
Where are we with the Building Safety Fund and what does this mean for impacted residents?
FirstPort and industry colleagues have worked with the Government’s Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) for months to resolve issues with the Grant Funding Agreement as part of…

PMAS Awards success for much-loved FirstPort Scotland staff member
A popular FirstPort Scotland Area Manager from Inverness has been acknowledged as an industry’s ‘Rising Star of 2022’ at the annual Property Managers’ Association Scotland (PMAS) Awards. Lindsay Holmes (pictured left),…

FirstPort appoint Liam O’Reilly as new Head of Information Security
FirstPort has appointed Liam O’Reilly as its new Head of Information Security as it sets the industry bar for cyber security. Liam brings with him an extensive background in…

Mainstay wins management contract for The Waterside
Mainstay, part of the FirstPort group, has further boosted its foothold in the Midlands region by winning the operational management contract for The Waterside, an exclusive development in Worcester. The…

Mainstay wins management contract for iconic Gasholders London at King’s Cross
Mainstay, part of the FirstPort Group, has won the operational management contract for Gasholders London, the iconic residential development on the King’s Cross Estate. Mainstay was selected for its high…

It’s a Question of Choice
The key word in our industry at the moment is choice; and the importance of providing meaningful, democratic choice to our customers is a central theme of what’s coming down…

FirstPort receives sixth consecutive five-star health & safety grading
FirstPort has received a five-star grading from a recent Health and Safety Audit for the sixth consecutive year. Not stopping there, the organisation’s Health and Safety focus continues with it adding ISO 45001 certification for occupational health and safety for the first time. …

Roll with it: Forget Waitrose – Brits would rather live near a Greggs
Having an upmarket shop like Waitrose on your doorstep might improve house prices but Brits would rather live near a Greggs according to new research out today. Testament of the…

FirstPort Business Update
Reflections on the residential property management market The first full lifting of Covid-era restrictions during the summer months gave us pause for thought about how we as a business have…

Deck the halls with cardboard boxes: Online shopping packaging waste booms in run up to Christmas
An estimated 55.6million* packages were delivered to homes across the UK as a result of Black Friday, unwrapping a massive increase in household waste across the country according to new data by…