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SHDF Wave 2 Competition – Now Open
The Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Wave 2.1 competition officially opened to bids on Thursday 30 September 2022. The competition will remain open for 7 weeks, closing on 18 November 2022. Bids will then…
29 September, 2022 -
New Energy Efficiency Funding
On 23 September, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng outlined the key measures contained in the government’s ‘special fiscal event’, and released further details in a new document, The Growth Plan…
23 September, 2022 -
Our New QS Apprentices
The SBS team is getting bigger each month as we deliver increasing numbers of decarbonisation schemes across the UK. The latest to join us are two new trainee quantity surveyors, Amber Lawton…
16 September, 2022 -
SHDF Wave 2 Bid – Advisory Booklet
In mid-June, government announced the likely timeline for submissions for funding via Wave 2 of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF). The official guidance notes that the competition window is likely to open in…
1 July, 2022 -
SBS Supports Apprenticeship Event
On 5th July, SBS staff will attend a “Spark Apprenticeship Marketplace” event at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) in Preston. It will run from 9:30am to 3:00pm. The day-long event is a…
21 June, 2022 -
SBS’s New Regional Operations Manager
SBS is pleased to announce the appointment of James Phillips, who joined the company in June, taking the role of Regional Operations Manager. The newest appointee to our senior management team, James…
21 June, 2022 -
SDHF Wave 2 Timeline
On Monday 13 June, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) held an event for local authorities, combined authorities and registered providers of social housing. It set out to explain…
14 June, 2022 -
NIA Parliamentary Day: a Great Success
The National Insulation Association’s Parliamentary Day, which was recently sponsored by SBS, has been hailed as a resounding success. The exclusive invitation-only event took place on Monday 6th June and, as we reported…
13 June, 2022 -
SBS Now a FENSA Approved Installer
In June 2022, SBS was declared a FENSA-Approved Window and Door Installer. The installation of energy-efficient doors and glazing has been a big part of our work for many years now, so…
2 June, 2022 -
BEIS Views Decarbonisation Project, Reading
In a previous article, we reported that representatives from BEIS and TrustMark had visited one of our energy-efficiency retrofit schemes in Stramshall near Uttoxeter. That was followed this month (11 May) by another…
16 May, 2022 -
BEIS Inspects SHDF Energy Efficiency Project
On Thursday 28th April 2022, SBS staff welcomed representatives of BEIS, TrustMark and other agencies to Vicarage Road in Stramshall near Uttoxeter, to inspect progress on an ongoing energy efficiency retrofit programme. As…
3 May, 2022 -
SBS Appointed Again on EEM Framework
In March 2022, Efficiency East Midlands (EEM) wrote to confirm that SBS’s submission for the EEM0046 Insulation and Associated Works Framework had been successful on all lots. The three lots comprise: Lot…
5 April, 2022
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