{"id":12391,"date":"2026-08-06T08:57:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T08:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=12391"},"modified":"2026-08-06T08:57:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T08:57:47","slug":"thursday-06-08-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/thursday-06-08-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday: 06\/08\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 06\/08\/2026<\/h6>\n
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Your daily round-up of key housing news, funding, partnerships and policy updates across the UK.<\/div>\n <\/div><\/span><\/h6>\n

Beyond Housing has appointed 0800 Repair through the CHIC Framework for a 12-month programme to improve energy efficiency across 500+ homes in North Yorkshire and Tees Valley, including insulation, ventilation and smart heating controls. <\/span> Beyond Housing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

East Renfrewshire Council plans to invest \u00a3300,000 from reserves to accelerate the refurbishment of 40 empty homes through external contractors, tackling a backlog of around 70 properties and reducing lengthy void turnaround times. <\/span> Glasgow Live<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Gentoo Group has applied to replace windows and doors at two Sunderland tower blocks, aiming to improve thermal performance, energy efficiency and resident comfort, subject to planning, tender and building safety regulator approval. <\/span> Sunderland Echo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The University of East Anglia has launched a \u00a390m tender competition to refurbish the Sainsbury Centre, marking the biggest overhaul of the Norman Foster-designed museum since it opened nearly 50 years ago. <\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Swale Borough Council has started construction of 51 affordable homes in Sittingbourne, forming part of its town-centre regeneration programme on a former car park site. Construction has begun on 48 affordable homes for Plymouth Community Homes near St Austell, providing new housing for local families and households. Northumberland County Council has begun demolishing more than 40 low-demand and long-term empty homes in Blyth, freeing land for new affordable housing and improving the neighbourhood. Work has started on a \u00a31.24m scheme delivering six social-rent homes in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, on a brownfield site. <\/span> Swale Borough Council<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Housing Executive<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Northumberland County Council<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Housing Executive<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Mears Group reported a 10% fall in profits amid intensive contract mobilisations, but highlighted strong progress supported by its long-term social housing services contracts. Persimmon is intensifying procurement and cost-cutting measures after warning inflation could add up to \u00a350m to build costs over the next 18 months. <\/span> TheBusinessDesk.com<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

South Essex Homes has joined South East Consortium as its 65th member, bringing the consortium\u2019s collective housing ownership and management to 486,743 homes. Source: Housemark has entered a new investment partnership with Inprova, with Inprova becoming majority shareholder as the housing data and insight provider begins a new phase of growth. <\/span> South East Consortium<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> National Housing Federation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Contractors bidding for major government work will face a 20% jobs and skills requirement, with new procurement rules placing greater emphasis on employment, training and pay. <\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The RICS UK Construction Monitor Q2 2026 reports a slight improvement in forward-looking sentiment, although the wider construction market remains subdued. <\/span> RICS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Homes England plans to deliver up to 135 homes at Derby\u2019s Manor Kingsway, following planning approval for redevelopment of a former hospital site. <\/span> Place Midlands<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Plans include up to 860 homes in South Gloucestershire, 526 homes in Ashton-in-Makerfield and 452 homes in Sandbach. Meanwhile, 200+ homes in Balsall Common have been approved, while schemes for 180 homes in Leicestershire have been deferred and 150 homes near the M1 could gain approval. Tribe has also proposed student, co-living and affordable housing on Greenwich Peninsula. <\/span> The Northern Echo<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Watford Observer<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Place Yorkshire<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Ipswich Borough Council<\/span><\/a>
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Daily News: 06\/08\/2026 Beyond Housing has appointed 0800 Repair through the CHIC Framework for a 12-month programme to improve energy efficiency across 500+ homes in North Yorkshire and Tees Valley, including insulation, ventilation and smart heating controls. Beyond Housing East Renfrewshire Council plans to invest \u00a3300,000 from reserves to accelerate the refurbishment of 40 empty […]<\/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-12391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12391","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=12391"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12392,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12391\/revisions\/12392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}