One of the West Midland’s largest housing associations, the Accord Group, has awarded a £50 million repairs contract to Lovell.

Lovell beat 15 competitors to win the 10-year contract from the Accord Group, which provides 11,000 affordable homes and a range of services to 50,000 people across the Midlands.

As part of the deal, Lovell will undertake day-to-day repairs and provide a 24-hour a day reactive repairs service to Accord’s homes in Birmingham, Coventry, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Sandwell.

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Lovell, which looks after 200,000 domestic and commercial properties across the UK, will also carry our refurbishment and maintenance work to empty properties and other major works as part of the deal.

The contract, which is due to start from June this year, is expected to save the Accord Group £624,000 a year, a saving of over approximately £6.2 million over the next 10 years, and create 10 apprenticeships over the life of the contract. Mark England, head of corporate asset management for the Accord Group, said: “We are delighted to appoint Lovell to carry out our repairs contract and we are confident that they will deliver an excellent service for our thousands of customers.

“Not only has this deal been designed to meet our regulatory requirements, but it will also create a number of maintenance apprenticeships over the next 10 years and training opportunities for our residents.”

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