{"id":8263,"date":"2025-07-08T13:05:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T13:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=8263"},"modified":"2025-07-08T13:05:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T13:05:27","slug":"tuesday-08-07-2025-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/tuesday-08-07-2025-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday: 08\/07\/2025 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 08\/07\/2025<\/h6>\n

Peabody has secured a \u00a360m loan from Lloyds Banking Group to improve the energy efficiency of thousands of homes. The investment aims to cut heating demand, lower residents\u2019 energy bills, and reduce the organisation\u2019s carbon footprint. <\/span>Peabody Trust<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Southampton City Council has made progress after criticism over poor housing standards in nearly half of its 18,000 homes. At the same time, Hammersmith & Fulham is leading on fire safety, installing 6,000 free fire doors and offering white goods replacements to further protect tenants. Wheatley Group was the UK\u2019s top builder of social rented homes in 2024-25, delivering 563. <\/span>BBC<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Hammersmith & Fulham London Borough<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Wheatley Group<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Cardo has secured a five-year housing repairs and maintenance contract with Wokingham Borough Council, further strengthening its presence in the public sector housing space. <\/span>The Construction Index<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Funding a 1,650-home development remains \u201cthe biggest financial risk\u201d to Woking Borough Council, according to its chief financial officer, as the authority continues to face a widening budget gap. <\/span>BBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Springfield Properties expects FY 2025 profits in line with forecasts amid revenue growth and a focus on northern Scotland. Meanwhile, Premier Modular pre-tax profit fell 40% due to project overruns and flat turnover. Additionally, the Unite reports strong demand for student housing as 2025-26 university applications rise. Get Living posted a loss after a \u00a3411m fire safety provision at the former 2012 Olympics village, highlighting legacy building issues. <\/span>Project Scotland<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Business Live<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The National Wealth Fund has committed \u00a328.6m to a major carbon capture project aiming to cut up to 40% of the UK\u2019s cement emissions. In parallel, the Scottish Housing Regulator has provided an update on social landlords that have identified Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) in some of their social rented homes. <\/span>Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Scottish Housing News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

At the LGA Conference, the Deputy PM launched CHoSS, a fully funded service to boost council housebuilding, co-designed by 10 councils with and without Housing Revenue Accounts. Separately, the Construction Leadership Council is calling for wider adoption of its dispute avoidance pledge, backed by UK clients, consultants, and contractors to address delivery challenges. <\/span>Local Government Association<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Plans have been submitted for an 850-home development on green belt land between Pitsea and North Benfleet. Persimmon Homes Severn Valley has also proposed 562 homes near Bristol, while a 380-home scheme with a 66-bed care home has been unveiled at Catlips Farm by the M25 in Hertfordshire. Elsewhere, 108 homes are planned outside an Oxfordshire village to help address a shortage of affordable housing. <\/span>Echo<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Show House<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Watford Observer<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Oxford Mail<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daily News: 08\/07\/2025 Peabody has secured a \u00a360m loan from Lloyds Banking Group to improve the energy efficiency of thousands of homes. The investment aims to cut heating demand, lower residents\u2019 energy bills, and reduce the organisation\u2019s carbon footprint. Peabody Trust Southampton City Council has made progress after criticism over poor housing standards in nearly […]<\/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-8263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8263","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=8263"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8268,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8263\/revisions\/8268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}