News stories
| 28-03-2013 | Phil Royales joins the City Response Team |
| Phil Royales joins City Response as Head of Responsive Repairs After a long stint at Yorkshire Housing, Phil Royales was looking for a new challenge in his life and when the opportunity to join City Response came up, he just couldn’t resist it. He...read more |
| 18-03-2013 | Hilary Benn and David Orr provide insight into opportunities arising from the new welfare reforms at the NHF seminar in Leeds |
| Hilary Benn - MP; David Orr - Chief Executive of the National Housing Federation (NHF); and Ian McAfferty - MPC member of the Bank of England all contributed to an interesting insight in to some of the challenges facing the social housing sector running up...read more |
| 12-03-2013 | Lisa-Marie joins City Response as an apprentice electrician |
| After years at college attaining Level 2 and Level 3 Certificate in Electrotechnology and the BS7671 Electrical Installation 17th Edition Wiring Regulations Qualification, Lisa-Marie couldn't get potential employers to see that she could match the skills of...read more |
| 12-10-12 | Fuel Poverty Conference |
| On the 12th October 2012 over 60 members of the National Housing Federation met at the Novatel Leeds to discuss the critical issue of Fuel Poverty.The event hosted by the Live Green, the environmental services business of South Yorkshire...read more |
| 09-10-12 | Green Issues |
| Green can be a win-win - Over the past 5 years we have been working on a waste reduction programme. Working with recycling professionals we have seen significant financial benefits. The percentage waste costs to turnover has reduced from 1.3% in 2007/08 to...read more |
| 09-10-12 | Community support |
| As part of our commitment to communities, City Response sponsors West Gorton FC.West Gorton suffers from high unemployment and sadly a higher than average crime rate. The funding for the club has given the opportunity to offer regular training sessions...read more |
| 09-10-12 | How Do City Response Measure Up? |
| Everyone likes compliments but who likes complaints?Well – we at City Response consider both compliments and complaints to be of equalvalue. All compliments and complaints received each month are analysed to see how well we are doing, every complaint...read more |
| 09-10-12 | Win, win, win |
| For your chance to win an apple nano please answer the following:How many trained “responsive operatives” does City Response have in total?Please send your answers to: info@cityresponse.co.uk clearly mark the subject as competition.Winners will be notified...read more |
| 09-10-12 | The face of City Response |
| Kevin Tetley is a Voids Service Manager at City Response.I get up at 6am and after a quick dash to the bathroom, it’s time to jump into my City Response uniform. The vibrant shirt reminds me that I belong to a great team of people.Then I’m straight to the...read more |
| 09-10-12 | On time and in budget |
| City Response was awarded the £2.3m contract to refurbish 144 houses in the West Gorton district of Manchester in April 2011. The 12-month program included complete property electrical rewires, new central heating systems and full replacement of kitchens and...read more |
