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VIVID and Barclays deliver first ever loan to retrofit social housing under £1.3bn NWF scheme

|Date: 15 May, 2025

VIVID and Barclays deliver first ever loan to retrofit social housing under £1.3bn NWF scheme

VIVID has secured the first loan to be backed by the National Wealth Fund’s £1.3bn social housing retrofi ...

VIVID has secured the first loan to be backed by the National Wealth Fund’s £1.3bn social housing retrofit guarantees. The £50m loan is the largest that can be issued under the guarantee scheme and is ...

15 May, 2025
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Drive to make social homes greener, warmer and more energy efficient gathers pace.

|Date: 12 August, 2024

Drive to make social homes greener, warmer and more energy efficient gathers pace.

Birmingham City Council has retrofitted around a quarter of the homes identified as part of an ambitious ...

Birmingham City Council has retrofitted around a quarter of the homes identified as part of an ambitious project to make council homes greener, warmer and more energy efficient. Around 550 homes have ...

12 August, 2024
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Affordable homes made more energy-efficient

|Date: 3 July, 2023

Affordable homes made more energy-efficient

Housing association, Homes Plus, is nearing completion on a £2.3m project to make 129 homes warmer, green ...

Housing association, Homes Plus, is nearing completion on a £2.3m project to make 129 homes warmer, greener and cheaper to run. The landlord, with more than 19,000 homes across Staffordshire and Shrop ...

3 July, 2023
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New National Retrofit Hub to propel greener homes

|Date: 6 March, 2023

New National Retrofit Hub to propel greener homes

Construction industry organisations have joined forces to create a new National Retrofit Hub to help prop ...

Construction industry organisations have joined forces to create a new National Retrofit Hub to help propel retrofit rollout in the UK’s existing homes. The initiative, launched at the Building Centre ...

6 March, 2023
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