{"id":13456,"date":"2026-10-05T09:26:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T09:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=13456"},"modified":"2026-10-05T09:26:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T09:26:18","slug":"monday-05-10-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/monday-05-10-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday: 05\/10\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 05\/10\/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

Link Group has launched procurement for an \u00a3840m Scottish housing framework covering schemes of five to 500 homes, property rehabilitation and planned maintenance. Up to 70 contractors could be appointed, with requests to participate due 2nd November. <\/span> Construction News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

STAR Housing has opened procurement for a \u00a3606,625 scaffolding framework lot covering access for repairs and improvements to its Shropshire housing stock, including scaffold design, erection, inspection, maintenance and dismantling. <\/span> Scaffmag<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Pagabo has appointed 56 contractors to its new \u00a35bn major works framework, with BAM, Morgan Sindall and Wates securing collaborative partner roles in England and Wales, covering new build, refurbishment, retrofit, MEP and related works. <\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Cardo Group has completed the acquisition of Aspect Group Services, a Wymondham-based roofing, renewables and building maintenance specialist serving private, commercial and public-sector clients across East Anglia. <\/span> Cardo Group<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Round 11 of the Heat Network Efficiency Scheme is providing \u00a313.3m to public and private housing providers, supporting efficiency improvements across more than 2,300 homes and optimisation studies for heat networks serving around 7,000 residents. <\/span> Heat Network Efficiency Scheme<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

PTSG has acquired Neptune Compliance Ltd, strengthening its water treatment and hygiene services. WPS has acquired Calibre Building Services, adding around 200 employees and expanding its national workforce to about 3,400. Salboy has launched Everway Homes, its dedicated build-to-rent business, with plans to deliver 2,000 homes. <\/span> The Construction Index<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> WPS<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Salboy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Bury Council\u2019s contractor Conlon has started remediation and enabling works at the 7.4-acre Pyramid Park site, where around 200 town centre homes are planned. Willmott Dixon and Milligan have been selected for a \u00a3100m-plus regeneration of Brentwood\u2019s Baytree Shopping Centre, with potential for future homes. Anwyl Homes is due to begin construction on 152 homes at Penrhyn Bay in Conwy. <\/span> Place North West<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> North Wales Live<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Fitch Ratings has downgraded Platform Housing Group\u2019s Long-Term Issuer Default Ratings to \u2018A\u2019 from \u2018A+\u2019, while affirming its Short-Term Foreign-Currency IDR at \u2018F1+\u2019. Fitch Ratings has downgraded Great Places Housing Group\u2019s Long-Term Issuer Default Rating to \u2018A-\u2019 from \u2018A\u2019, with the Outlook remaining Stable. <\/span> Fitch Ratings<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Fitch Ratings<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sovereign Network Group was unsuccessful in the first wave of Social and Affordable Homes Programme allocations due to concerns over value for money. Southern Housing was criticised by the Housing Ombudsman for failing to act quickly enough after knowing for at least a year that a vulnerable resident\u2019s heating was inadequate. <\/span> Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Island Echo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

More than 325,000 supported housing and temporary accommodation residents will be able to keep more of their earnings when they take up work or increase their hours under new rules. <\/span> GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Proposals include 1,300 homes in Lancashire and up to 1,220 homes as part of a \u00a31bn regeneration of Northampton\u2019s Greyfriars site. Wates has secured planning clearance for its \u00a3360m Poets Corner regeneration in Harrow, paving the way for 1,000+ homes. Stoke-on-Trent\u2019s masterplan targets 750 brownfield homes, while plans have also progressed for 250 homes in Eastbourne and 163 in Newquay. A 268-home affordable scheme in Salford is unlikely to proceed after Lidl acquired the site, while Worcester\u2019s 17-acre County Hall site could support 153 homes. <\/span> Lancashire Post<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Stoke-on-Trent City Council<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Place North West<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> The Argus<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Cornwall Live<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Place Midlands<\/span><\/a>\n

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Daily News: 05\/10\/2026 Link Group has launched procurement for an \u00a3840m Scottish housing framework covering schemes of five to 500 homes, property rehabilitation and planned maintenance. Up to 70 contractors could be appointed, with requests to participate due 2nd November. Construction News STAR Housing has opened procurement for a \u00a3606,625 scaffolding framework lot covering access […]<\/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-13456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13456","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=13456"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13457,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13456\/revisions\/13457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}