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Social value essential as Sovereign selects 17 solicitors

|Date: 17 January, 2022

Social value essential as Sovereign selects 17 solicitors

Social value was a new priority for Sovereign Housing Association recently as it selected the 17 solicito ...

Social value was a new priority for Sovereign Housing Association recently as it selected the 17 solicitors’ firms that it will work with over the next five years. As a housing association with more t ...

17 January, 2022
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Construction and healthcare: How building on relationships is key

|Date: 14 December, 2021

Construction and healthcare: How building on relationships is key

Dealing with the pandemic has brought the relationship between the construction and healthcare industries ...

Dealing with the pandemic has brought the relationship between the construction and healthcare industries into sharp focus, sparking new and innovative ways of working — and the future is looking brig ...

14 December, 2021
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The only way is ethical procurement

|Date: 10 December, 2021

The only way is ethical procurement

Earlier this year, Mears commissioned the think tank Localis to look at the ways the public sector should ...

Earlier this year, Mears commissioned the think tank Localis to look at the ways the public sector should strive to be more ethical and place-sensitive when buying goods and services worth up to £300b ...

10 December, 2021
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Wates Construction wins landmark £40m Leeds affordable housing development

|Date: 3 December, 2021

Wates Construction wins landmark £40m Leeds affordable housing development

Contractor Wates Construction has been appointed by Leeds City Council to deliver a £40m affordable housi ...

Contractor Wates Construction has been appointed by Leeds City Council to deliver a £40m affordable housing scheme in Middleton, Leeds, as part of the Council House Growth Programme (CHGP). The scheme ...

3 December, 2021
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Mears Ranked as a Top 75 employer in 2021 for Social Mobility

|Date: 29 November, 2021

Mears Ranked as a Top 75 employer in 2021 for Social Mobility

For the third year running, Mears has been ranked as one of the top employers in the Social Mobility Empl ...

For the third year running, Mears has been ranked as one of the top employers in the Social Mobility Employer Index, the leading authority on employer best practice, for its commitment and advocacy su ...

29 November, 2021
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Super Novus scores again with £9m Bromford contract win

|Date: 26 November, 2021

Super Novus scores again with £9m Bromford contract win

National contractor Novus Property Solutions has secured a £9m contract to provide cyclical decorations a ...

National contractor Novus Property Solutions has secured a £9m contract to provide cyclical decorations and pre-decoration repairs to thousands of homes owned by regional housing association Bromford. ...

26 November, 2021
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Bruton Knowles secures place on £120m Fusion21 framework

|Date: 27 October, 2021

Bruton Knowles secures place on £120m Fusion21 framework

National Chartered Surveyors, Bruton Knowles, has secured a place on Fusion21’s National Consultants Fram ...

National Chartered Surveyors, Bruton Knowles, has secured a place on Fusion21’s National Consultants Framework — worth up to £120m over a four-year period. This is the first time Bruton Knowles has be ...

27 October, 2021
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First for Wales as Adra launches Managed Services Framework

|Date: 22 October, 2021

First for Wales as Adra launches Managed Services Framework

In a first for the housing sector in Wales, leading social landlord Adra is launching a new national fram ...

In a first for the housing sector in Wales, leading social landlord Adra is launching a new national framework to deliver a one-stop shop for materials with Travis Perkins Managed Services, part of th ...

22 October, 2021
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Livv Housing Group delivers £51.7m in social value benefiting the Knowsley community

|Date: 13 October, 2021

Livv Housing Group delivers £51.7m in social value benefiting the Knowsley community

Livv Housing Group has created more than £51m worth of social value for Knowsley communities in the past ...

Livv Housing Group has created more than £51m worth of social value for Knowsley communities in the past year. Through job creation, supporting young people and funding social enterprises, Livv Housin ...

13 October, 2021
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Construction with a social conscience: SCAPE launches new industry-backed social supply chain platform

|Date: 29 September, 2021

Construction with a social conscience: SCAPE launches new industry-backed social supply chain platform

Organisations across the UK delivering construction projects are set to benefit from easier access to soc ...

Organisations across the UK delivering construction projects are set to benefit from easier access to social enterprises than ever before, thanks to a new social supply chain platform launched by SCAP ...

29 September, 2021
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