News from CHIC

Kyle Smith joins CHIC as Director of Partnerships and Communications with over 15 years of experience in social housing, community development, business engagement, and marketing; most recently as Head of Communications at Trent & Dove, a social housing provider in East Staffordshire. Kyle is also a Board Member at Citizen Housing, a social housing landlord with homes […]

CHIC is pleased to announce a new partnership with Healthy Homes Hub to launch the Procurement Intelligence Hub, a dedicated knowledge resource designed to help housing organisations maximise the strategic value of procurement and asset management.  The new Hub has been created to increase understanding of how effective procurement extends far beyond a transactional purchasing function. By bringing

CHIC is pleased to announce the launch of a new, enhanced Merchants Framework, designed to support social landlords and registered providers with a compliant and flexible route to procure building materials, merchant services, managed stores and specialist supply solutions across a wide range of responsive repairs, planned investment, compliance and retrofit activities. Developed in collaboration

Andy Cameron-Smith sat down with Mike Harris, Head of Partnerships at CHIC, to talk about why health should be central to procurement in social housing, and how stronger collaboration across the sector can help drive better outcomes for residents. Here is a summary of what was discussed. Why should social housing providers prioritise health outcomes

The CHIC Conference & Exhibition 2026 is now less than two months away, taking place on 3rd June 2026 at the Telford International Centre. This year’s event is once again CPD accredited, so delegates support their professional development whilst engaging in a full day of sector insight, discussion and networking. Widely regarded as one of

We are pleased to present Episode 2 of The CHIC Podcast, featuring an in-depth discussion with Starship, a leading manufacturer specialising in Modern Methods of Construction (MMC). In this episode, Sarah Davey, Head of Development at CHIC sits down with Dave Dargan CEO and Founder of Startship alongside Frankie Mitchell, a Student from Leeds Beckett

Written by Pauline Lutaaya, Partnerships Manager More than five years since net zero became part of the housing sector’s everyday language, the challenge has shifted from ambition to delivery. While the UK has made strong progress at a national level, housing continues to lag behind, with many organisations struggling to turn plans into scalable action.

A month has now passed since Housing Horizons and it remains a valuable moment for reflection. We were proud to partner with The Housing Forum in delivering a conference that brought together voices from across the sector at a critical time. With increasing pressures facing social housing the discussions held throughout the event were both

JCT will officially be withdrawing its 2016 suite of contracts on March 31st 2026. This means that following this date, the JCT 2016 edition contracts will no longer be available for purchase either in hardcopy or digital format and will effectively be discontinued for use for new projects in favour of the newly issued 2024

CHIC is delighted to become a strategic partner of the Healthy Homes Hub, the membership body seeking to improve the health of living environments across social housing in the UK. The partnership will see the two organisations work together to help inform the hub’s membership of housing providers, health professionals and academics on how we