Irish eyes were smiling on the Lydford Estate

A little bit of Ireland came to the Lydford Estate in Kilburn, Westminster, on St Patricks Day when over 30 local residents came together to celebrate.
The...

Easter fun in Woking

Over 100 New Vision Homes residents, living in sheltered and supported homes, attended an ‘Easter eggtravaganza’ on Thursday 21 March at the Moorcroft...

Pinnacle PSG's potential hero

Pinnacle PSG’s Head of Training and Development, Gary Dear, has been shortlisted for ‘Inspirational Mentor of the Year’ in the 2013 Housing...

Austerity should not mean poor housing

Neil Euesden, Pinnacle PSG's Managing Director, comments on why Austerity should not mean poor housing in the latest issue of The MJ.

Housing...

Five nights of film fun for all the family

Tinsel town came to Maida Vale in the form of CityWest Homes’ and Pinnacle PSG’s week-long free film festival.  Over the half-term, local residents...

Pinnacle PSG Staff Awards 2012

CityWest Homes and Pinnacle PSG shortlisted for four TPAS awards

CityWest Homes has been shortlisted for two TPAS awards and two joint awards with contractor, Pinnacle PSG. The national awards celebrate the very best practice...

Moving Forward Now - Myatts Field North

Last week, residents of the Myatt’s Field North community in Lambeth joined Pinnacle PSG’s local housing management team to celebrate a landmark stage...

Housing Management Hub Launch

Today the Guardian Housing Network in partnership with Pinnacle PSG has launched its latest online professional hub: the Housing...

10 years at Pinnacle PSG

Last month, three Pinnacle PSG staff members, who work in our CityWest Homes contract in Westminster, were awarded a ‘Long Service Award’ for working...

Santa Claus is coming to Woking town

Hundreds of people got their skates on to have some icy fun after a temporary rink was opened in Woking town centre at the weekend.
The artificial rink,...

Problem tenants shown the door

“Respect your neighbours and your surroundings or you could lose your home”. That is the stark message from Orson Carryl, Anti-Social Behaviour Manager...

Shed loads of graft in Queen’s Park

Storage sheds on an estate in Queen’s Park, Westminster, recently got a winter makeover. The CityWest Homes handyperson team and Pinnacle PSG teamed up...

Meeting the customers

Over 100 local residents turned out for Lambeth Living’s ‘Information Cafe’ held in Norwood’s local Salvation Army Hall last month. The...

It was all fright on the night

Over 120 ghost and ghouls, big and small, took part in a spooky Halloween party in Woking on the 26th October. The party was arranged by Woking Community Police,...

Pinnacle PSG communities have their say

This October saw nearly 200 residents’ from across the UK come together to take part in Pinnacle PSG’s annual Residents Conferences.

The two...

BSA publishes Annual Review 2012

The Business Services Association - the BSA - is a policy and research organisation bringing together all those who are interested in delivering efficient, flexible...

Regenter Myatts Field North consortium wins Best Scheme in Planning award

The Regenter Myatts Field North consortium comprising Regenter, Higgins Construction, Rydon Maintenance, Pinnacle PSG and E.ON has received the award for the...

Wall art for Wilberforce

Wilberforce Primary School joined forces with CityWest Homes’ handyman service and Pinnacle PSG staff at the neighbourhood office to help paint and prepare...

Olympic night to remember

Sukhbir Singh Sangha, from Romford, had a night to remember at the closing ceremony for the Olympics last week when he, as part of the dance troop VP (Virsa Punjab)...

The Hanging Gardens of Woking

Green-fingered residents of Nottingham Court sheltered housing scheme dug out their trowels and came out in force to craft some floral masterpieces on a beautiful,...

Party in Queens Park

On Saturday 30 June Mozart Estate in Queens Park buzzed to the sounds of rhythm and blues and Bollywood in a day of fun filled singing and dancing.
Although...

Local youngsters go potty for Pinnacle PSG’s plants

Weir Estate in Lambeth was buzzing in June, when local residents gathered to take part in the annual ‘Weir Community Day’.  Visitors were able...

Art club has 'New Vision'

Youngsters in Sheerwater and Maybury are aiming to give this year’s Turner Prize entrants a good run for their money with a little help from Bob Morgan...

Clapham estate clean up a “great success”

The Notre Dame Estate in Clapham got a complete ‘makeover’ last month following a Lambeth Living initiative supported by Pinnacle PSG and Morrison.

Hong Kong group invests £500 million in Greenwich Peninsula providing new housing and jobs for London

Pinnacle Regeneration Group (PRG), the parent company of Pinnacle PSG, has today announced that its major shareholder, Dr Henry Cheng, a leading Hong Kong businessman,...

Child’s play at Ivybridge

After receiving a £50,000 grant from Lottery Fund, the Ivybridge Estate in Isleworth, Hounslow can now boast a brand new playground and play space on...

