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Connect It Utility Services and Hampshire Cricket Champion the Next Generation of Girls In Sport

Jul 1, 2026 | Community, EDI, News, Social Value

Connect It Utility Services and Hampshire Cricket are joining forces in their shared 25th anniversary year to champion opportunities for girls and women across both professional sport and industry. The partnership is focused on supporting grassroots girls’ cricket in...

SGE unveils plans for 4.2GW UK Small Modular Reactor fleet

Jul 1, 2026 | News, Projects, Sustainability, Technology and innovation

SGE, a European Small Modular Reactor (SMR) development and investment platform, yesterday announced its plans to build fourteen GE Vernova Hitachi BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactors on three sites in the UK. The deployment team includes SGE, GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear...

The Hill Group Bucks Market Trend as Profits Rise to Record £92.5m and Revenue Hits £1.2 Billion

Jul 1, 2026 | Finance and Markets, Housing, News, Social Value

Record turnover of £1.164 billion Profit before tax increased to £92.5 million 3,329 new homes completed Development and strategic pipeline with potential future revenue exceeding £14.5 billion Approximately two-thirds of completions were affordable housing...

Leaseholders tell government: fix service charges before ground rents, landmark survey finds

Jul 1, 2026 | Finance and Markets, Housing, Laws and Policies, News

Landmark survey challenges assumptions behind government’s leasehold reforms A landmark independent survey of 2,000 leaseholders has found that the issues dominating Westminster’s leasehold debate are not the issues dominating leaseholders’ everyday...

New 66-bed care home to be built in popular Essex town following land sale

Jun 29, 2026 | Finance and Markets, Housing, Infrastructure, News, Projects, Social Value, Sustainability

Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has announced the sale of a care development site on London Road in Basildon, Essex. The site was identified by the specialist care developer, Aspire-LPP Limited, as having suitability for care usage. The...

Watson transforms derelict Pit Pony Inn site into 22 affordable homes in Wigan

Jun 26, 2026 | Finance and Markets, Housing, Infrastructure, News, Projects, Social Value, Sustainability

Regeneration specialist Watson has unlocked the redevelopment of the former Pit Pony Inn site in Ashton-in-Makerfield, transforming a long-vacant brownfield site into a sustainable residential development that delivers 22 affordable homes and lasting social value for...