Housing Brighton 2025

We are the largest provider of housing qualifications in the UK. We provide everyone in the housing sector with an opportunity to continue their professional development through online qualifications and training. 

So, whether you’re looking to upskill, tackle future challenges, or develop your career, the CIH Housing Academy is here to help.

Axis offers a comprehensive range of repairs and maintenance services for social housing, from 24/7 responsive repairs to planned maintenance and compliance to decarbonisation programmes, we ensure residents’ homes are safe, comfortable and energy efficient.

At E.ON Green Funding Solutions we’ve paved the way as trailblazers in the UK energy efficiency retrofit market, working with local authorities, housing associations and government on pioneering large scale domestic programmes. In doing this, we're creating warmer and more comfortable homes that are both more energy efficient and cheaper to run for your residents.

Over the past four years, we’ve been at the forefront of shaping and delivering government funding initiatives, working with our supply chain, the government and our trusted partners across 131 projects.

Ideal Heating are the UK's leading heating manufacturer.
Providing central heating you can rely on for over 100 years, Ideal Heating has been bringing warmth and comfort to domestic and commercial markets since 1906. Committed to a sustainable future and maintaining our core principles of quality, innovation and value, we supply market-leading gas boilers, heat pumps and heating controls to homes and businesses across the UK.

Building Energy Experts is an award-winning sustainability consulting, testing, and retrofit company. Based in Bristol but operating nationwide, we provide a range of services for housebuilders, property developers, architects, councils, and other built environment stakeholders.

Our expertise is focused on improving building performance and achieving Net Zero targets. From new builds to existing stock, we combine technical expertise with a practical, hands on approach to achieve measurable results. Discover how our comprehensive services can support your projects, reduce carbon footprints and enhance energy efficiency across your portfolio.

Equipped with over 15 years’ experience in the delivery of planned refurbishment projects across London and the Southeast, SER Contractor has the necessary knowledge and skill to successfully deliver for our clients. We have existing partnerships with councils such as Lambeth, Haringey and Camden, where we’ve delivered similar works to a high quality, on time, and within budget.

We employ an in-house Procurement Team and also own a Builder Merchants Business, Elite Building Services (EBS), who specialise in cost effective material procurement. 

SER Contractor are a privately owned, London based SME contractor that is big enough to deliver but small enough to give a personalised, bespoke service that bigger firms can’t provide. We deliver everything from whole block refurbishments to kitchen and bathroom replacement programmes, voids, roofing, retrofit and FRA works.

SWITCH HOUSING

ASSIONATE ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE,
ALL FAMILIES ARE OUR CUSTOMERS.

‍Switch Housing is a multi solutions housing company that was formed in 2020 during the Covid pandemic when our hospitality group kept 2 hotels open to assist Birmingham City Council’s temporary accommodation demand.  Over the last 3 years switch have gained an invaluable understanding of the Social Housing issues and requirements across all areas. Our key areas for social housing support are:

• Provider and procurement partner for Temporary B&B & Apartment Accommodation with centralised bookings and audit team
• Social housing purchase & lease programs
• Turnkey purchase schemes
• Ad hoc project solutions

To date Switch have provided:

• Over 100,000 hotel rooms and apartments for families across the UK
• 15,000 children’s meals funded via Switch during covid.
• A number of self contained apartment facilities to assist council’s to move families out of B&B accommodation.
• Two red list hotels during covid.

Switch continue to provide:

• Over 1,000 hotel rooms and apartments each week
• Switch currently work with a number of local authorities across England
• Switch provide a suite of services for local authorities to include property inspections, health & safety certification and core standards checks.

Tapi Smart Flooring Solutions specializes in providing high-quality, cost-effective flooring solutions tailored for social housing projects. As the B2B division of Tapi Carpets & Floors, we understand the unique challenges of social housing, delivering durable, safe, and easy-to-maintain flooring options for projects of any size. Our range includes hardwearing carpets, vinyl, and laminates designed to meet the needs of tenants and housing providers alike. With end-to-end support, from consultation to installation and aftercare, we ensure efficient, reliable service for every project. Backed by Tapi’s trusted expertise, we help create comfortable, practical, and sustainable homes for communities across the UK.

South East Consortium (SEC) is proud to celebrate 20 incredible years of supporting the housing sector in 2025! 

Since we began, we’ve been dedicated to supporting Housing Associations and Local Authorities with flexible procurement solutions that save you time and money. Our frameworks connect housing providers with a wide range of suppliers - from local SMEs to national contractors - ready to deliver your projects. 

But we’ve grown to cover more than just procurement. We reinvest in the sector through our tailored training programmes, knowledge-sharing events, and community fund - all helping our members make a lasting impact.

Today, we’re owned by 55 Housing Associations and Local Authorities, collectively managing over 484,000 homes.

More information coming soon.

Social landlords have been making their neighbourhoods safer and cleaner for over a decade now using metroSTOR bin stores and charging stations. With the number of Lithium-ion battery fire incidents rapidly increasing and the government’s Simpler Recycling deadlines looming, our team look forward to sharing our latest solutions to help you improve resident safety and satisfaction while reducing both your organisation’s operating costs and carbon emissions.

UCEM is the leading provider of supported online education for the built environment, with more than 100 years’ experience of providing the highest quality learning opportunities. At any one time, it has more than 4,000 students from more than 100 countries benefiting from its qualifications taught by tutors with extensive industry experience.

We provide flexible and accessible postgraduate and undergraduate degree and apprenticeship programmes that fit your life and career goals at every stage, creating a better built environment that is shaped with people in mind.

We put people first. Our suite of modular, flexible courses are designed to work for each and every individual at each and every stage of their career. Whether you are starting out or levelling up, fitting learning around life or committing time to move to the next stage, we can offer a path that suits you and we’ll be there to support you every step of the way.

We champion the role of the built environment as the setting in which life and lives take place, today and for generations to come. Our courses put sustainability, security and the wellbeing of communities at the heart of everything and equip our graduates to build better, with people in mind.

At TCW, we are more than just a software company – we are a catalyst for change. Since our inception, we have been dedicated to empowering organisations to unlock the full potential of their existing data and compliance documentation. At the core of TCW's mission lies our commitment to taking the guesswork out of risk identification, ensuring that our clients can navigate complex regulatory landscapes with confidence and ease.

Our innovative data management software revolutionises operational efficiency in social housing, providing advanced technological solutions that streamline processes and elevate service delivery standards. By seamlessly converting data from compliance documents such as LGSRs and EICs into actionable insights, TCW empowers professionals with precise, evidence-based decision-making capabilities.

More information coming soon.

Aico, an Ei Company, are the European market leader in home life safety, pioneering new technologies and offering high quality alarms, developed and manufactured in Ireland. All Aico alarms meet UK standards and offer a variety of sensor types to guarantee protection for every home, the cornerstone of which is delivering education, quality, service and innovation. In 2020, Aico expanded their Connected Home offering with the acquisition of leading Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider, HomeLINK. HomeLINK are a multi-award-winning high-tech software team within Aico that leverage cutting edge home integration and analytic technologies to address the needs of social landlords and their residents.