{"id":10167,"date":"2026-02-18T12:33:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T12:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=10167"},"modified":"2026-02-18T12:33:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T12:33:03","slug":"wednesday-18-02-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/wednesday-18-02-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday: 18\/02\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 18\/02\/2026<\/h6>\n

Peabody Trust secured a \u00a350m loan from CIC London, the bank\u2019s first UK social housing investment. The funding will support home maintenance, resident services, and local community projects. Meanwhile, Scottish Borders Council announced a \u00a330m investment into a new UK social investment fund. <\/span>Peabody Group<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Border Telegraph<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Ballymore has registered two for-profit providers with the Regulator of Social Housing to help unlock a Section 106 development blockage. <\/span>Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Barking and Dagenham Council has approved a new five-year Housing Strategy focused on delivering more affordable homes, improving housing standards, tackling homelessness and helping residents find suitable, stable housing across the borough. <\/span>Barking and Dagenham London Borough<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Midland Heart will deliver 1,200 affordable homes in Birmingham over the next two years as part of a \u00a3295m development to address the housing shortage. <\/span>Birmingham Live<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Cardo Group has acquired Trident Maintenance Services Ltd, expanding its building maintenance and refurbishment capabilities across England and Scotland. <\/span>Cardo Group<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

UK construction continues to face financial strain, with the Insolvency Service reporting 3,931 firm failures in 2025 – the highest of any sector for a fourth consecutive year. Administration activity remains active as FK Group collapsed with 54 jobs rescued by Keenan Holdings, while Jerram Falkus Construction Ltd also filed notice. <\/span>Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Springfield Properties reported an operating profit of \u00a35.3m, down from \u00a36.1m year-on-year due to lower gross margins, while Skipton Group recorded a profit decline despite supporting a record number of first-time buyers, reflecting housing market pressure. <\/span>TheBusinessDesk.com<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>TheBusinessDesk.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Manchester City Council and FEC presented proposals for the next phase of the Collyhurst regeneration under the Victoria North programme, which will deliver over 15,000 new homes across seven neighbourhoods. <\/span>Manchester City Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Liverpool councillors approved a 28-storey, \u00a364m tower, the first phase of the \u00a31bn King Edward Triangle by Davos Property Developments and Hugh Frost, comprising 255 apartments. Plans for 228 homes in Denny include a \u00a32m contribution to expand local schools. Watkin Jones received Gateway 2 approval for a 201-bed student accommodation scheme in Bristol. The 700-home Bushey plan has been modified following objections, while a 660-home Essex greenfield development faces resident opposition. A 244-home build-to-rent scheme is planned at Nottingham Station, 230 homes in Yorkshire are recommended for approval despite objections, and 149 homes have been submitted for a Tollesbury site. <\/span>Place North West<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>STV News<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Watford Observer<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Braintree & Witham Times<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>The Yorkshire Post<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Maldon Standard<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daily News: 18\/02\/2026 Peabody Trust secured a \u00a350m loan from CIC London, the bank\u2019s first UK social housing investment. The funding will support home maintenance, resident services, and local community projects. Meanwhile, Scottish Borders Council announced a \u00a330m investment into a new UK social investment fund. Peabody Group, Border Telegraph Ballymore has registered two for-profit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10167"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10171,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10167\/revisions\/10171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}