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NHS, councils, and housing could share new risk insights to cut hospital demand through C2-Ai and Netcall partnership

A new technology partnership formally announced today, could help NHS, local government, and housing organisations collaborate to create an unprecedented understanding of the risks and needs of people in their care. Resulting intelligence could enable co-ordinated decisions that help to ease demand on recovering NHS services, prevent avoidable harm and A&E visits, and target

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HOMES FIT FOR HEROES: RAFT OF NEW MEASURES TO IMPROVE MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING

Living conditions for families in military housing will be transformed under a new Consumer Charter, as Defence Secretary John Healey promised to “stop the rot” in military housing.

The Charter will be part of a new Defence Housing Strategy, to be published later this year, which will set out further plans to improve the

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Vericon Systems launches intelligent new HomeHub device to give Housing Associations and property managers a deeper understanding of their residents living environment

Advanced analytics provide real time visibility and assessment of environmental conditions within the property, such as risk of damp and mould

Vericon Systems, a leading manufacturer of remote technologies to manage and control essential building services, has launched HomeHub, a sophisticated in-property device that has been specifically developed to help Housing Associations and

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GOVERNMENT BUYS BACK 36,347 MILITARY HOMES TO IMPROVE HOUSING FOR FORCES FAMILIES AND SAVE TAXPAYERS BILLIONS 

Landmark deal struck to bring military housing estate back into public hands Major deal unlocks new-build housing projects for military families plus essential refurbishments End to huge annual rental bill to save around £230 million per year

A major deal to bring the Armed Forces housing estate back into public ownership has been agreed

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The stock of housing for local authority & housing association

By Elli Kiely, Design & Innovation Director, HJK Construction

Open any newspaper in the UK, and it will mention the housing crisis in the UK. The actual extent of the crisis is hotly debated, but there is one thing everyone agrees on – there is undoubtedly a serious problem with the supply and demand

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Fusion21 invites bids for £800 million Workplace and Facilities Management Framework

Fusion21 has recently announced the renewal of its national Workplace and Facilities Management Framework, worth up to £800 million over four years, and is now inviting bids from interested suppliers providing regional, or national coverage.

The procurement experts are looking for suppliers that can manage the operation of non-domestic buildings – from single sites

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How digital project management can help ensure compliance with the new Social Housing standards

By Katie Fradley, Product Development Director at Flowlio

Katie Fradley

The first half of 2024 saw major changes to social housing rolled out, starting with the Regulator of Social Housing’s (RSH) new standards in February 2024, and the landmark Social Housing Regulation Act, which came into effect in April 2024.

These changes applied to

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Fusion21 announces suppliers appointed to £250 million Materials Supply and Associated Services Framework

Fusion21 is pleased to announce the suppliers successfully appointed to its national Materials Supply and Associated Services Framework worth up to £250 million over four years.

A total of 17 specialist firms have secured a place on the framework designed to supply construction materials to housing providers, and the wider public sector, managing the

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Key CIEH positions on housing enforcement and licensing backed by Renters’ Reform Coalition

Key positions taken by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) on housing enforcement and licensing have been backed in a new report from the Renters’ Reform Coalition.

The coalition, which comprises 21 organisations and includes major housing and homelessness charities as well as CIEH, is an important voice in debates on reform of

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How innovative tech solutions can help social housing providers meet Labour’s new challenges

By Stephen Repton, CEO and founder of project-management SaaS and training firm, Flowlio, and social-housing PM expert

The recent King’s Speech set out some once-in-a-generation tasks for social housing providers.Sir Kier Starmer wants to create 1.5 million homes in the next few years and local councils will have to play a major role in

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Fusion21 names suppliers appointed to £346 million Building Improvements Framework

Procurement experts Fusion21 has announced the suppliers successfully appointed to its national Building Improvements Framework worth up to £346 million over a four-year period.

Following a competitive tender process, a total of 70 specialist firms – 74% being SMEs, have secured a place on the framework which has been developed to support public sector

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Fusion21 invites bids for £820 million Heating, Renewables and Electrical Framework

Procurement organisation and social enterprise Fusion21 has announced the fourth generation of its national Heating, Renewables and Electrical Framework worth up to £820 million over four years and is now inviting bids from interested contractors of any size, providing local, regional or national coverage.

This framework is being setup to help the owners of domestic

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Procurement experts Fusion21 turns 21: How a step into the unknown became a route to social value success

Dave Neilson – Chief Executive at Fusion21

Real positive change, changes real lives.

This year, Fusion21 is marking its 21st anniversary and as the co-founder and Chief Executive I am so proud of what our team of procurement and social value specialists have achieved through work with our members, suppliers and partners.

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Milestone reached at affordable housing development in Cambridge

The final piece of roofing felt has been laid to officially mark the topping out of L2 Orchard Park, in Cambridge.

75 new homes, consisting of a mix of social rent and affordable rent will be delivered through Cambridge Investment Partnership and a funding agreement from Homes England.

Gerri Bird, Executive Councillor for Housing and

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Camden trials care tech device to help residents return home from hospital sooner  

Oysta Pearl+ allows patients to return home an average of three days faster

Camden Council, in partnership with Oysta, has successfully piloted a care tech device to allow residents to return from hospital sooner and be fully supported to recover at home.

So far, the Oysta care device has supported over 200 residents

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New toolkit launched to help local authorities and housing providers eliminate veterans’ homelessness

Local authorities and housing providers can now access a free resource aimed at reducing veterans’ homelessness. The No Homeless Veterans toolkit has been designed as part of a collaborative campaign by the Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation (Stoll), Homeless Link and the National Housing Federation.

The toolkit contains a self-audit for local authorities and housing providers

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Direct electric heating: a real low-carbon alternative for construction

Solar and wind

A new report from ThermoSphere – ‘Working towards Net Zero’ – sheds light on the attitudes toward direct electric heating in the construction industry, with many preferring it as a means of retrofitting small homes and apartments. Alistair Bell, ThermoSphere’s managing director discusses the mood in construction, and the industry’s

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Islington Council moves to Comelit-PAC’s cloud for the benefit of residents

Katial House

Islington Council has worked with Comelit-PAC to create a cloud based door entry solution for managing access control to communal residential developments across its housing portfolio.

As a leading London Borough Council, Islington has made the transition to a PAC cloud solution across its housing network, delivering improved security for residents.

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Voicescape launches transformative income recovery software

Daniel Harrison, co-founder and head of technology at Voicescape

Voicescape has launched a unique tenant engagement solution for social landlords and local authorities, representing a major step change in the intelligent automation of rent arrears management.

Caseload Manager (CM) has been developed by the specialist software business to enable social landlords to improve

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Government is holding the industrial sector back with ineffective planning policy, says Turley

“Ineffective” national planning policy, which “has no teeth” is holding the industrial sector back from supporting the UK’s economic recovery from COVID-19, according to planning and development consultancy Turley.

Despite the radical reforms promised in the 2020 Planning White Paper, there is scant regard to the role of industry and logistics, in spite of the

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