Midlands Business News

Leading landlord whg scooped a regional award on 16th May for its investment in Walsall’s communities. The affordable housing provider, which has some 19,000 homes across the borough of Walsall, picked up the inaugural Community Champion award in front of 400 people at the Express and Star’s Business Awards ceremony last night. In their report [...]

Read the full story

Eager volunteers from Willmott Dixon Partnerships Birmingham South branch have lent their skills and expertise, to benefit a local housing complex.

Read the full story

One of Worcestershire’s leading landlords has been presented with a top business award.

Read the full story

Three thousand more young people at risk of homelessness in Herefordshire will be helped thanks to a contract awarded to Supported Housing for Young People Project (SHYPP).

Read the full story

South Staffordshire Housing Association (SSHA) has set up a helpline for people who need support, or want to find out how they may be affected by the government’s changes to the welfare benefit system. Since April 1, the way people receive benefits has changed and there are more changes still to come. SSHA is advising [...]

Read the full story

Housing 21, a leading provider of housing and care services for older people, has signed a joint contract with Derbyshire County Council and Keepmoat for the provision of new extra care facilities. The £83 million contract will deliver up to 800 extra care apartments across the county, with the consortium committing to their operation for [...]

Read the full story

Two busy mums, who set up a cleaning business in Oakham to enable them to earn a living while they brought up five children, are celebrating the fact that they have just taken on the 30th member of their team.

Read the full story

East Midlands Housing (EMH) Group has bought one of its long term contractors as part of its social enterprise initiative.

Read the full story

A Resident Liaison Officer (RLO) working with local residents in Northampton has won a prestigious industry Award.

Read the full story

A West Midlands housing boss has been nominated for a national award for his pioneering work and commitment to social housing and care.

Read the full story

Tenants of local housing association Wellingborough Homes hope to benefit from an improved repairs service following the signing of a new contract.

Read the full story

Families hit by food poverty are being helped thanks to a donation by South Staffordshire Housing Association (SSHA) as part of its project to celebrate 15 years.

Read the full story

West Midlands housing association, Nehemiah UCHA, is pleased to announce it has garnered a Bronze accreditation under the prestigious Investors In People (IiP)

Read the full story

Walsall’s biggest landlord whg is celebrating its tenth birthday with a look back at the social history of the area and its homes. On March 27, 2003 21,000 homes were transferred from Walsall Council to the newly-created whg. Since then the organisation has built 530 new homes on 24 different sites across the borough, re-housed [...]

Read the full story

More than 270 customers in seven high-rise tower blocks are set to benefit from reduced fuel bills, thanks to agreements between British Gas and leading landlord whg to pilot the new Energy Company Obligation (ECO). The move by the affordable housing provider means the blocks will be amongst the first in the country to receive [...]

Read the full story

Willmott Dixon has published Transforming Communities, a report setting out how public authorities and Registered Providers can leverage construction and housing repairs contracts to deliver additional social value to local communities in Birmingham. The publication reflects new legislation that came into force on 31 January, requiring the public sector to consider as part of the [...]

Read the full story

An East Midlands housing services provider has been relaunched in order to widen the scope of the services it provides to local authorities, landlords, tenants and other housing professionals. Decent and Safe Homes (DASH), the region’s leading provider of housing advice and information for the private rented sector, has been relaunched as DASH Services in [...]

Read the full story

Willmott Dixon Partnerships’ Birmingham teams have planted a further 1,000 trees in the city, as part of its commitment to leave a lasting legacy in the local community.

Read the full story

Wellingborough Homes has been named as one of the UK’s leading employers after scooping a place on the prestigious ‘Sunday Times Top 100 Best Companies To Work For List’.

Read the full story

Housing 21, a leading provider of housing, care and health services for older people, has been granted planning permission for a new extra care development in Rugby. The 61 unit mixed tenure scheme will be built in a partnership between Housing 21, Warwickshire County Council and Rugby Borough Council. Apartments at the development, to be [...]

Read the full story

Willmott Dixon Partnership’s Birmingham branches have been collecting donations for the city’s food bank, in aid of local families who are experiencing financial difficulty.

Read the full story

Staff from Willmott Dixon Partnerships Burton on Trent branch have raided their cupboards and made a generous donation to a local soup kitchen.

Read the full story

Resident-led Lyng Community Association (LCA) has given a jobseeker the chance to re-enter the workplace and help reinvigorate the estate.

Read the full story

A Coventry housing association is linking up with a college and an exam board to devise a free course written directly for its residents.

Read the full story

A daring employee from Willmott Dixon Partnership’s Burton-On-Trent branch has braved new heights by taking part in a sky dive, and raising significant funds for the company’s national charity, Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

Read the full story

Managers at an East Midlands-based housing group are celebrating after graduating from an award winning professional development scheme.

Read the full story

An East Midlands-based housing group is celebrating after achieving an internationally recognised quality accreditation for the second time running. Futures Housing Group, which is based in Ripley, has retained the Investors in Excellence accreditation, a quality framework which evaluates business performance and continuous improvement. To qualify, organisations are scored against five elements– leading, resourcing, delivering, [...]

