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The Housing PlatformBiggest Builders Survey 2024Join Platform Housing as we discuss the results of Inside Housing's Biggest Builder's survey, where the group placed very well following some great work from the teams involved with Growth and Development.Analysing all the results are Group Chief Executive Elizabeth Froude, Executive Director of Growth and Development Gerraint Oakley, Director of Land, Partnerships and New Business Kate Ellison; New Homes Delivery Director Paula Heatley and Director of Programme Helen Newbury.Rich Hurst the communications business partner is your host as the podcast is brought to you from the centre of Manchester during the Housing 2024...
2024-06-2629 minThe Housing PlatformUKREiiF special - Redefining Partnerships to Solve the Housing CrisisAt this year's UKREiiF conference in Leeds, Platform hosted a key note session about how we feel partnerships should change to accelerate delivery of affordable housing.Joining Platform's Executive Director of Growth and Development Gerraint Oakley were:Laura Shoaf CBE - Chief Executive of the West Midlands Combined AuthorityAnn Taylor - Development Director, SavillsDavid Mawson - CEO PlacefirstSimon Wingate - Partnerships Director at Lovell PartnershipsKate Ellison - Director of Land, Partnerships and New Business at Platform.They discussed how elements of...
2024-05-2456 minThe Housing Platform10 minutes on...Inside Housings' Biggest Builders surveyIt’s the end of June and recently Inside Housing released their annual survey of the sector’s biggest builders and once again Platform have maintained a strong position near the top of the Big 50. Our 1,304 starts on site puts us in the Top 10 of the developers whilst the pipeline statistics for the next year see us rank 8th overall, with 1,338 homes on the horizon. Our 962 completions put the group 17th in the Top 50 and subscribers will be able to look a little deeper into the numbers and how it reflects on the previous year to see...
2023-06-3011 min
The HIP: The Housing Industry PodcastGerraint Oakley, Executive Director of Growth and Development at Platform Housing Group | Hurdles the housing sector is facing, his hopes for the future of the industry in the UKWelcome to the fifth installment of The Housing Industry Podcast (The HIP). In this latest episode, our host James Leighton sits down to chat with Gerraint Oakley, Executive Director of Growth and Development at Platform Housing Group. Gerraint has had an interesting career spanning decades and multiple organisations, including Linc Cymru, Keepmoat Homes, and Curo Homes. He’s also currently an ambassador for the Construction Industry Training Board. He started his most recent position with Platform Housing Group in June 2020 and talks to James about the complexities of starting a new role during COVID-19 and the...
2021-09-2050 min
The Social Housing PodcastAre RSL's part of the solution to the housing crisis or part of the problem? | Episode #013Are RSL's part of the solution to the housing crisis or part of the problem?
That's the question I wanted to discuss for this weeks episode of The Social Housing Podcast.
And the best person to help me answer that question:
Gerraint Oakley, Executive Director (Growth & Development) at Platform Housing.
During the conversation we discussed:
✅ How the commerciality element within the sector is about being better, more efficient and driving profit so we can build more properties and deliver more services to support people.
✅ How the large surpluses HA's sit on - still requires a different type of skill set to u...
2021-08-0417 min