{"id":8210,"date":"2025-07-01T12:37:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T12:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=8210"},"modified":"2025-07-01T12:37:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T12:37:23","slug":"tuesday-01-07-2025-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/tuesday-01-07-2025-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday: 01\/07\/2025 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 01\/07\/2025<\/h6>\n

New analysis by the CPS reveals that the UK faces a housing shortfall of 6.5m homes compared to equivalent levels of housing in similar European nations, highlighting the scale of the country\u2019s long-term supply crisis. <\/span>Centre for Policy Studies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sovereign Network Group (SNG) and Mitsubishi Electric have launched a heat pump retrofit programme for social housing that installs in just two days, about 40% faster than usual, using existing radiators and pipework to reduce disruption and enhance customer experience. <\/span>Sovereign Network Group<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Swansea Council has revealed it faces a \u00a3900m bill to upgrade its social housing stock to meet new Welsh Government living standards, including energy efficiency improvements averaging \u00a365,000 per property. Meanwhile, Mole Valley District Council is set to consider a new affordable housing strategy aimed at increasing the supply of homes for lower-income residents over the next five years. <\/span>BBC<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Mole Valley District Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Fusion has secured \u00a3500m in funding to deliver five new purpose-built student accommodation schemes, highlighting growing investor confidence in the UK\u2019s living sectors. The developer described the deal as a testament to the sector\u2019s continued attractiveness. <\/span>Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The collapse of contractor ISG has cost Manchester City Council \u00a33m and caused a six-month delay to a local project. The council had to redo parts of the work ISG left incomplete before its failure. <\/span>Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

SES Engineering Services reported a record turnover of \u00a3463.7m in 2024, a 55% increase year-on-year, with pre-tax profit rising 60% to \u00a39.3m. Neilcott Construction is set to repay its employee ownership buyout loan five years early following a surge in profits last year. Meanwhile, TClarke posted record results after going private, marking a strong performance for the UK\u2019s largest M&E contractor. Additionally, Blackpool-based Fox Brothers Holdings has expanded by acquiring Manchester-based J Fisher & Sons. <\/span>Scottish Construction Now<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>The Construction Index<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Peterborough City Council approved plans for 870 homes, including a primary school and local centre. In Berkshire, a 215-home scheme between Bracknell and Wokingham, Wokingham\u2019s first south of the railway, has been approved despite traffic concerns. Over 700 homes have been proposed across Cornwall. In Wales, plans for 600 homes in Wrexham may go to appeal in September. Bellway submitted plans for 428 homes in Darlington, with over 120 affordable. <\/span>Cambridgeshire Live<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Bracknell News<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Cornwall Live<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Place North West<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>The Northern Echo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daily News: 01\/07\/2025 New analysis by the CPS reveals that the UK faces a housing shortfall of 6.5m homes compared to equivalent levels of housing in similar European nations, highlighting the scale of the country\u2019s long-term supply crisis. Centre for Policy Studies Sovereign Network Group (SNG) and Mitsubishi Electric have launched a heat pump retrofit […]<\/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-8210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8210","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=8210"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8215,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8210\/revisions\/8215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}