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Construction advancing at Edinburgh city centre affordable housing development

|Date: 31 October, 2025

Construction advancing at Edinburgh city centre affordable housing development

Significant progress is being made at a new affordable housing development in the heart of Edinburgh city ...

Significant progress is being made at a new affordable housing development in the heart of Edinburgh city centre. Located in Newington, Cowan’s Close — designed by Andeson Bell + Christie — will provi ...

31 October, 2025
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RPS Group secures £1.2m solar contract with ForHousing

|Date: 16 September, 2025

RPS Group secures £1.2m solar contract with ForHousing

RPS Group, one of the UK’s leading domestic low carbon and renewable contractors, has been appointed to d ...

RPS Group, one of the UK’s leading domestic low carbon and renewable contractors, has been appointed to deliver a £1.2m programme of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels for Greater Manchester-based housing ...

16 September, 2025
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Digitalisation and the future of low carbon social housing

|Date: 25 August, 2025

Digitalisation and the future of low carbon social housing

Neal Herbert, Managing Director of GTC, discusses digitalisation and the future of low carbon social hous ...

Neal Herbert, Managing Director of GTC, discusses digitalisation and the future of low carbon social housing. As the UK edges closer to its net zero goals, digital transformation is emerging as a cruc ...

25 August, 2025
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Bristol City Council and ZED PODS celebrate completion of new energy-efficient homes

|Date: 11 August, 2025

Bristol City Council and ZED PODS celebrate completion of new energy-efficient homes

Bristol City Council and ZED PODS recently celebrated the completion of 12 new energy-efficient affordabl ...

Bristol City Council and ZED PODS recently celebrated the completion of 12 new energy-efficient affordable homes at Marshall Walk. People are starting to move into new high quality, modular homes at M ...

11 August, 2025
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New report calls for a fresh approach to driving resident demand for retrofit

|Date: 1 August, 2025

New report calls for a fresh approach to driving resident demand for retrofit

A new literature review from the National Retrofit Hub, supported by The MCS Foundation, calls for a broa ...

A new literature review from the National Retrofit Hub, supported by The MCS Foundation, calls for a broader, more realistic understanding of how resident demand for home energy upgrades is formed and ...

1 August, 2025
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ZED PODS appointed to three lots on NHS SBS Modular Buildings 3 Framework

|Date: 28 July, 2025

ZED PODS appointed to three lots on NHS SBS Modular Buildings 3 Framework

ZED PODS, the award-winning offsite company specialising in designing and building precision-engineered, ...

ZED PODS, the award-winning offsite company specialising in designing and building precision-engineered, zero-operational-carbon homes, has been successfully appointed to the latest NHS Shared Busines ...

28 July, 2025
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Great Places celebrates topping out of £29m affordable housing development in Manchester city centre

|Date: 21 July, 2025

Great Places celebrates topping out of £29m affordable housing development in Manchester city centre

Great Places Housing Group has hosted Manchester City Council’s Housing Lead to celebrate the topping out ...

Great Places Housing Group has hosted Manchester City Council’s Housing Lead to celebrate the topping out of its new affordable housing development in Manchester city centre. Cllr Gavin White, Executi ...

21 July, 2025
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Robertson completes £29m CLT school for Aberdeen City Council

|Date: 2 June, 2025

Robertson completes £29m CLT school for Aberdeen City Council

Aberdeen City Council has taken ownership of its new £29m New Riverbank School, built using a cross lamin ...

Aberdeen City Council has taken ownership of its new £29m New Riverbank School, built using a cross laminated timber (CLT) frame, following successful delivery by Robertson Construction Eastern. The 6 ...

2 June, 2025
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Manchester City Council Leaders visit the latest social housing phase of Great Places’ flagship development in New Islington

|Date: 19 May, 2025

Manchester City Council Leaders visit the latest social housing phase of Great Places’ flagship development in New Islington

Great Places Housing Group has hosted the Leader of Manchester City Council and the council’s Housing Lea ...

Great Places Housing Group has hosted the Leader of Manchester City Council and the council’s Housing Lead on a visit to view the final phase of its £19.4m flagship development in New Islington. Counc ...

19 May, 2025
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Curo completes its first energy-saving retrofit project

|Date: 30 August, 2024

Curo completes its first energy-saving retrofit project

Curo residents are celebrating warmer and cheaper homes as the Bath-based housing association completes i ...

Curo residents are celebrating warmer and cheaper homes as the Bath-based housing association completes its first energy-saving upgrade project. Twenty-two homes in Compton Dando and Pensford have bee ...

30 August, 2024
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