associate and involved tenant, has launched her research project aimed at promoting t ...

Kai Jackson, a Tpas Associate and involved tenant, has launched her research project aimed at promoting tenant diversity and inclusion within the sector. The project, sponsored by Tpas and bolstered b ...

12 February, 2024
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Latest £100m council and housing association ‘disruptors’ framework launches

|Date: 5 February, 2024

Latest £100m council and housing association ‘disruptors’ framework launches

21 suppliers have won spots on the third generation Social Housing Emerging Disruptors (SHED) framework, ...

21 suppliers have won spots on the third generation Social Housing Emerging Disruptors (SHED) framework, which enables housing associations and councils to compliantly buy innovative services from sta ...

5 February, 2024
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Damning Levelling Up Committee report highlights a failed funding system that puts local government climate hopes at risk

|Date: 2 February, 2024

Damning Levelling Up Committee report highlights a failed funding system that puts local government climate hopes at risk

UK100, the UK’s cross-party network for ambitious local climate action, has warned that short-term fixes ...

UK100, the UK’s cross-party network for ambitious local climate action, has warned that short-term fixes will not resolve the financial distress threatening to derail councils’ efforts to cut emission ...

2 February, 2024
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North West fire and rescue services join forces to improve fire safety in high-rise buildings

|Date: 24 January, 2024

North West fire and rescue services join forces to improve fire safety in high-rise buildings

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) is working together with fire and rescue services acro ...

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) is working together with fire and rescue services across the North West to improve fire safety in high-rise residential buildings. The Fire Safety En ...

24 January, 2024
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Higgins Group announces financial results for the year ending 31st July 2025

£3bn investment to end postcode lottery for children with SEND

Santander agrees £310m refinancing package with Peabody

‘More than 100,000 homeless children in capital this Christmas’ — highest-ever number of London children living in temporary accommodation

What the Procurement Act means for prompt payment — and why it matters

Lovell launches Renew Central to strengthen refurbishment and retrofit delivery across the Midlands

Sero and SNG strengthen partnership to deliver independent Retrofit Co-ordination for £36.5m Wave 3 Warm Homes Project

Stepnell completes sustainable new primary school in the heart of Sherwood Forest

24 new affordable homes built to Passivhaus standards in Harpurhey

VIVID welcomes David Ball as Chief Financial Officer

£90m monthly spending on homeless accommodation ‘threatens to bankrupt boroughs’

£90m monthly spending on homeless accommodation ‘threatens to bankrupt boroughs’

Places for Everyone plan for new homes, jobs and growth goes to final stage following inspectors’ report

Places for Everyone plan for new homes, jobs and growth goes to final stage following inspectors’ report

Building homes on brownfield land to be strengthened

Building homes on brownfield land to be strengthened

Damning Levelling Up Committee report highlights a failed funding system that puts local government climate hopes at risk

Damning Levelling Up Committee report highlights a failed funding system that puts local government climate hopes at risk

North West fire and rescue services join forces to improve fire safety in high-rise buildings

North West fire and rescue services join forces to improve fire safety in high-rise buildings