{"id":13490,"date":"2026-10-07T09:22:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=13490"},"modified":"2026-10-07T09:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:22:15","slug":"wednesday-07-10-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/wednesday-07-10-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday: 07\/10\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 07\/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

Concertus Suffolk has launched procurement for its \u00a31.2bn Link14 Construction & Building Services Framework, covering construction, refurbishment, M&E, maintenance and building services across four English regions from 2027 to 2031. <\/span> Construction News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Pagabo has appointed 52 firms to its four-year developer-led framework for public-sector housing, commercial, mixed-use, education, healthcare and infrastructure projects, providing routes to long-term development partnerships and individual site agreements. <\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Regulator of Social Housing reports that English social landlords plan record repair investments alongside increased development, with \u00a354.7bn in new borrowing and \u00a316.3bn in additional grants forecast over the first five years, supporting investment in existing and new homes. <\/span> GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Clyde Scaffolding has secured a new local authority framework contract with Stirling Council and renewed its contract with West Dunbartonshire Council, extending a working relationship spanning more than 15 years. <\/span> Scottish Housing News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Demolition has begun in Solihull for the first phase of Holbeche Place, which will deliver 346 new build-to-rent homes. Work is due to begin this month on a long-stalled housing development in Liverpool city centre, with new developers set to deliver 241 homes. Anwyl Homes is preparing to start construction of 139 homes in Carrington, forming an early phase of a wider major regeneration scheme. Orbit Homes is delivering 40 affordable homes at the Waterside Gardens development in Coventry, with construction now underway. <\/span> Muse<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Echo<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> About Manchester<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> TheBusinessDesk.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The S&P Global UK Construction PMI rose from 44.3 in August to 46.1 in September 2026, indicating the least marked decline in construction output volumes for eight months. <\/span> S&P Global<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Torus Housing Group increased its surplus despite lower shared ownership income and completed more than 1,000 homes for the second consecutive year. Thirteen Group exceeded its annual development target for housing completions. Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing has published its 2025\/26 Annual Report and Residents Report, outlining progress during the year and areas where further work is required. <\/span> Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Metropolitan Housing Trust (t\/a MTVH)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Hundreds more empty homes in Arun could become eligible for council action under new Government rules, potentially enabling the authority to intervene in properties that have remained vacant. <\/span> The Argus<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Milton Keynes City Council plans up to 600 new council homes, potentially supported by the Government\u2019s \u00a339bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme. Plans have been approved for 324 homes at a former army barracks, with Abbey Developments delivering 117 and Miller Homes 207. Proposals are also progressing for nearly 300 homes in Monmouth, 299 homes in Bournmoor and 240 homes in Bury, with environmental and local opposition concerns raised. <\/span> Milton Keynes Borough Council<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> STV News<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> South Wales Argus<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> The Northern Echo<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Bury Times<\/span><\/a>\n

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Daily News: 07\/10\/2026 Concertus Suffolk has launched procurement for its \u00a31.2bn Link14 Construction & Building Services Framework, covering construction, refurbishment, M&E, maintenance and building services across four English regions from 2027 to 2031. Construction News Pagabo has appointed 52 firms to its four-year developer-led framework for public-sector housing, commercial, mixed-use, education, healthcare and infrastructure projects, […]<\/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-13490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13490","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=13490"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13492,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13490\/revisions\/13492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}