{"id":9177,"date":"2025-10-31T12:46:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T12:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=9177"},"modified":"2025-10-31T12:46:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T12:46:30","slug":"friday-31-10-2025-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/friday-31-10-2025-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday: 31\/10\/2025 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 31\/10\/2025<\/h6>\n

VIVID will benefit from Lloyds\u2019 third green retrofit loan of 2025, funding sustainable upgrades for 2,000 homes across Hampshire, Surrey, Berkshire, and West Sussex, supporting 2,000 construction jobs, and bringing the total homes upgraded this year to over 11,000. <\/span>Lloyds Banking Group<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Clarion has reported higher surpluses despite a drop in turnover, according to its unaudited quarterly update. Sefton Council and Sovini Group plan a partnership to deliver up to 1,000 new social and affordable homes by 2030, while Ardenglen Housing Association\u2019s latest tenant survey shows it exceeding Scottish sector benchmarks across all key indicators. <\/span>Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>My Sefton News<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Ardenglen Housing Association Ltd.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Housing Ombudsman has introduced a revised Special Investigation Process, ranging from early response plans to full investigations, with Tier 1 currently covering A2Dominion, Amplius, Hexagon, Redbridge, Wandsworth, Norwich City Council, and Soho Housing. At the same time, Cardiff and Flintshire Councils face criticism for leaving tenants in hazardous conditions, creating serious health and safety risks. <\/span>Housing Ombudsman Service<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>ITV News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Families on Bath and North East Somerset Council\u2019s social housing list face a 200-year wait for a four-bedroom home, as England builds just over 10,000 social homes annually, leaving Labour\u2019s social housing targets far from reach. <\/span>The Guardian<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A report on delivering 1.5m new homes highlights rising land costs and new infrastructure as major drivers of England\u2019s housing crisis. Another reveals a 10-year net loss of 180,067 social rented homes amid growing homelessness and record temporary accommodation, while Scotland\u2019s SLWG proposes a single, consistent definition of housing affordability to harmonise measures across the UK. <\/span>Parliament.UK<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Crisis<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>The Scottish Government<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Novus Property Solutions has renewed three major housing maintenance contracts worth up to \u00a348m, extending its partnerships with Trent & Dove, Bromford, and Newark and Sherwood District Council. <\/span>Facilitate Magazine<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

London-based contractor 8build has returned to profitability, reporting a \u00a32.2m pre-tax profit for the year to March 2025, reversing a \u00a31.2m loss from the previous year as its fixed-price strategy pays off. <\/span>Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The UK government has launched a consultation requiring construction firms to carry out \u2018right to work\u2019 checks for self-employed workers. Tussell\u2019s report shows three contractors led public-sector earnings in 2024\/25, while Begbies Traynor\u2019s reports a 70% rise in companies in critical financial distress. Meanwhile, a report from the Modern Slavery Centre warns that modern slavery risks in housebuilding remain poorly understood despite the sector reaching \u00a3139bn and employing 1.4m people. <\/span>Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>The Construction Index<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Modern Slavery and Human Rights PEC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Between July and September 2025, 390,000 domestic EPCs were lodged in England and Wales, representing a 2% decrease compared with the same period in 2024. At the same time, new ONS data shows that construction sector emissions have risen by nearly one-third since 1990, highlighting the sector\u2019s ongoing and significant environmental impact. <\/span>GOV.UK<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>BCIS<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1,600 homes in Whitburn are back before West Lothian Council, nearly 1,000 homes have been proposed in Essex despite local concerns, Fife Council has approved 900 homes in Kelty, Habiko is delivering 590 low-carbon homes in Chester and Warrington, and 130 homes are planned near a Lidl site in north Harborough. <\/span>Scottish Housing News<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Essex Live<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Scottish Housing News<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Muse<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Harborough Mail<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daily News: 31\/10\/2025 VIVID will benefit from Lloyds\u2019 third green retrofit loan of 2025, funding sustainable upgrades for 2,000 homes across Hampshire, Surrey, Berkshire, and West Sussex, supporting 2,000 construction jobs, and bringing the total homes upgraded this year to over 11,000. Lloyds Banking Group Clarion has reported higher surpluses despite a drop in turnover, […]<\/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-9177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9177","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=9177"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9185,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9177\/revisions\/9185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}