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Social houses in Wrexham set for spruce up

|Date: 12 September, 2019

Social houses in Wrexham set for spruce up

Social housing tenants in Wrexham are set to benefit from more modern accommodation following the awardin ...

Social housing tenants in Wrexham are set to benefit from more modern accommodation following the awarding of £500,000 worth of works to contractor Novus Property Solutions by Wrexham County Borough C ...

12 September, 2019
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Industry comment | Will Boris back council housing?

|Date: 4 September, 2019

Industry comment | Will Boris back council housing?

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), considers the im ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), considers the impact of the recent ministerial changes and the potential of a no deal Brexit on the affordable ...

4 September, 2019
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Shakespeare Martineau | Forget help to buy, the UK needs help to retire

|Date: 28 August, 2019

Shakespeare Martineau | Forget help to buy, the UK needs help to retire

The key to alleviating the pressure on the housing market is better development of later living accommoda ...

The key to alleviating the pressure on the housing market is better development of later living accommodation, a new survey by law firm Shakespeare Martineau and Housing Learning has shown, but this w ...

28 August, 2019
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Sutton completes first council housebuilding programme in 30 years

|Date: 16 August, 2019

Sutton completes first council housebuilding programme in 30 years

The London Borough of Sutton has completed its first programme of new council housebuilding for 30 years. ...

The London Borough of Sutton has completed its first programme of new council housebuilding for 30 years. Sutton’s focus has been on building homes that not only offer high-quality accommodation but a ...

16 August, 2019
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Tally tops half a billion as Bromford secures deferred funding

|Date: 14 August, 2019

Tally tops half a billion as Bromford secures deferred funding

Bromford, one of the largest housing associations in the Midlands and South-west, secures deferred fundin ...

Bromford, one of the largest housing associations in the Midlands and South-west, secures deferred funding after closing a new £50m private placement with a sole UK investor. It means the housing prov ...

14 August, 2019
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Smart Social Housing survey — have your say

|Date: 25 July, 2019

Smart Social Housing survey — have your say

Smart Social Housing is calling on Repairs and Maintenance Managers and Operatives to take a short online ...

Smart Social Housing is calling on Repairs and Maintenance Managers and Operatives to take a short online survey created to better understand if and/or how they are embracing the Internet of Things (I ...

25 July, 2019
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Enfield’s energy company an example of best practice

|Date: 23 July, 2019

Enfield’s energy company an example of best practice

The regulator for the gas and electricity markets in Great Britain, Ofgem, visited Energetik’s energy cen ...

The regulator for the gas and electricity markets in Great Britain, Ofgem, visited Energetik’s energy centre in Arnos Grove recently to talk about Enfield Council’s heat network company, its best prac ...

23 July, 2019
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More than 300 children face becoming homeless this summer

|Date: 22 July, 2019

More than 300 children face becoming homeless this summer

More than 300 children face becoming homeless during the school holidays this summer as a result of the h ...

More than 300 children face becoming homeless during the school holidays this summer as a result of the housing crisis, the equivalent to a primary school’s worth of children, council leaders warn. Th ...

22 July, 2019
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CMS raises the standard sustainably at Ferguslie Park

|Date: 15 July, 2019

CMS raises the standard sustainably at Ferguslie Park

Hundreds of homes at Ferguslie Park in Paisley have been upgraded sustainably with high performance PVC-U ...

Hundreds of homes at Ferguslie Park in Paisley have been upgraded sustainably with high performance PVC-U windows and doors manufactured and installed by CMS Window Systems. The large-scale refurbishm ...

15 July, 2019
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Travis Perkins | Managed service models

|Date: 11 July, 2019

Travis Perkins | Managed service models

Stuart Hough, Managing Director of Travis Perkins Managed Services discusses Brexit and the repairs and m ...

Stuart Hough, Managing Director of Travis Perkins Managed Services discusses Brexit and the repairs and maintenance of social housing. A lot has changed since the EU referendum in 2016. We have had th ...

11 July, 2019
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