Responding to the recent speech outlining Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s new approach to net zero, Stewart Clements, Director of the Heating and Hotwater Industry Council (HHIC), argues for a collaborative approach between manufacturers, trade associations, and the government for the UK to achieve its long-term environmental ambitions and annual target for heat pump installations. Following yesterday’s…
Social Housing
A new partnership between The Retrofit Academy and the Greater South East Net Zero Hub (GSENZH) will help train and develop the workforce required to retrofit an estimated 13.9 million households in the South East of England in line with the UK’s net zero commitments. The partnership comes as local authorities and social housing providers…
The Wates Group will deliver a Major Works programme across Brent Council’s social housing portfolio under a new £35 million contract. Wates’ Living Space business will carry out the works which include installing new windows, kitchens and bathrooms, and lift refurbishments from in July with completion scheduled within 80 weeks. The contractor will also undertake…
The Royal Borough of Greenwich has celebrated the final concrete pour on 122 new council homes under development by its ambitious ‘Greenwich Builds’ social housing programme. In attendance were Leader of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, Councillor Anthony Okereke, Deputy Mayor of London for Housing, Tom Copley, Greater London Authority Members (and ward Councillors) Sandra…
Sysmax, the compliance, risk and competency software platform, is hosting a free webinar on the new ‘golden thread of safety‘ requirement for supply chain management in social housing under the Building Safety Act in the United Kingdom. CEO Peter McAteer, says: “Five years on from the Hackitt Report and although progress has been, we still…
Façade solutions are integrating an affordable social housing development in London seamlessly into its surroundings. Located in West Kensington on the Springvale Estate, ‘Tavener Court’ comprises eight one and two-bedroom flats as well as two three-bedroom houses, spread across three floors. Externally, the scheme features a mineral wall insulation system finished with a silicone render from…
Hard FM services contractor DMA Group has regained a multi-year mechanical and electrical (M&E) maintenance contract with Notting Hill Genesis Housing Association. Under the terms of the agreement, the contractor will carry out 24/7 planned and reactive maintenance, small works, and projects at the association’s offices portfolio, as well as providing energy services advice to…
Property automation plaatform EVO has added affordable housing provider Storm Housing to its expanding client list and signed a partnership with UK B Corp Housing tech provider, SimplyPhi (formerly Phi Capital Investments). The company is also expected to announce further p.artnerships with major Local Authorities which will mean a quadrupling of EVO’s portfolio nationwide. EVO…
Ana Lai, Real Estate Senior Director at S&P Global Ratings, comments on the impact of 12 months of mortgage rate increases on rental housing affordability following a low interest ‘home-buying boom’ in the residential REIT and social housing markets. Mortgage costs have nearly doubled, forcing more consumers to rent or to continue renting for longer. S&P…
UK private investors can now target the property maintenance market through an intuitive digital platform called EVO which connects social housing landlords, tenants and tradespeople. The EVO application provides a more efficient way to maintain and responsively repair property by providing a fully managed solution so that both landlord and tenant don’t have the hassle of sorting, while unlike other providers, all builders are…
Maryhill Housing Association in northwest Glasgow has selected Imtech Group subsidiary Spie UK for a 36-month contract to service and repair door entry systems across its estate of 300 properties . SPIE UK will be responsible for the planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive repairs of door entry systems to over 300 properties. Within the…
Wates has appointed divisional managing directors at its facilities management and southern planned housing maintenance businesses. Antony Collett joins as managing director of the housebuilder’s facilities management business and replaces James Gregg, who has moved into the role of managing director of its southern planned division, housing maintenance, having been managing both businesses since December…
UK compliance consultancy Clear Safety explains why water quality is an essential consideration in communal heat network maintenance. Communal Heating systems have been a key strategy adopted by social housing providers looking to demonstrate a responsible approach to delivering new social housing accommodation which addresses the drive towards low carbon heating provision while also lowering…
Solihull Community Housing (SCH) which operates housing services on behalf of Solihull Council in England’s West Midlands has selected Pinnacle Group as the cleaning contractor for a council-owned portfolio of over 600 homes and administrative facilities. Pinnacle previously held the £1 million contract between 2010 and 2015. As part of the latest agreement which came…