Read the full story

Housing 21, a leading provider of housing, care and health services for older people has been granted planning permission for a new housing scheme in Derby.

Read the full story

Plans for a new £6m residential and support centre for homeless people in Coventry have been given the go ahead from Coventry City Council. The local authority has  given affordable housing provider Whitefriars Housing planning approval to build Gateway, a state-of-the-art centre on an existing industrial site on Adelaide Street in Hillfields. Work will start [...]

Read the full story

Lovell has completed a £1.5 million programme to reduce carbon emissions and make environmental improvements to 212 Whitefriars Housing homes in Henley Green, Coventry.

Read the full story

WM Housing Group has appointed Steve Kirk, 47, as director of HomeWorks, the in-house repairs organisation for Whitefriars Housing Association, part of WM Housing Group.

Read the full story

A unique resident-led affordable housing organisation in Acocks Green has selected fellow Birmingham affordable housing provider Family Housing to provide its repairs and maintenance service.

Read the full story

A leading Birmingham-based housing association is in the running for a national award for its innovative work in measuring social return on investment. Ashram Housing Association, part of the Accord Group of housing organisations, has been shortlisted for a Housing Association National Accountancy Award (HANAA). Launched by the National Housing Federation, the brand new awards, [...]

Read the full story

Residents can save as they spend, thanks to an incentive package worth almost £40 for opening up a new type of financial account. To help customers impacted by changes to benefits coming into force later this year, whg is pledging to pay the administration costs and set-up fee for a jam jar account with Walsave [...]

Read the full story

After finding that many of its customers are unprepared for the forthcoming welfare reforms, Derwent Living has stepped up its multi-media campaign helping people deal with the changes.

Read the full story

The site of a former Black Country lock factory is to be transformed into a new £5.2 million housing scheme, after plans were given the green light by Walsall Council. Nearly 50 new and affordable homes will be built on the site of the former Josiah Parkes factory in Wood Street, Willenhall, which has lain [...]

Read the full story

Housing provider Derwent Living has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award for the ‘pioneering’ way it delivers services. The Derby-based organisation, which manages more than 15,000 properties across the Midlands, South Yorkshire and the South East, has been shortlisted in the Housing Innovation Awards 2013 within the ‘most innovative housing provider’ category. Organisers of [...]

Read the full story

A forward-thinking Northamptonshire housing association is offering a glimmer of hope to people struggling with money worries in recession-hit Britain on the most depressing day of the year. On Blue Monday (21st January), Wellingborough Homes is hosting a conference on welfare reform and what can be done to help local residents hit by benefit cuts. [...]

Read the full story

A budding teenage architect from Rugby who won a competition to design an ‘eco-home of the future’ will see her creative concept brought to life this week. Jennifer Brook was just ten when she dreamed up a design for an environmentally-friendly home, as part of a region-wide competition run by the Matrix Housing Partnership. The [...]

Read the full story

A leading housing association is promoting a pioneering new development in Sandwell by offering vouchers for bicycles or travelcards to its first residents. Accord Group, which provides 11,000 affordable homes, is offering the deal to the first 63 people who move to the Urban 180 development between Bull Street, High Street and Overend Street in [...]

Read the full story

Derby-based housing provider Derwent Living is to officially launch a new housing scheme in Hasland this month (jan).

Read the full story

A housing association in Nottingham has named a block of apartments in remembrance of an employee.

Read the full story

Affordable housing contractor, Wates Living Space, has commenced a strategic expansion of its Midlands region, with the appointment of Stewart Reid as Business Director.

Read the full story

Maintenance firm Greenscape has been awarded a £180,000 cleaning contract for nearly 400 homes across Birmingham. The homes, made up of flats and houses, are all managed by Birmingham-based housing association Midland Heart, which manages more than 32,000 homes. Greenscape, which has bases in Wednesbury and Coventry, beat 12 other businesses to win the three-year [...]

Read the full story

A charity which provides housing and support for vulnerable people across Birmingham has beaten off stiff competition from household names including ITV to win a national award celebrating the diversity of its workforce.

Read the full story

Social housing residents across the West Midlands are being encouraged to sign up to free internet training sessions in a bid to prepare them for the changes to benefits. The Accord Group, which provides more than 11,000 homes in the Midlands, is running the workshops for residents who will be affected by the reforms, which [...]

Read the full story

Willmott Dixon Partnerships’ Birmingham branches have pulled their resources to help spread Christmas goodwill to local children across the city.

Read the full story

A Herefordshire housing association is calling on Leominster residents to boost their skills and prospects for the new year.

Read the full story

Staff at Wellingborough Homes played their part in providing the local community with a Christmas event to remember – with a little help from Santa and his elves.

Read the full story

A campaign has been launched today to help West Midlands residents prepare for the Government’s forthcoming welfare reforms. asra Housing Group, which provides around 500 homes in the West Midlands, has launched the Changes Ahead 2013 campaign, which is asking customers – Are you ready for changes to your benefit? The housing provider aims to [...]

Read the full story