Steve Benson

Steve Benson steps down as Chair

We’re incredibly sad to announce that Steve Benson is stepping down from his position as Group Chair of Grand Union after a year living with cancer. In his short time with us, he has made a really big impact on Board members and colleagues alike. Everyone at Grand Union wishes him and his family well. Emma Killick will take over as…

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Voice round up

News – 20 March 2024 We’ve had another great month of engagement on Voice, our customer feedback platform. Thank you to everyone who has taken part. We use the feedback we get from Voice to help improve the services we offer at Grand Union. Here are the results of the last few surveys and polls. Shaping the future for Grand…

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Did you know, this year is slightly different?

News – 19 March 2024 There are 52 weeks in a normal year, but every five to six years, there are 53 Mondays in a year instead. This next financial year, starting Monday 1 April 2024, is one of those years. If you normally pay rent for 48 weeks a year, you will have 49 weeks to pay this year.…

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Grand Union agrees deal for Northamptonshire homes

News – 18 March 2024 Grand Union Housing Group has bought nearly 140 affordable homes from the UK’s largest housing association, Clarion Housing Group. The deal has seen Milton Keynes-based Grand Union add the homes to its stock of nearly 13,000 homes, increasing its ability to invest in existing and new homes. Executive Director of Operations, Phil Hardy, said: “We’re…

Have your say – how are we doing?

News – 11 March 2024 We want to hear your views on how we’re performing. That’s why we’re running an anonymous survey for the next few weeks. What’s the survey about? It’s all part of the Tenant Satisfaction Measures, or TSMs for short. The TSMs are measures for landlords like us to follow. They help to make sure we are…

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Where are we building?

News – 11 March 2024 Here’s an update of some of the places where we’re building new homes. Raunds, Northants We’re building 16 homes for social rent and 14 for shared ownership; a mix of one-bed flats and two and three bed houses, including one specially adapted for a wheelchair user. The first phase of six homes is due for…

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Voice – The journey so far

News – 8 March 2024 Since Voice launched in September 2022, we’ve seen membership and engagement in the activities grow. Here’s an update on what Voice has achieved so far: 556 active members 23 surveys and 3,237 responses 7 forums 20 fun polls £1,970 paid out in incentives   Your voice has influence! After each survey closes, the Voice team…

Tell us when we get it wrong so we can make things right

News – 7 March 2024 We always aim to provide a great service to our customers. However, sometimes things go wrong. When this happens, we want to make things right as quickly we can. We also want to make it easy for you to tell us when we get it wrong. If you want to make a complaint, you can…

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No More Week

News – 4 March 2024 This week is ‘No More Week’, an opportunity for us to raise awareness of domestic abuse. Domestic abuse can take many forms, it’s not always physical. It can affect people of any age, from any culture or religion. It can happen within the family, or within a heterosexual or same sex relationship or people who…

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