Press releases

If you have a press inquiry, please contact Dawn Mimnagh on 01767 685847 or email:dawn.mimnagh@grandunionhousing.co.uk

August 2008 - South Northants Homes Major Works Programme is Underway
In order to meet and improve upon the Decent Homes Standard, South Northants Homes are committed to spending a total of £46 million on modernisation, improvements, and the provision of day to day repairs, empty properties and cyclical maintenance programmes in the first five years following the transfer of the housing stock from South Northants Council.

July 2008 - Grand Union refurbishes landmark Rushden hotel
Leading east of England social housing provider, Grand Union Housing Group (GUHG), has refurbished the historic Rilton Hotel in the town centre of Rushden in East Northamptonshire. GUHG developed this scheme for its subsidiary organisation Aragon Housing Association.

July 2008 - Grand Union provides accessible web service to tenants
Grand Union Housing Group, a leading social housing provider in the east of England, believes in providing accessible services not just to our tenants, but also to the wider community. To this end, we have recently installed Browsealoud software to speech enable our websites.

June 2008 - South Northants Homes appoints first handyperson
On Monday 12 May 2008, South Northants Homes (SNH) were pleased to welcome Geoff Rooke as their first ‘handyperson’ within the housing association.

March 2008 - South Northants Homes is launched
We are delighted to announce the transfer of 2,900 homes from South Northamptonshire Council to South Northants Homes, which took place on Monday 17 March 2008.

For more information please contact:

Dawn Mimnagh
PR and Marketing
Co-ordinator
Grand Union Housing Group

Tel: 01767 685847
Fax: 01767 685801
Email: dawn.mimnagh@
grandunionhousing.co.uk