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Wates<\/a>\u00a0reveals its contribution to Birmingham as the business extends its contract to deliver housing repairs and maintenance across the city<\/h2>\n

Since commencing the major programme of housing repairs in 2016,\u00a0Wates Living Space has spent \u00a384.6m with local small businesses, a further \u00a32.9m with Social Enterprises and has invested over \u00a3870k in training for local people<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wates launches its \u2018Creating Tomorrow Together<\/a>\u2019 Contract Impact Report as it prepares to extend its work on behalf of the council for a further two years, which will see the business deliver repairs and maintenance for 31,000 homes across the city.<\/p>\n

The contract extension, which will commence in April 2020, will see Wates build on the work delivered over the past three years, which includes 89,829 gas services, 17,401 electrical tests and inspections and the refurbishment of 4,867 void properties.<\/p>\n

To date this work has seen Wates achieve an average customer satisfaction score of 99.8%, while also becoming winner of the UK Housing Awards 2018 for \u2018Outstanding Approach to Repairs and Housing Maintenance\u2019.<\/p>\n

As part of the contract extension, Wates has made a pledge to build on its investment in education, training, and employment in Birmingham. To date, this has included\u00a01,788 weeks of training and employment for local people\u00a0and an investment of over \u00a327k in supporting education, including career workshops at Erdington Skills Centre.<\/p>\n

Wates Living Space\u2019s work on behalf of Birmingham City Council<\/a> has also included a flagship project to refurbish the 20-storey Barry Jackson Tower in Aston, which opened this year as a pioneering initiative to offer temporary accommodation to the city\u2019s homeless people.<\/p>\n

David Morgan, managing director of Wates Property Services, commented: \u201cThe success of our work for Birmingham City Council can be seen in the scale and quality of our housing repairs and maintenance across the city, and particularly in the consistently high customer satisfaction scores our teams have achieved.<\/p>\n

“The team in Birmingham have worked tirelessly to find ways in which they can make a difference, whether this is in supporting students, training job-seekers or in volunteering time to help local good causes. I am extremely proud of what has been achieved and very much look forward to seeing this great work continue in the coming years.\u201d<\/p>\n

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