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 major specialist provider managing 2,340 homes and expanding supported housing services across England and Wales. Portus Supported Housing
Bromford Flagship secured £150m from HSBC UK to expand affordable, energy-efficient homes and upgrades, while Wales’ £36m RSL loan scheme boosts low-carbon housing, building on a previous round delivering 277 homes. Housing Executive, Welsh Government
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. Greenock Telegraph
Anglian Water has outlined plans for a £1.8bn 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 £44.4m in new ECI contracts supporting Southern Water’s AMP8 programme. Balfour Beatty reports a record £18.4bn order book driven by strong UK energy-sector demand. Construction News (register), Kier, and Construction Enquirer
Alpha Living has begun work on its £18.5m 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 £6m contract for a 36-bed care home. Housing Digital, Liverpool Business News
Momentum Maintain has been appointed by Crosby Housing Association to provide enhanced cleaning services, improving residents’ living environments and supporting CHA’s wider commitment to reinvesting in local communities. FMJ
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. GOV.UK
S&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. S&P Global
Platform has lodged plans for 541 BTR homes in Leeds’ 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.Housing Today (register), BBC, Scottish Housing News, Housebuilder & Developer, Harborough FM, UK Property Forums, Great Yarmouth Mercury, and BBC