One in 10 social rented homes in England continue to fall below the government’s Decent Homes Standard – the equivalent of nearly 430,000 properties, according to new analysis from property inspection software platform, Inventory Base. This comes as the social ...

Cardo Group, a provider of building maintenance services to social housing providers and public bodies, has secured a place on 12 lots of the Greener Futures Partnership’s (GFP) Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS), supporting the delivery of warmer, more comfortable, and ...

Mears Group, a leading provider of services to the housing sector, has strengthened its building services and compliance offering with the acquisition of property surveying and consultancy, Pennington Choices Limited. The Warrington-based property consultancy is well-established with 25 years’ experience in ...

UK-based hazardous materials specialist, Lucion Services, has been named as one of 54 contractors appointed to EN:Procure’s Generation 4 Asbestos and Demolition Framework. The new framework, which is set to deliver £93.75 million worth of asbestos removal and demolition works ...

Construction and facilities management firm, Polyteck, has been appointed to a four-year framework agreement with Procurement Assist for the supply and installation of kitchens and bathrooms in social housing across London. Under the framework, Polyteck will be able to tender ...

Jason Smithies, an expert on social housing repairs and maintenance has been appointed as Head of Operations for Scotland and the Northeast at Novus Property Solutions. Smithies brings to the national maintenance and decarbonisation contractor more than two decades of ...

Equans has embarked on the delivery of a major decarbonisation programme for hundreds of social housing properties in Hertfordshire. Delivering the retrofit works on behalf of Sovereign Network Group (SNG), the programme will improve the energy efficiency of 372 social ...

Global adhesives manufacturer LOCTITE® is exhibiting at the Association of Safety and Compliance Professionals (ASCP) Conference 2025 to highlight how its range of solutions can help companies across the housing and communities sector to improve safety on their premises. Both ...

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 ...

Wates’ Property Services business has strengthened its leadership team with two significant hires. After expanding the Wates Property Services offer with the acquisition of Liberty in October 2024, the business now employs almost 3,000 people and reported turnover of £364 ...