{"id":8120,"date":"2025-06-18T12:20:54","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T12:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=8120"},"modified":"2025-06-18T12:20:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T12:20:54","slug":"wednesday-18-06-2025-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/wednesday-18-06-2025-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday: 18\/06\/2025 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blue-color\">\n<h6>Daily News: 18\/06\/2025<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over 500,000 new homes are set to be delivered through a \u00a316bn public investment via the newly launched National Housing Bank, aiming to unlock an additional \u00a353bn in private funding under the government\u2019s Plan for Change. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/over-500000-homes-to-be-built-through-new-national-housing-bank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Delivering 1.5m homes by 2029 could unlock \u00a3103bn in social impact across England, according to new research, reinforcing the economic and moral case for accelerating housing delivery to address the housing crisis. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/meeting-place.uk\/insights\/news\/103-billion-in-social-impact-could-be-unlocked-if-england-delivers-1-5m-new-homes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meeting Place<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following its February 2025 merger, Bromford Flagship launched updated financing frameworks, including an EMTN programme, to support its goal of 2,000 new homes a year and \u00a34bn funding over 15 years. Similarly, Radius Housing secured a \u00a375m Sustainability Linked Loan from Danske Bank to build 500 homes and retrofit 1,000 across Northern Ireland. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bromford-flagship.co.uk\/news\/article\/bromford-flagship-publishes-new-key-financing-frameworks-in-june-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bromford Flagship Ltd<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiushousing.org\/news\/radius-housing-secures-sustainability-linked-funding-from-danske-bank-to-support-future-development-plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Radius Housing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">West Northamptonshire Council\u2019s Cabinet will soon decide whether to bring management of 11,500 council homes in Northampton back in-house, currently overseen by Northamptonshire Partnership Homes. In parallel, the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, the region\u2019s largest public landlord, has officially adopted the Sustainability Reporting Standard for Social Housing. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westnorthants.gov.uk\/news\/cabinet-discuss-future-model-housing-west-northants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">West Northamptonshire Council<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainabilityforhousing.org.uk\/northern-irelands-largest-public-landlord-adopts-the-sustainability-reporting-standard-for-social-housing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sustainability for Housing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fourteen firms have been appointed to an \u00a380m modular building framework in Scotland by the Scottish Procurement Alliance, covering permanent and temporary modular construction. In addition, Camden Council has launched a \u00a328.7m tender for the first phase of regenerating the West Kentish Town Estate. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/contracts\/modular-specialists-appointed-to-80m-scottish-framework-17-06-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/contracts\/london-council-launches-28-7m-estate-regeneration-tender-17-06-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kensa and Sureserve have partnered to scale up low-carbon heating in social housing, aiming to cut residents\u2019 energy bills and support decarbonisation. At the same time, Keltbray has secured a \u00a330m working capital facility from Metro Bank to support growth, while Bedfordshire-based civils contractor LF Solutions has filed a notice of administration. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kensa.co.uk\/press\/kensa-sureserve-partnership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kensa Group Ltd<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2025\/06\/18\/keltbray-strikes-30m-funding-deal-for-growth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2025\/06\/18\/civils-contractor-lf-solutions-files-administration-notice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homes England has acquired Ripon Barracks from the Ministry of Defence to deliver 1,300 homes with planning permission granted by North Yorkshire Council. In Shrewsbury, councillors have approved a 400-home development including a new care home. Glasgow has given the green light to Graham\u2019s \u00a370m, 25-storey student tower with 410 beds. Plans have been revealed for 1,450 homes, a school and a cemetery in Leicestershire, and ALB Group has proposed converting Nottingham\u2019s former Experian offices into a \u00a325m, 120-apartment residential scheme. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/homes-england-acquires-ripon-barracks-from-the-ministry-of-defence-to-pave-way-for-1300-new-homes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shropshirestar.com\/news\/2025\/06\/17\/plans-for-400-shrewsbury-homes-in-major-development-approved\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shropshire Star<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theconstructionindex.co.uk\/news\/view\/glasgow-approves-grahams-student-tower\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Construction Index<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leicestermercury.co.uk\/news\/local-news\/plan-1450-leicestershire-homes-school-10271645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leicestershire Live<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/eastmidlands\/news\/2098970-former-experian-offices-could-be-turned-into-25m-housing-scheme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TheBusinessDesk.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily News: 18\/06\/2025 Over 500,000 new homes are set to be delivered through a \u00a316bn public investment via the newly launched National Housing Bank, aiming to unlock an additional \u00a353bn in private funding under the government\u2019s Plan for Change. GOV.UK Delivering 1.5m homes by 2029 could unlock \u00a3103bn in social impact across England, according to [&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-8120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8120","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=8120"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8122,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8120\/revisions\/8122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}