Since 1987, Highwood has enjoyed a spectacular journey that has propelled the business from small, independent developer to become one of the south’s most respected property companies with numerous high profile, award-winning housing care and retirement schemes and nationally-acclaimed business growth awards to our name. Today, the platform created by the three founding directors and the growth they have led is now ready to be taken on its next journey…

In the spirit of this month’s Men’s Health Week and to, quite literally, build on the momentum of its support for mental health awareness with Project Spartacus that saw the ManGang and Highwood’s supply chain partners come together to build something amazing.

Highwood has achieved the enviable title of ‘One of the 100 Best Companies to Work for in the South-East’ by Best Companies, the organisation that inspires, measures and recognises workplace engagement. We ranked 89th in this category and, to add to our pride, Highwood was also declared fourth in the ‘One of Property’s 5 Best Companies to Work For in 2021’ listing.

The Park’s local centre that will serve as the heart of this award-winning community development has officially opened and welcomed its first customers.

Mental Health Awareness Week begins today and presents a great opportunity for organisations to help change the way people think about mental health and to support colleagues facing their own mental health challenges. Read how we’re creating a culture of openness and support to champion men’s mental health.

Highwood has given the new North Stoneham Scout Group’s fundraising target a welcome boost by donating £1400 to its appeal fund – half of what it needs to support this new initiative at the Park for the coming year. The 11^th Eastleigh Group had to find £2800 to meet the cost of community hall hire charges, equipment and outdoor activities and Highwood was delighted to step in and contribute.

Highwood has handed over its long-awaited retirement and assisted living development in the Sussex village of Westergate, to leading housing and care partner, Housing 21.

Highwood has handed over the new North Stoneham Park local centre that will serve as the heart of the Park community to Eastleigh Borough Council when the current Covid restrictions allow. Home to a day nursery, café and a community centre offering a community hall, youth room, health space and meeting rooms, the local centre will be managed and operated by YMCA.

Highwood has marked International Women’s Day (IWD) with a call for more women to enter an industry that, historically, has been a male dominated sector. The theme of this year’s IWD is #ChooseToChallenge, which aims to celebrate achievement and to bring about awareness of bias and change towards a more gender-equal world – Highwood is showing how it’s done.

A report released this week has pointed to a mini-boom in the rental property market that’s being spurred by the Covid-19 pandemic as tenants re-evaluate and reassess their housing requirements.