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First firms selected to join new £600m offsite DPS for social housing sector

|Date: 20 May, 2022

First firms selected to join new £600m offsite DPS for social housing sector

Building Better, an alliance of 29 local authorities and housing associations, supported by the National ...

Building Better, an alliance of 29 local authorities and housing associations, supported by the National Housing Federation, has appointed an initial six manufacturers to its new dynamic purchasing sy ...

20 May, 2022
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UK’s only local authority climate network celebrates 100th member boost

|Date: 20 May, 2022

UK’s only local authority climate network celebrates 100th member boost

A network of climate ambitious local authorities is celebrating reaching 100 members with the addition of ...

A network of climate ambitious local authorities is celebrating reaching 100 members with the addition of a haul of local authorities, including Sunderland City Council (99th member), Derbyshire Count ...

20 May, 2022
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Business Stream delivers millions in savings to Scottish public sector

|Date: 17 May, 2022

Business Stream delivers millions in savings to Scottish public sector

Edinburgh-based water retailer, Business Stream, has saved Scotland’s public sector over £2.2m in water c ...

Edinburgh-based water retailer, Business Stream, has saved Scotland’s public sector over £2.2m in water costs during the second year of a three-year contract. The financial savings equates to 1.4 mill ...

17 May, 2022
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May Councils Housing Conference

|Date: 17 May, 2022

May Councils Housing Conference

Levelling up, viability, decarbonisation, sustainable design and estate regeneration will be the key talk ...

Levelling up, viability, decarbonisation, sustainable design and estate regeneration will be the key talking points at The Housing Forum’s next Councils Housing Conference. Taking place on the morning ...

17 May, 2022
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Vale of Glamorgan Council launches new housing module with DEF Software

|Date: 17 May, 2022

Vale of Glamorgan Council launches new housing module with DEF Software

Vale of Glamorgan Council has worked in partnership with DEF Software, the specialist provider of plannin ...

Vale of Glamorgan Council has worked in partnership with DEF Software, the specialist provider of planning and building control solutions for local authorities, in order to create and implement a new ...

17 May, 2022
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Warning as three quarters of fire doors fail inspections

|Date: 16 May, 2022

Warning as three quarters of fire doors fail inspections

One of the UK’s leading fire door inspection organisations has warned of a “tragedy waiting to happen” af ...

One of the UK’s leading fire door inspection organisations has warned of a “tragedy waiting to happen” after it revealed three quarters of the fire doors inspected in the UK by its approved inspectors ...

16 May, 2022
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UK’s only local authority climate network writes to UK Infrastructure Bank following Queen’s Speech

|Date: 13 May, 2022

UK’s only local authority climate network writes to UK Infrastructure Bank following Queen’s Speech

Following the Queen's Speech announcement of a new bill to establish the UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) in ...

Following the Queen's Speech announcement of a new bill to establish the UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) in law, UK100 has joined E3G, Energy Systems Catapult, Pollination Group and UK Cities Climate In ...

13 May, 2022
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Switch2 at Smart Housing: How smart heat networks can relieve soaring costs and deliver net zero

|Date: 12 May, 2022

Switch2 at Smart Housing: How smart heat networks can relieve soaring costs and deliver net zero

How smart heat networks can relieve soaring costs and deliver net zero is the theme of a conference prese ...

How smart heat networks can relieve soaring costs and deliver net zero is the theme of a conference presentation by Ian Allan, Head of Market Strategy for Switch2 Energy, at Smart Housing 2022 in Birm ...

12 May, 2022
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Where local areas can make the levelling up agenda work

|Date: 11 May, 2022

Where local areas can make the levelling up agenda work

Almost 100 days on from the launch of the Levelling Up White Paper, which laid the groundwork for the Lev ...

Almost 100 days on from the launch of the Levelling Up White Paper, which laid the groundwork for the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, announced at the Queens Speech, and as Whitehall reflects on t ...

11 May, 2022
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FIREX offers dedicated seminars for social housing providers

|Date: 9 May, 2022

FIREX offers dedicated seminars for social housing providers

With fire safety in social housing now a major area of discussion in the national agenda, FIREX is deligh ...

With fire safety in social housing now a major area of discussion in the national agenda, FIREX is delighted to welcome the National Social Housing Fire Strategy Group (NSHFSG) and its members to this ...

9 May, 2022
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