{"id":9522,"date":"2025-12-04T12:37:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T12:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=9522"},"modified":"2025-12-05T04:59:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T04:59:22","slug":"thursday-04-12-2025-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/thursday-04-12-2025-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday: 04\/12\/2025 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blue-color\">\n<h6>Daily News: 04\/12\/2025<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jigsaw Group, a 38,000-home association, will merge its four registered providers into one unified organisation. The announcement comes ahead of interim results showing increased turnover and surplus for the six months to 30 September 2025. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingtoday.co.uk\/news\/jigsaw-to-consolidate-four-registered-providers-into-one\/5139651.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Portus Supported Housing has launched following the merger of BeST and Westmoreland, creating a major specialist provider managing 2,340 homes and expanding supported housing services across England and Wales. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/portus-sh.org.uk\/portus-supported-housing-is-launched\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Portus Supported Housing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bromford Flagship secured \u00a3150m from HSBC UK to expand affordable, energy-efficient homes and upgrades, while Wales\u2019 \u00a336m RSL loan scheme boosts low-carbon housing, building on a previous round delivering 277 homes. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingexecutive.co.uk\/bromford-flagship-secures-150m-sustainability-linked-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Housing Executive<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.wales\/36-million-boost-affordable-homes-and-green-upgrades-wales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welsh Government<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">River Clyde Homes has been ordered to apologise after a tenant faced a six-month repair delay, with the Scottish Ombudsman highlighting service failures and prompting an internal review. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk\/news\/25669336.river-clyde-homes-told-apologise-scottish-ombudsman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greenock Telegraph<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anglian Water has outlined plans for a \u00a31.8bn Major Infrastructure Delivery Framework covering design, construction and coastal, storage and green\/grey infrastructure upgrades to meet long-term climate and population pressures. Kier has also secured \u00a344.4m in new ECI contracts supporting Southern Water\u2019s AMP8 programme. Balfour Beatty reports a record \u00a318.4bn order book driven by strong UK energy-sector demand. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/civils\/anglian-water-launches-1-8bn-infrastructure-framework-procurement-03-12-2025\/\" 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.kier.co.uk\/media\/newsroom\/press-releases\/kier-secures-a-further-444m-of-eci-contracts-with-southern-water-to-deliver-amp8-wastewater-upgrades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kier<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2025\/12\/04\/balfour-beatty-orders-power-up-20-to-record-18-4bn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alpha Living has begun work on its \u00a318.5m Driftwood Gardens extra-care scheme in Wirral, delivering 80 affordable homes for older residents alongside 44 homes from Magenta Living. Krol Corlett has secured a \u00a36m contract for a 36-bed care home. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/housingdigital.co.uk\/alpha-living-gets-to-work-on-wirral-extra-care-scheme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Housing Digital<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lbndaily.co.uk\/krol-corlett-wins-6m-care-home-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liverpool Business News<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Momentum Maintain has been appointed by Crosby Housing Association to provide enhanced cleaning services, improving residents\u2019 living environments and supporting CHA\u2019s wider commitment to reinvesting in local communities. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmj.co.uk\/momentum-sweeps-up-new-housing-association-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FMJ<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homes England has signed its 10th Strategic Place Partnership with the East Midlands Combined County Authority, strengthening collaboration to unlock housing, regeneration and long-term growth opportunities across the region. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/homes-england-reaches-milestone-of-10th-strategic-place-partnership-signed-with-east-midlands-combined-county-authority\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S&amp;P Global UK Construction data shows the sharpest downturn in 5.5 years, with steep falls in housing, commercial and civil engineering activity, alongside major drops in new orders, employment and business optimism amid weak client confidence. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.locarla.com\/pdf\/S&amp;P_Global_UK_Construction_PMI_-_November_2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S&amp;P Global<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Platform has lodged plans for 541 BTR homes in Leeds\u2019 Sweetfields phase two, expanding the 1,351-home scheme with sustainable, amenity-rich tower blocks. Newcastle-under-Lyme proposals outline 650 homes and a new country park. West Lothian Council has approved 293 homes in Livingston, while Medway Council has cleared 263 mixed-tenure homes in Chatham. Harborough District Council has backed 260 village homes despite objections. South Gloucestershire has granted permission for 179 homes through a Vistry-SNG partnership, and South Norfolk Council has approved 162 homes in Harleston after Section 106 completion. Reading Borough Council reports that of 5,500 approved homes, only about a fifth had begun construction by March 2025, leaving most unbuilt.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingtoday.co.uk\/news\/second-phase-of-1300-home-leeds-tower-scheme-in-for-planning\/5139612.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c3r7px879xro.amp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BBC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishhousingnews.com\/articles\/taylor-wimpey-secures-planning-consent-for-new-homes-in-livingston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scottish Housing News<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbdonline.co.uk\/news\/vistry-secures-planning-approval-for-263-new-mixed-tenure-homes-at-capstone-in-chatham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Housebuilder &amp; Developer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/harboroughfm.co.uk\/village-housing-plans-approved-despite-opposition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harborough FM<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ukpropertyforums.com\/vistry-secures-planning-for-179-homes-in-south-gloucestershire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UK Property Forums<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk\/news\/25669349.harleston-get-162-new-homes-fears-mount-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Great Yarmouth Mercury<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c9vjelv1kdno\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily News: 04\/12\/2025 Jigsaw Group, a 38,000-home association, will merge its four registered providers into one unified organisation. The announcement comes ahead of interim results showing increased turnover and surplus for the six months to 30 September 2025. Housing Today (register) Portus Supported Housing has launched following the merger of BeST and Westmoreland, creating a [&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-9522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9522","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=9522"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9530,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9522\/revisions\/9530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}