Daniel Gayne
Reporter at Building
Reporter for @BuildingNews | Formerly @yorkshirelive and @RomfordRecorder | @NewsAssociates alumn | [email protected]
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1 week ago |
housingtoday.co.uk | Daniel Gayne
Use of costly waking watch schemes has been widespread since GrenfellThe government has announced that the Waking Watch Replacement Fund 2023 will be extended to next March. Up to £21.1m in additional funds will be released as part of the extension, to be spent on installation of a common alarm system to replace waking watches in all residential buildings where they are currently in place. A waking watch is a fire safety system where staff continuously patrol a building.
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2 weeks ago |
housingtoday.co.uk | Daniel Gayne
Capital Letters, owned by a group of London councils, was set up to tackle homelessness but is set to shut down at the end of the year A non-profit focused on addressing homelessness and reducing London councils’ spending on temporary accommodation is to close. Capital Letters, which is owned by a group of London councils, said its decision to cease operation at the end of this year had been taken “with a very heavy heart” after exhausting options for financing.
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2 weeks ago |
bdonline.co.uk | Daniel Gayne
Capital Letters, owned by a group of London councils, was set up to tackle homelessness but is set to shut down at the end of the year A non-profit focused on addressing homelessness and reducing London councils’ spending on temporary accommodation is to close. Capital Letters, which is owned by a group of London councils, said its decision to cease operation at the end of this year had been taken “with a very heavy heart” after exhausting options for financing.
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2 weeks ago |
housingtoday.co.uk | Daniel Gayne
Firm now provides services for roughly one in seven social homes in England after acquisition last yearThe decarbonisation of social homes offers a major market opportunity for firms operating in the housing sector, according to the chief executive of Wates. Eoghan O’Lionaird, who has led the contractor and residential developer since 2023, said the firm was taking a particular interest in heat decarbonisation after buying a new property services business last year.
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2 weeks ago |
building.co.uk | Daniel Gayne
Merit announces significant investment for growth in latest accountsOffsite construction firm Merit is targeting annual turnover of £450m on the back of investments in R&D and production capacity, despite drops in profit and turnover last year. The Northumberland-based firm’s results for the year to 30 June 2024 showed that pre-tax profit had dropped from £8.37m to £2.27m, while income stood at £87m.
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Vistry's @stephen_teagle : "If you invest in power stations, if you invest in transport, if you invest in some other large scale infrastructure programs, you do not see the output within the lifetime of a parliament. Housing is different." #HousingTodayLive @housing_today