{"id":7195,"date":"2025-02-27T12:16:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T12:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=7195"},"modified":"2025-02-27T12:16:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T12:16:55","slug":"thursday-27-02-2025-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/thursday-27-02-2025-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday: 27\/02\/2025 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
Daily News: 27\/02\/2025<\/h6>\n
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The UK government has accepted all 58 recommendations from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry\u2019s final report, outlining plans to implement them in full. Meanwhile, seven organisations linked to the tragedy could face exclusion from government contracts as part of efforts to strengthen accountability.\u00a0GOV.UK<\/a>,\u00a0The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n

Quarterly survey for Q3 (Oct\u2013Dec 2024): Landlords invested \u00a33.9bn in building and acquiring new homes, an increase from \u00a33.2bn in the previous quarter. However, the total investment for the year to December 2024 stood at \u00a313.7bn, which is \u00a30.9bn lower than the previous year.\u00a0GOV.UK<\/a><\/p>\n

Incommunities Group Ltd has had its credit rating downgraded from ‘A’ to ‘A-‘ by S&P Global Ratings, citing elevated investments as a key factor. The outlook remains negative, reflecting financial pressures on the housing association.\u00a0S&P Global<\/a><\/p>\n

Wheatley Homes South has announced a \u00a339m investment over the next three years to improve homes and communities across Dumfries and Galloway. Meanwhile, Moray Council has approved its Housing Revenue Account (HRA) budget for 2025\/26 following a special council meeting. In Northern Ireland, the public services watchdog is considering an investigation into the Housing Executive due to a rise in complaints.\u00a0Wheatley Homes South<\/a>,\u00a0Moray Council<\/a>, and\u00a0Belfast Telegraph<\/a><\/p>\n

Kimpton has secured a maintenance contract for Liverpool\u2019s tallest building, adding to its portfolio of over one million sqft on the city\u2019s waterfront. Sisk has begun remediation work on a 1,600-home urban village in Birkenhead, a project led by ION Developments and Wirral Council. Story Homes has exchanged contracts for a new residential site in Stockport, aiming to deliver 112 homes. Furthermore, Carbon Futures has been appointed to the Scottish Procurement Alliance\u2019s Retrofit and Decarbonisation Framework to support sustainability efforts.\u00a0Insider Media<\/a>,\u00a0Construction Enquirer<\/a>,\u00a0BDC Magazine<\/a>, and\u00a0Scottish Housing News<\/a><\/p>\n

Taylor Wimpey has increased its fire safety retrofit provisions by \u00a388m due to rising remediation costs in recent tenders.\u00a0Construction Enquirer<\/a><\/p>\n

The Construction Products Reform Green Paper highlights the need for a unified regulator to replace fragmented oversight in the construction sector, addressing systemic failures exposed by the inquiry. Additionally, the Feeling Safe study, commissioned by MHCLG, explores residents’ perceptions of fire safety in high-rises, informing the Building Safety Programme\u2019s new safety proposals.\u00a0GOV.UK<\/a>,\u00a0GOV.UK<\/a><\/p>\n

Planners have approved 323 homes near Bridgnorth. Avant Homes has secured permission for a \u00a368m, 256-home project in Cairneyhill. In Boston, 200 affordable homes have been approved. Keepmoat has submitted plans for 120 homes in Northwich. Conversely, a proposal to replace a B&M store with 115 homes in Manchester has sparked local opposition.\u00a0Shropshire Star<\/a>,\u00a0Scottish Housing News<\/a>,\u00a0BBC<\/a>,\u00a0Place North West<\/a>, and\u00a0BBC<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daily News: 27\/02\/2025 The UK government has accepted all 58 recommendations from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry\u2019s final report, outlining plans to implement them in full. Meanwhile, seven organisations linked to the tragedy could face exclusion from government contracts as part of efforts to strengthen accountability.\u00a0GOV.UK,\u00a0The Guardian Quarterly survey for Q3 (Oct\u2013Dec 2024): Landlords invested \u00a33.9bn […]<\/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-7195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7195","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=7195"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7197,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7195\/revisions\/7197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}