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Volunteers’ Week 2025: How Bea got her life Back on Track with Procure Plus

|Date: 6 June, 2025

Volunteers’ Week 2025: How Bea got her life Back on Track with Procure Plus

Procure Plus is committed to creating lasting social value by supporting projects that transform lives th ...

Procure Plus is committed to creating lasting social value by supporting projects that transform lives through meaningful opportunities. One example is Back on Track, a Manchester-based charity that h ...

6 June, 2025
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Wates exceeds social value targets and launches social enterprise programme for fourth consecutive year

|Date: 14 February, 2024

Wates exceeds social value targets and launches social enterprise programme for fourth consecutive year

Wates has exceeded its social value targets to assist social enterprises and get young people engaged in ...

Wates has exceeded its social value targets to assist social enterprises and get young people engaged in a career in the construction industry and launched its unique social enterprise support program ...

14 February, 2024
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Pagabo reaches £6bn social value enabled milestone

|Date: 16 January, 2024

Pagabo reaches £6bn social value enabled milestone

National framework provider Pagabo has successfully hit its biggest social value milestone to date, achie ...

National framework provider Pagabo has successfully hit its biggest social value milestone to date, achieving £6bn in social value enabled through works and services procured through its collection of ...

16 January, 2024
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Hightown secures £125m investment with UK and US investors

|Date: 18 December, 2023

Hightown secures £125m investment with UK and US investors

Hightown Housing Association has completed on a £125m secured green private placement with six investors ...

Hightown Housing Association has completed on a £125m secured green private placement with six investors to fund its ongoing housebuilding programme. The Hertfordshire based housing association launch ...

18 December, 2023
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Investment designed to boost Greater Manchester’s economy reaches over £1bn

|Date: 16 August, 2023

Investment designed to boost Greater Manchester’s economy reaches over £1bn

Investments made by Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) into the local economy have reached more ...

Investments made by Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) into the local economy have reached more than £1bn, resulting in thousands of jobs, new quality homes and boosting businesses in the ci ...

16 August, 2023
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whg achieves international recognition as sustainability champion

|Date: 25 July, 2023

whg achieves international recognition as sustainability champion

Midland housing provider whg has achieved international recognition for its commitment to making a positi ...

Midland housing provider whg has achieved international recognition for its commitment to making a positive environmental and social impact. whg is among the first in the UK to be accredited as a sust ...

25 July, 2023
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UKREiiF tops social value charts, generating £2.25m in social impact

|Date: 17 July, 2023

UKREiiF tops social value charts, generating £2.25m in social impact

The UK’s largest built environment and real estate investment event generated more than £2.25m in social ...

The UK’s largest built environment and real estate investment event generated more than £2.25m in social value, according to economists at social value consultancy Loop. The UK’s Real Estate Investm ...

17 July, 2023
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Procurement power to the people: Framework providers must give back

|Date: 6 June, 2023

Procurement power to the people: Framework providers must give back

Businesses have a significant impact on the economy, society and the environment. Here, Jason Stapley, Ch ...

Businesses have a significant impact on the economy, society and the environment. Here, Jason Stapley, Chief Procurement Officer at national framework provider Pagabo, discusses the unique position fr ...

6 June, 2023
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Jobs boost as 14 recruits trained as retrofitters in pioneering project to bridge green skills gap

|Date: 10 May, 2023

Jobs boost as 14 recruits trained as retrofitters in pioneering project to bridge green skills gap

Fourteen unemployed Merseyside residents are being retrained in much needed green skills to help local bu ...

Fourteen unemployed Merseyside residents are being retrained in much needed green skills to help local businesses and lead decarbonisation in the region. The pioneering social value project is connect ...

10 May, 2023
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Suppliers named for Pagabo’s £1bn Refit and Refurbishment Framework

|Date: 4 May, 2023

Suppliers named for Pagabo’s £1bn Refit and Refurbishment Framework

In the latest of several framework announcements, leading procurement provider Pagabo has revealed the 93 ...

In the latest of several framework announcements, leading procurement provider Pagabo has revealed the 93 suppliers appointed to its £1bn Refit and Refurbishment framework, which went live this week. ...

4 May, 2023
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