In a heavily trailed Spending Review for the housing sector, there were no surprises this afternoon for housing leaders already expressing positive sentiments on an eye-catching £39bn Affordable Homes Programme – injecting £1.4bn of additional funding into house building annually. There was also confirmation of a 10-year rent settlement for social housing that will be […]
What have we learned from the recently published minutes of the 2 April final session of the Ministerial Working Group (MWG) on Building and Fire Safety arising from the Grenfell Inquiry Phase 2? The 26 participants reinforced Scotland’s acceptance of the Grenfell Inquiry’s recommendations and the plans for implementation through cross-sector collaboration. This is a […]
Harmony Fire has further added to its growing tally of influential public sector frameworks by securing a place on Fusion21’s £800 million Building Safety & Compliance Framework. The design and build fire safety specialist secured a coveted place on each of the three national lots it targeted: Passive Fire Protection, Fire Suppression and Active Fire […]
Harmony Fire has secured a £1.3 million multi-year contract with NHS Property Services to maintain, upgrade and service fall protection safety systems across its 3,000 strong UK property estate. The contract encompasses a full spectrum of roof-mounted safety and access systems across health centre, GP surgeries and hospital settings, as well as NHS Property Services’ […]
Safety is fast becoming a very hot political potato for a government with a manifesto pledge to deliver new homes at a rate last seen over 50 years ago, during Harold Wilson’s premiership. To build 1.5 million new homes by 2029, the Prime Minister committed to ‘take the brakes off building’ with planning reforms to […]
Harmony Fire has secured a place on a c.£25 million fire safety works framework with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC). The four-year capital works framework, with the option to extend for a further two-year period, encompasses a comprehensive range of fire safety works across RKBC’s residential property portfolio. The scope of works […]
Harmony Fire has secured an additional £2.4 million contract with Ashford Borough Council to upgrade fire doors across its residential properties, following an initial £1.2 million contract awarded in October. Both schemes fall under Ashford Borough Council’s strategic programme of fire safety upgrades at its property assets across Kent’s largest borough, and this latest award […]
The recent Scottish Government Response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report recognises the importance of this tragic event as a catalyst for profound change in enhancing resident safety. The introduction of a number of reforms, immediately following the Grenfell disaster in 2017, have now been augmented by the Scottish Governments acceptance of all […]
A less than enthusiastic response from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) following the Spring Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Economic growth forecasts have been cut from 2% to 1% for 2025 and by the end of the parliament, fiscal headroom will stand at £10 billion, which in the words of the OBR […]
Is it possible to believe you’re doing the right thing – yet be inadvertently embarking on a course of action that sets the conditions for a catastrophic failure? This is the question that we frequently pose to housing sector leaders when we first engage over the issue of fire safety protection for residents. Post-Grenfell, the […]