Wheatley Group

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Wheatley Group has been confirmed the UK’s largest builder of social-rented homes in a newly-released annual new build survey by Inside Housing Magazine for the fourth consecutive year. The housing, care and property-management group built 601 homes for social rent between April 2019

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Wheatley Group has delivered more than 25,000 emergency food parcels to people at crisis point as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The marathon effort has helped tenants facing hardship since lockdown began, as well as their families and in some instances even their pets.

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The tenant chair of Glasgow Housing Association has renewed calls for “urgent and radical” change to Universal Credit as the coronavirus crisis continues. Bernadette Hewitt today called on the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to take immediate action on five fronts, including ending

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Wheatley Group has retained its A+ stable credit rating by Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings (S&P). In its research update released yesterday, S&P pointed out Wheatley’s focus on its traditional role as a provider and manager of social-rented homes “s

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Martin Armstrong, chief executive of Wheatley Group, outlines what the new norm for will look like in the aftermath of the coronavirus crisis. The new norm! In the aftermath of the coronavirus crisis, what will that really mean, in personal, business and societal terms?

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An extra 100 homes are to be provided by Wheatley Group to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping in Scotland. The housing, care and property management group has pledged the additional properties to Housing First as part of a package of measures to help vulnerable people during the coronavirus cris

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Wheatley Group has now delivered over 10,000 emergency food parcels to people in need across Scotland through its lifeline EatWell service. The milestone was reached just six weeks after the group was expanded in response to growing demand from people in crisis as a result of coronavirus.

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A concierge at a multi-storey block in Glasgow has been hailed a hero for helping save a toddler’s life. Christine Hepburn panicked when son Arron, 4, collapsed and stopped breathing at their Glasgow Housing Association home in Kingsway Court, Scotstoun.

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Staff at Wheatley Group have been praised for their “herculean” efforts in supporting the people they work for to combat the impact of the coronavirus crisis. Tributes have been paid by both the chair of Wheatley Group and a senior union official, who said UNISON members had made a &ldqu

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Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership (DGHP) has appointed Maureen Dowden, one of Scotland’s most experienced housing professionals, as its new chair. Her appointment follows Bill Robertson’s decision to step down after leading on and completing DGHP’s successful partnership&nb

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Wheatley Group has drawn down £72 million of funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB) at a "highly-competitive" rate to build and improve more homes across Scotland. The funding deal – at a rate of under 1.70% fixed over 22 years – will enable the UK’s largest builder

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