{"id":7452,"date":"2025-03-24T12:40:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T12:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=7452"},"modified":"2025-03-24T12:40:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T12:40:29","slug":"monday-24-03-2025-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/monday-24-03-2025-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday: 24\/03\/2025 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blue-color\">\n<h6>Daily News: 24\/03\/2025<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Yorkshire Housing Association and Places for People are in merger talks to strengthen their impact, potentially improving housing services and development opportunities. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.placesforpeople.co.uk\/news\/all-news\/south-yorkshire-housing-association-and-places-for-people-in-merger-discussions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Places for People Group<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Church of England\u2019s Church Housing Association has registered with the Regulator of Social Housing, advancing its plan to deliver 32,000 homes, prioritising affordable and social housing. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingtoday.co.uk\/news\/church-of-england-completes-registration-of-housing-association-as-part-of-32000-home-plan\/5135144.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The UK government will invest \u00a3600m to train 60,000 construction workers, supporting its goal of 1.5m new homes under the Plan for Change. Announced ahead of the Spring Statement, the initiative aims to boost housing and economic growth. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/government-unleashes-next-generation-of-construction-workers-to-build-15m-homes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cardiff Council plans to borrow over \u00a3100m for council house building and improvements to address housing shortages. Additionally, a \u00a324m boost to Scotland\u2019s Charitable Bonds programme brings total funding to \u00a3500m for affordable housing. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nation.cymru\/news\/the-millions-being-borrowed-to-fund-housing-in-cardiff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nation Cymru<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/news\/charitable-bonds-housing-investment-reaches-half-a-billion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Scottish Government<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London&#8217;s housing crisis persists as housebuilding targets are missed despite a goal of 90,000 new homes annually until 2030. A new report explores challenges and solutions to boost development. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.london.gov.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/2025-03\/P%26R%20Cttee%20UDIL%20report%20-%20FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London Gov.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nottinghamshire County Council has partnered with Vertas Group for catering and facilities management, with the joint venture starting in September 2025 to improve service delivery. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/westbridgfordwire.com\/contract-signed-for-new-catering-and-facilities-management-joint-venture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">West Bridgford Wire<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ipsum has acquired Shrewsbury-based Wootton &amp; Wootton, its second power sector acquisition. However, M Price Group\u2019s administrators report missing financial records, complicating the assessment of inter-company loans. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2025\/03\/24\/utilities-specialist-ipsum-buys-second-power-contractor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/financial\/administrations\/cladding-groups-administrators-given-almost-no-records-21-03-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 8,300 bounce back loans issued to the construction sector during the pandemic are suspected of fraud, raising concerns over financial mismanagement and misuse of emergency funding. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/legal\/covid-loans-more-than-8300-construction-claims-suspected-of-fraud-21-03-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The latest PHMI report for January 2025 reveals that total value sales over the past 12 months have declined by 1.3% compared to the previous year, reflecting ongoing market challenges. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/phmi.co.uk\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PHMI-January-2025-Report-MASTER.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plumbing &amp; Heating Merchant Index<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plans for 900 homes near Graveley have received outline approval. A 515-home scheme in North Somerset could transform a village into a town. Warrington has approved 237 homes at Grappenhall Heys. In Belfast, Havelock House will become 104 social homes despite concerns. Cromer\u2019s largest housing project in generations will add 550 homes. Wates Residential seeks feedback on an \u00a386m, 248-home scheme in Guildford. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/crmjrrjvvn8o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BBC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somersetlive.co.uk\/news\/local-news\/somerset-village-faces-becoming-town-10045282\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Somerset Live<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.warringtonguardian.co.uk\/news\/25027169.exemplary-plans-237-homes-grappenhall-heys-approved\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Warrington Guardian<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsletter.co.uk\/news\/politics\/havelock-house-104-social-homes-approved-for-former-utv-headquarters-despite-housing-executive-saying-thats-far-too-many-5046792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">News Letter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northnorfolknews.co.uk\/news\/25026419.cromer-housing-development-plan-biggest-seen-generations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Norfolk News<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c2ljqk9197lo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily News: 24\/03\/2025 South Yorkshire Housing Association and Places for People are in merger talks to strengthen their impact, potentially improving housing services and development opportunities. Places for People Group The Church of England\u2019s Church Housing Association has registered with the Regulator of Social Housing, advancing its plan to deliver 32,000 homes, prioritising affordable and [&hellip;]<\/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-7452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7452","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=7452"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7460,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7452\/revisions\/7460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}