Joynul Miah shortlisted for the 2012 Housing Heroes Awards

Joynul Miah, a Pinnacle PSG housing officer based in Westminster, has been shortlisted from more than 300 entries to the 2012 Housing Heroes Awards. These awards...

Cycling Cinema comes to Woking

For the past two weeks community and estate halls around Woking have been transformed into cinemas for the night thanks to four bicycles and some muscle-power...

Regenter Myatts Field North Consortium achieves financial close on Lambeth housing PFI project

The Regenter Myatts Field North consortium comprising Regenter (a 50/50 joint venture between John Laing and Pinnacle Regeneration Group), Higgins Construction,...

Residents step out in Queen’s Park

Residents of Mozart estate, Queens Park, recently did some Strictly Come Dancing at the estate’s first Spring Tea Dance. At an event organized by CityWest...

Pinnacle forms a Registered Provider

Pinnacle Spaces, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Pinnacle Regeneration Group, has today become a new Registered Provider (RP) under the Housing and Regeneration...

A new vision for Woking’s homes

From 2 April 2012, the homes of the 3,800 Council tenants and leaseholders in Woking will be managed by ‘New Vision Homes’. Following...

Youngsters on the Mozart Estate are game for anything

Olympic events came early to the Mozart Estate in Queens Park when over 70 local residents, mainly youngsters, from across the estate took part last week in a...

Government gives green light to £150m housing estate transformation

An outdated Lambeth Council estate will be transformed into state-of-the-art social housing after £150m in Government funding was approved this week.

Youth club of Muslim girls opens on Queens Park estate

A new homework club has been launched for Muslim girls and young women living on the Queens Park estate, Westminster.
Staff from the Queens Park village...

Work begins on Excellent Homes for Life PFI Housing scheme in Kirklees

Work has now begun on a number of the 27 sites across Kirklees, which will see brand new council homes built over the next two and a half years.
Following...

Community Budgets – a comment piece by Neil Euesden, Managing Director of Pinnacle PSG

As part of their localism drive, the government is keen to introduce whole-place Community Budgets.  They are very similar to the Total Place initiatives...

Pinnacle PSG awards first contract of its kind to Metropolitan Support Trust

Pinnacle PSG has awarded Metropolitan Support Trust (MST) a contract to provide grounds maintenance at Highlands Village in Enfield. The contract will allow MST,...

MozART reveals some new talent in Queens Park

Westminster is host to some of the nation’s best loved art galleries such as the National and the Queens. Thanks to a local competition, they can now add...

Trainees 'thrive' in Westminster

Pinnacle PSG and gardening charity Thrive joined forces last autumn to offer eight young people with physical and learning disabilities the chance of work experience. ...

Pinnacle PSG and Mansell joint venture named as preferred supplier to manage Woking’s homes

Woking Borough Council has announced its intention to outsource its housing management to a joint venture between Pinnacle PSG and Mansell Construction Services...

Bulbs to brighten up an estate

With 20kg of bulbs provided by CityWest Homes and its housing management contractor, Pinnacle PSG, parents and children last week took part in a planting bonanza...

Major makeover for Montgomery

An army of over 20 residents, equipped with spades, forks and trowels, joined staff from Hounslow Homes, Pinnacle PSG and Groundwork Thames Valley on a Saturday...

Estate gong goes to Pinnacle PSG gardeners

With a little help from Pinnacle PSG’s landscaping team, residents at Arlington Lodge in Brixton won the ‘Best kept estate’ category in this...

Cycling cinema comes to town

Take a field in Maida Vale, set up a large projection screen, plug your projector into a couple of push bikes and you have a cinema! Push bikes were also used...

Bow WOW Factor!

CityWest Homes and Pinnacle PSG's Queen’s Park housing team organised its own ‘X Factor’ competition, but with a difference….dogs were...

Pinnacle PSG celebrates 10 years of environmental care

Pinnacle PSG has been awarded ISO14001 accreditation for the 10th year running, providing clear proof that Pinnacle PSG goes the extra mile in minimising the...

Having fun in Bayswater

Residents from the Hallfield Estate in Bayswater turned out in force on Saturday 10th September  for a great fun day out on the estate.
Around 200...

Every dog has its day

Pinnacle PSG and CityWest Homes Queen’s Park housing team is organising its own ‘X Factor’ competition, but with a difference….dogs will...

Pinnacle PSG residents to be bowled over at the Oval

Over 120 residents’ from across London and the South East will be attending Pinnacle PSG’s annual Residents’ Conference at the Oval Cricket...

Pinnacle PSG paints the playground black!

Pinnacle PSG office staff in Westminster downed biros and computer mice for the day and took up paint brushes and rollers in the name of its regular “Management...

Maida Vale goes Latin

A small piece of Latin America came to the Maida Vale Estate on Thursday last week when salsa topped the bill at the Maida Vale ‘Fun day’ held at...

Called in a crisis

Although Pinnacle Connect, a 24/7 contact centre, is used to dealing with emergencies, the level of the disturbances across the country, and particularly in London...

