{"id":9849,"date":"2026-01-09T12:44:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T12:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=9849"},"modified":"2026-01-09T12:44:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T12:44:26","slug":"friday-09-01-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/friday-09-01-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday: 09\/01\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 09\/01\/2026<\/strong><\/h6>\n

Breckland Council in Norfolk is set to vote on writing off more than \u00a3460,000 owed by its own property investment company, which was established to deliver housing on small council-owned sites, after the firm was unable to repay the debt. <\/span>BBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

British entrepreneur Mike Ashley has acquired a stake in Grainger, the UK\u2019s largest listed residential landlord, following the company\u2019s conversion into a REIT last September. <\/span>Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a319m allocated for new social housing in Inverclyde has been returned to the Scottish Government despite acute delivery shortfalls, raising concerns over unmet housing need, while a separate \u00a31m government-backed fund has been launched in the West Midlands to help prevent homelessness through targeted support. <\/span>Greenock Telegraph<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>West Midlands Combined Authority<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Viessmann Climate Solutions has joined the four-year, \u00a31.6bn Procure Plus framework to provide low- and zero-carbon technologies for social housing and public buildings, while Sustainable Building Services (UK) Ltd will deliver Leicester and Leicestershire\u2019s Warm Homes energy efficiency schemes under the government\u2019s grant programme. <\/span>FMJ<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>East Midlands Business Link<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Vistry has partnered with housing association Platform to deliver 213 affordable homes at its Boulton Moor development in Derby, under a significant contract that will form part of the wider mixed-tenure scheme and support the supply of new affordable housing in the city. <\/span>East Midlands Business Link<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Mace has been crowned the construction industry\u2019s annual contracts league champion following a standout year of deal-making that saw it secure more work than any of its rivals, underlining its dominant market position. <\/span>Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Barratt Redrow injected \u00a3342.7m into Scotland\u2019s economy, supporting housing and jobs. Permasteelisa UK\u2019s pre-tax loss widened despite a 25% turnover rise. Cruden more than doubled profits via land-led affordable housing, while offsite firm Merit collapsed, leaving suppliers \u00a317.4m unpaid. MGL Group\u2019s profit rose a third, Norcon Construction\u2019s revenues hit \u00a345.5m despite lower profits, and ISG\u2019s collapse left over \u00a31bn in debt. <\/span>Scottish Housing News<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Construction Wave<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Construction News (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The BMBI report shows builders merchant value sales up 0.2% and volumes up 0.8% year-on-year, despite a 0.6% drop in prices and unchanged trading days. <\/span>Builders Merchant Building Index<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Fife Council\u2019s 2026-2031 SHIP plans 2,640 affordable homes, focusing on energy-efficient housing, sustainable communities, and addressing local affordability and demand. <\/span>Fife Council<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Nearly 500 homes are planned on an industrial site off Navigation Road, Worcester, under the South Worcestershire Development Plan Review. A committee decision is pending on 300+ homes at Thelwall Heys, Warrington. Councillors are advised to refuse Gleeson\u2019s 163-home scheme near Carlisle, while a 145-home application on Bovingdon\u2019s edge has been slightly scaled back. <\/span>BBC<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Warrington Guardian<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Place North West<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Watford Observer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daily News: 09\/01\/2026 Breckland Council in Norfolk is set to vote on writing off more than \u00a3460,000 owed by its own property investment company, which was established to deliver housing on small council-owned sites, after the firm was unable to repay the debt. BBC British entrepreneur Mike Ashley has acquired a stake in Grainger, the […]<\/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-9849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9849","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=9849"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9858,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9849\/revisions\/9858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}