{"id":8067,"date":"2025-06-16T12:45:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=8067"},"modified":"2025-06-16T12:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:45:11","slug":"monday-16-06-2025-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/monday-16-06-2025-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday: 16\/06\/2025 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blue-color\">\n<h6>Daily News: 16\/06\/2025<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sovereign Network Group has secured \u00a3250m in funding from NatWest to support its goal of delivering over 25,000 homes in the next 10 years. Meanwhile, Notting Hill Genesis reported a 1% rise in turnover to \u00a3717m for FY 2024\/25, driven by inflation-linked rent increases, though new home sale revenues fell 25% due to development phasing. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingexecutive.co.uk\/natwest-provides-sovereign-network-group-with-250m-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Housing Executive<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/group.nhg.org.uk\/news\/unaudited-trading-update-for-financial-year-ending-31-march-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notting Hill Genesis<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Labour is \u201cstaking everything\u201d on billions of pounds in investment to reverse the UK\u2019s economic decline, with deputy leader Angela Rayner leading efforts to persuade housing associations to take on ambitious social housing projects. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2025\/jun\/14\/labour-investment-reverse-uk-decline-angela-rayner-housing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Guardian<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hampshire County Council has launched a \u00a3150m minor works framework covering building fabric and M&amp;E projects across the south of England. At the same time, 27 firms have secured spots on a new \u00a3500m public-sector modular framework spanning healthcare, education, residential and public buildings, structured into 18 new-build and three hire-and-lease lots. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2025\/06\/16\/hampshire-launches-150m-minor-works-reboot\/\" 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\/tech\/offsite-mmc\/firms-win-places-on-500m-modular-framework-16-06-2025\/\" 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 100 council homes in Grantham, Lincolnshire, have undergone \u00a36m worth of renovations after asbestos was discovered, prompting significant remedial work by the local authority. In parallel, thousands of homes across Wigan borough have recently had solar power systems installed, reflecting a surge in local renewable energy upgrades. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cn8zm8kv24zo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BBC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wigantoday.net\/news\/environment\/thousands-of-solar-power-systems-fitted-in-wigan-borough-homes-5176548\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wigan Today<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High-end London builder Knight Harwood has reported a strong financial performance, lifting its operating margin to 4.9% as pre-tax profit rose to \u00a38.6m on revenue of \u00a3140m for the year, with operating profit standing at \u00a36.5m. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2025\/06\/16\/knight-harwood-lifts-margin-to-4-9-as-profit-hits-6-5m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire have expressed outrage that several officials involved in the tragedy are still working in housing roles eight years on, calling it \u201ca slap in the face\u201d and a sign that there have been \u201cno consequences for decisions that cost lives\u201d. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2025\/jun\/14\/a-slap-in-the-face-grenfell-officials-still-working-in-housing-eight-years-after-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Guardian<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leeds City Council is consulting on plans to regenerate Elland Road with up to 2,000 homes and major investment. A controversial scheme for 530 homes near Stourbridge has drawn local criticism, a plan has been submitted for 500 homes next to London Oxford Airport, and over 100 homes could be built beside a cricket club in West Yorkshire. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.leeds.gov.uk\/news\/elland-road-neighbourhood-councils-proposals-to-attract-multi-billion-investment-in-new-homes-and-leisure-opportunities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leeds City Council<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressandstar.com\/news\/2025\/06\/14\/plan-that-could-see-530-new-homes-built-in-village-near-stourbridge-branded-really-bad-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Express &amp; Star<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/25240472.plans-build-500-new-homes-next-london-oxford-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oxford Mail<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cq545v0nn69o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily News: 16\/06\/2025 Sovereign Network Group has secured \u00a3250m in funding from NatWest to support its goal of delivering over 25,000 homes in the next 10 years. Meanwhile, Notting Hill Genesis reported a 1% rise in turnover to \u00a3717m for FY 2024\/25, driven by inflation-linked rent increases, though new home sale revenues fell 25% due [&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-8067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8067","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=8067"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8072,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8067\/revisions\/8072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}