A garden fit for butterflies

Would you know a ‘chequered skipper’ from a ‘swallowtail’ or a ‘brown hairstreak’ from a ‘short tailed blue’? ...

£1500 for three community projects

Three community organisations left this year’s Chartered Institute of Housing’s (CIH) Annual Conference £500 better off thanks to awards made...

All in a day's work

Now that the ‘Ground Force’ team have all gone on to do other things, when the grounds of Portnall House in Queens Park, West Kilburn needed a thorough...

Pinnacle Regeneration Group announces £30m investment

Pinnacle Regeneration Group (Pinnacle), Pinnacle PSG’s parent company, today announces a £30m investment in the company by three prominent Hong Kong-based...

Projects on Pinnacle PSG’s patch take to the stage

Pinnacle PSG will be sponsoring the Community Initiatives Cafe at the Chartered Institute of Housing’s (CIH) Annual Conference and Exhibition in...

Culture clash: how to survive the move to the private sector

Thousands of public sector workers face moving over to the private sector, whether by choice or by force. Neil Merrick speaks to those who have...

Residents’ seaside trip saved

Residents of Sylvia Lawla Court, a sheltered housing block of 26 homes in Wood Green, north London, thought their annual summer trip to the seaside was in jeopardy...

From L&Q to Pinnacle PRG

David Gannicott has joined Pinnacle Regeneration Group (PRG) as its Director of Partnerships following a 12 year successful career with the London & Quadrant...

Pinnacle PSG rocks!

Shirley Hopkins, a resident from Chalkhill in north London wrote to Roger O'Sullivan, Regional Director, South for Pinnacle PSG asking for help from his grounds...

Pinnacle PSG gets stuck in to local allotment project

Pinnacle PSG staff gave up their time to join forces with Metropolitan Housing Trust (MHT) London, which is part of the Metropolitan Housing Partnerships, and...

Contract win sees big changes for a better service

From June 6, while CityWest Homes will retain overall responsibility for their 22,000 properties, Pinnacle PSG will now manage 10,000 of these properties. ...

Four projects in the running for funding in Brockley

Community spirit is very much alive and well in the Brockley area of Lewisham and with a little help from Pinnacle PSG, local residents hope to cash in on £14,149...

CLG department visits Pinnacle PSG managed estate in Westminster

As a part of its ongoing ‘Public services in action’ campaign, this month the CBI arranged for officials from Communities and Local Government (CLG)...

Flying the floral flag for the royal wedding

Pinnacle PSG added a splash of colour to royal wedding celebrations at Beldanes Lodge in Willesden this April. The residents of the sheltered housing scheme in...

Tweet tweet...

Neil Euesden, Pinnacle PSG’s Managing Director, has joined the Twitter revolution. Read his tweets by following @neileuesden on http://twitter.com/neileuesden...

Pinnacle PSG builds on success story in Westminster

Westminster City Council has awarded Pinnacle PSG a new housing management contract.  Pinnacle will provide the full range of housing management and estate...

10 strong Pinnacle PSG team muck in to mulch estate

‘You supply the muck and we’ll provide the labour’.  That was the offer Pinnacle PSG made to Metropolitan Housing Trust staff looking to...

Clare Estate children's playground is officially open!

Councillor Helen Klier, Cabinet Member for Children and Young People, had a swinging time, along with youngsters from the Clare Estate, Lewisham last weekend...

Cash keeps club open for business

“A lifeline for our members”; that was how Josie Cass, committee member of the Hillside Hub club on the Hillside estate in Harlesden North West London,...

Dogs now have somewhere to do 'the business'

Dog mess around the Foxborough Gardens Estate in Brockley should now be a thing of the past, thanks to Lewisham Council and Pinnacle PSG.
Estate residents...

A decade of dedication

“We have always invested heavily in our most valued commodity, our people, and we now have the evidence to prove it”. That was the view of Pinnacle...

Specialist chemical training for Pinnacle PSG staff

When you have 1,300 staff providing cleaning and grounds maintenance services to over 100,000 homes, 180 schools and 75 public sector buildings, using the right...

New playground is child's play

A new play area for children on the Clare Estate in Lewisham was completed in January 2011 thanks to £50,000 worth of funding from Lewisham Council and...

Satisfaction levels soar in Clapham Park Homes contract

“Our estates have never been cleaner and the public areas are now greatly improved”. That was the view of Pinnacle PSG's client Clapham Park Homes...

Pinnacle PSG chalks up another success in Chalkhill

Since Pinnacle PSG won the grounds maintenance and cleaning contracts on the Chalkhill Estate in Wembley in April, 2010, the improvements have been so dramatic,...

330 emergencies…all in a day’s work

Whilst most of the country was tucking in to their Christmas turkey and pud over the five day Christmas holiday period, Pinnacle Connect’s specialist 24/7contact...

Residents awards go to Pinnacle PSG

Four Pinnacle PSG staff in Hackney have received awards for going ‘the extra mile’ in the service they provide to local residents on behalf of Hackney Homes in East...