Mears Group has been reappointed as Dover District Council’s (DDC) repairs and maintenance contractor. Commencing on 1 April 2025, the new five-year contract will see Mears Group continue to deliver responsive repairs and maintenance works for the 4,863 council properties ...

Mears Group, a leading provider of services to the housing sector, has been reappointed by Folkestone & Hythe District Council (F&HDC) as its repairs and maintenance contractor for the next 10 years with an opportunity to extend for a further ...

Maintenance costs, as measured by the BCIS All-in Maintenance Cost Indices, are set to rise 17 per cent by 4Q 2029, according to the latest forecast data from the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS). Cleaning costs, mainly driven by labour ...

Equans has secured a major partnership deal with Anchor, England’s largest not-for-profit provider of housing and care for people in later life, to provide repairs and maintenance services across 420 locations. The deal also includes the management of a new ...

United Living Group, the provider of infrastructure, affordable housing, property services, and telecoms, has announced that its subsidiary, United Living Property Services (ULPS), has been awarded a £36 million contract with SNG (Sovereign Network Group), a housing association that builds ...

Property services business, Liberty, has secured a place on Magenta Livings’s Responsive Repairs and Void Property Works Framework, which will last for four years, with a total value up to £11.5 million. The contract award, will see Liberty carry out ...

Housing maintenance specialist, Cardo, has secured a major new regional contract with Anchor, England’s largest not-for-profit provider of housing and care for people in later life. The contract is part of Anchor’s transformative approach to repairs and planned works, with ...

The social housing specialist, which is part of Willmott Dixon, has set ambitious growth goals for the next three years under its new ‘FOR Our Future’ strategy. Fortem intends to increase turnover from the current £205 million to £300million by ...

Public spending watchdog, the National Audit Office (NAO), has estimated that the government’s maintenance backlog is at least £49 billion. It says the government will need to consider the best way to manage its assets alongside its long-term investment plans, ...

Maintenance costs, as measured by the BCIS All-in Maintenance Cost Indices, are set to rise 15 per cent by 3Q2029, according to the latest forecast data from the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS). Cleaning costs, mainly driven by labour costs, ...