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Wates wins £4.3m SHDF contract

The Hyde Group, a provider of affordable homes across London and the South East, has appointed Wates Property Services to deliver a £4.3 million Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) Wave 2.1 contract. The appointment further strengthens Wates’ position as a ...

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Equans awarded energy efficiency project in Leeds

Social housing provider 54North Homes has appointed Equans to make 98 flats in Leeds more energy efficient. St Mary’s Court and St Mary’s Close in Chapeltown, as well as Wood Lane Court in Headingley, will undergo significant energy improvement work ...

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United Living awarded 14-year deal with L&Q

United Living Property Services (ULPS) has secured a 14-year contract, worth up to £205 million with residential developer & housing association, L&Q, as part of its sector-leading Major Works Investment Programme. The contract covers all planned investment and regeneration works ...

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Birmingham City Council extends Fortem deal

Fortem, a specialist property solutions business for the social housing sector, has extended its long-term partnership with Birmingham City Council (BCC)  for a further two years. As one of BCC’s suppliers of repairs, maintenance and 24-hour call-out services to homes ...

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Wates launches ‘Healthy Homes’ service to improve UK’s social housing stock

Wates has launched a new dedicated service designed to combat two of the greatest challenges facing social housing, disrepair, and damp and mould. The new Healthy Homes service, which boasts six customers in place already, will see Wates offer existing ...

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Pinnacle grows housing management contract with LGAH

The housing services provider is set to more than double the number of homes it manages on behalf of Legal & General Affordable Homes (LGAH) as it becomes the firms leading managing agent. In recent weeks, Pinnacle has taken on ...

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Pinnacle wins housing association estate management deal

Funding Affordable Homes Housing Association (FAHHA), a for-profit Registered Provider and Homes England investment partner, has appointed Pinnacle Group to provide management services at a new-build home counties housing scheme. Sterling Gardens, a development of 119 apartments, including 27 for ...

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EN:Procure appoints contractors for £3.2bn framework

Regional procurement specialist EN:Procure has appointed 100 contractors to its latest installers’ framework, valued at more than £3.2 billion, over a four-year term. The procurement arm of social housing consortium Efficiency North had recently opened the bidding for the next ...

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Wates secures its largest SHDF contract to date

Wates has secured a £21 million contract to retrofit 665 homes across the Royal Borough of Greenwich, through the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) Wave 2.1, which is now the firms largest SHDF contract to date. Carrying out energy improvement ...

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Wates cements presence as a leader in social housing retrofit

Wates has secured £107 million of Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) Wave 2.1 contracts on behalf of 17 social landlords. The milestone comes eight months after the Government allocated its latest round of SHDF funding, a total of £778 million ...

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