News Archive

Three Peaks Challenge Press Release
9 July 2010
An intrepid team of staff from Manchester scaled new heights when they climbed the UK’s three highest mountains in less than 24 hours – raising...

Bernard Caine Steps Down as Chair of TIP
21 June 2010
A ‘Goodbye to Bernard Caine’, who has been chair of the Tenant Involvement Panel (TIP) since it began four years ago. With the announcement...

Procure Plus and Stockport Homes Press Release
18 June 2010
Stockport Homes, a member of the newly merged Housing Consortium, Procure Plus, are celebrating after being awarded the highest possible rating in a recent...

CHP Apprenticeship Placement
2 June 2010
Cumbria Housing Partners (CHP) has a commitment to provide employment opportunities for young people from their local communities. One way of doing this...

Merger Completion
1 June 2010
The merger between two of the country’s most prominent procurement consortia, GM Procure and IMPACT Manchester has reached completion. The new company,...

Director update, Mark Hudson
1 June 2010
  In 2006, when it was rated by the Audit Commission as a three star ALMO (Arm’s Length Management Organisation), Stockport Homes proved itself...

Fleet Framework Launch
13 May 2010
A major new GM Procure procurement stream was launched when the mould-breaking Fleet Vehicle Framework was unveiled to suppliers, manufacturers, contractors...

Reallies Building Partnerships for Successful Delivery
13 May 2010
Re:allies is a new strategic collaboration of housing consortia representing Efficiency North (with St Leger Homes of Doncaster as the lead contracting...

HCA Sponsored Northern Summit
13 May 2010
Re:allies, a regeneration consortium of social housing providers, has announced the date of a ground breaking North of England Housing Summit for those...

Director Update, Eugene Wilson
13 May 2010
As the ‘Birthplace of Cooperation’, Rochdale is the perfect place to visit a social landlord to get an insight into the benefits of collaborative...

GM Procure Tenant Conference
13 May 2010
The GM Procure Tenant Conference will be held on 23rd March starting at 10am at Edgeley Park, the home of the Stockport County football club...

GM Procure Annual Challenge
13 May 2010
GM Procure has decided to host one major fund raising event per year and are pleased to provide details of this first years charity event. Our intrepid...

Tenant Involvement PR
10 May 2010
The country’s most prominent procurement consortia, GM Procure, have been heavily engaged in the development of their resident involvement process...

New Frameworks Update
7 May 2010
The second bulletin (in a series of three) aimed at our landlord partners, their tenants and the existing and prospective supply chains is now available...

Wolseley Press Release
7 May 2010
GM Procure have awarded a major contract for the supply of building materials and products for responsive maintenance to Wolseley UK, in a move that will...

GMEC Awards
23 February 2010
WHEN Wednesday 26th May 2010 WHERE Hilton Manchester, Deansgate ARRIVAL DRINKS 18.00 REGISTRATION 18.15 - 18.45 DINNER & AWARDS 19.00 AFTER DINNER...

Corporate Social Responsibility Audit
17 February 2010
A Corporate Social Responsibility Audit is intended to assess business performance beyond financial success against generally accepted criteria on areas...

Salix Stars Event
16 February 2010
The Salix Homes Customer Involvement team successfully hosted its second Salford Stars Awards evening at the Lowry theatre on Friday 5 February! 210 guests...

New Name Press Release
12 February 2010
Following the announcement that GM Procure and IMPACT Manchester, two of the country’s most prominent procurement consortia, are to merge, bosses...

ReAllies Press Release
12 February 2010
Manchester based GM Procure, the largest procurement consortium for social landlords in the UK, have announced that they are to be part of a new strategic...

Retrofit Study
7 January 2010
GM Procure have commissioned Arup, to consider a range of domestic properties owned by Salix Homes in Salford and investigate the best interventions for...

B4Box Graduation
7 January 2010
GM Procure joined B4Box along with its partners - Salix Homes, Salford Council and Salford City College - to celebrate the graduation of eleven trainees. ...

Director Update, Drew Thomas
4 January 2010
Manchester Solutions Deputy Chief Executive Drew Thomas said: "Initially we got involved with GM Procure when the idea was originally mooted in about...

Director Update, Jane McCall
4 January 2010
As a stock transfer from Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council in 2005 - and founder member of GM Procure - Trafford Housing Trust balances the need for...

Annual Conference 2010
14 December 2009
  In an innovative move for stakeholder communication, next year's GM Procure Annual Conference will be held on Thursday 30th September 2010 at...

Director update, Mike Birkett
18 November 2009
Burnley-based Calico Housing is one of two GM Procure member landlords based outside Greater Manchester. The RSL – which grew from a 4,500-home...

Framework Renewal
13 November 2009
GM Procure, Lancashire Housing Partners and Cumbria Housing Partners wish to collaboratively source internal and external contractors, to deliver works...

Think Positive
13 October 2009
GM Procure is keen to work with contractors that go the extra mile with their employees and sub-contractors. Which is why it was especially pleasing to...

Cost Management
13 October 2009
GM Procure was created out of a need for fairer, more predictable pricing for both landlords and their supply chains. We have been fortunate to have had...

GMEC Awards 2009
13 October 2009
The most hotly contested GMEC Awards event yet took place in May at the Hilton Manchester in association with the Commission for the New Economy.Hosted...

Multi-partner Success Story
13 October 2009
Key partners: GM ProcureHT ForrestManchester Solutions Skills SolutionsCity CollegeApprentice: Marc PearsonMarc Pearson left school at 16 with very...

Thinking outside the B4Box
13 October 2009
B4Box, a Salford-based refurbishment company, was honoured with the 2009 GMEC award for Welcoming Differences and Diversity for its ‘targeted recruitment...

Pembroke House Garden
13 October 2009
The Pembroke House Garden Project grew out of a local need to develop an unusable and unattractive space on Stockport’s York Street estate. The project...

GES GMEC Award Story
13 October 2009
In 2009, the GMEC Award for Reducing Re-offending was won by GES Contractors Ltd and Six Town Housing for their “strong partnership approach in Bury...

Victoria Close Estate
13 October 2009
Victoria Close estate, located to the west of Stockport town centre, was built in the 1970s as a mix of family accommodation and flats, the majority of...

Director update, Kevin Grainger
13 October 2009
The Home Group’s procurement strategy, developed in 2005, identified that although it was one of the UK’s largest Registered Social Landlords...

Mottram Street
13 October 2009
A piazza located within Mottram Street estate, north of Stockport town centre, was an area identified as a ‘priority one regeneration area’...

Chair update, Ian Perry
9 October 2009
GM Procure was born out of a collective need for fairer, more predictable pricing for both landlords and their contractors/suppliers. Mike Brogan was...