{"id":8566,"date":"2025-08-15T12:33:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T12:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=8566"},"modified":"2025-08-15T12:33:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T12:33:07","slug":"friday-15-08-2025-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/friday-15-08-2025-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday: 15\/08\/2025 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 15\/08\/2025<\/h6>\n

Southern Housing reported a \u00a3674m turnover and \u00a3123m operating surplus for 2024\/25 in its latest results, while Paradigm Housing delivered a \u00a322.9m surplus with a strong 37% operating margin. Meanwhile, Moat, managing 23,000 homes, recorded higher turnover but a reduced surplus of \u00a312.2m, down from \u00a320.9m last year, and RHP Group posted an unaudited \u00a315m operating surplus, excluding a one-off \u00a312.7m impairment linked to a legacy development scheme. <\/span>Southern Housing<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Paradigm Housing Group Ltd.<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Investing.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Blochairn Housing Association (BHA) is seeking a strategic partner and has invited expressions of interest to progress its transfer plans. <\/span>Blochairn Housing Association Ltd.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Reading Borough Council has acquired 16 brand-new homes on a new development, which will be allocated to residents on the council\u2019s housing register. <\/span>Reading Borough Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Housing association Bernicia is delivering 170 new homes across Northumberland and North Tyneside, investing over \u00a335m in 208 properties in the past year. At the same time, Rochdale Council plans to spend \u00a34.7m on constructing thousands of new homes across the borough over the next five years. <\/span>Northumberland Gazette<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Manchester Evening News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Hamilton-based contractor Procast Group has secured a significant lot on a \u00a3980m national retrofit framework. Portsmouth-based PMC Construction and Development Services has been appointed main contractor for the \u00a369m first phase of a major housing and infrastructure project in Portsmouth. Additionally, groundworks specialist PAS NW has landed a \u00a320m civils contract for a 429-home Wain Homes development in Lancashire. <\/span>Scottish Housing News<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Student housing provider Unite Group has agreed a deal worth over \u00a3700m to acquire rival Empiric Student Property. Civil engineering contractor Octavius Infrastructure has reported record growth for the second consecutive year. <\/span>Business Live<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>The Construction Index<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Home Builders Federation has launched the Home Building Sector Skills Plan, outlining a roadmap to future-proof the workforce and calling on the Government to support industry efforts to meet growing housing demand. <\/span>Home Builders Federation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Mace Consult\u2019s Q2 2025 Market View report highlights early signs that the UK construction industry is responding to government investment, though doubts remain about the pace of recovery. <\/span>The Construction Index<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

North Lanarkshire approved 1,400 homes in Cumbernauld, and Stockport greenlit 1,328 homes in the \u00a3350m Stockport 8 project. Plans for over 1,500 homes in Cullompton are moving forward despite local concerns. Meanwhile, Wirral is reviewing a proposal for 605 homes, and Cambridge has set a decision date for 292 new homes. <\/span>Insider.co.uk<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Place North West<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Devon Live<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Place North West<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Cambridgeshire Live<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daily News: 15\/08\/2025 Southern Housing reported a \u00a3674m turnover and \u00a3123m operating surplus for 2024\/25 in its latest results, while Paradigm Housing delivered a \u00a322.9m surplus with a strong 37% operating margin. Meanwhile, Moat, managing 23,000 homes, recorded higher turnover but a reduced surplus of \u00a312.2m, down from \u00a320.9m last year, and RHP Group posted […]<\/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-8566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8566","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=8566"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8570,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8566\/revisions\/8570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}