Now that renovation work is complete on the three Weston High Street shops, we’re celebrating all the positive impacts that this contract has achieved 🏪 🛠️ 💪 🎉
We work with all our contractors to maximise social value. This is a way of describing the positive impacts that a contract can achieve in addition to the physical work.
Huge thanks to our contractor Bray & Slaughter for all their hard work 🙏 As well as delivering a fantastic finish on the physical work, they have also delivered the following social value:
💷 Invested locally – prioritised working with local people and supply chains. Over £200,000 was invested in the local economy through suppliers based in North Somerset. A previously unemployed local person was also employed as a labourer on the project.
🤝 Worked with the local community – through a partnership with the
Growing At Grove Park Community Interest Company (CIC), 34 hours of hands-on support were provided and materials worth over £800 were donated. Work included building a greenhouse and raised planters to support biodiversity and accessible gardening, as well as improving facilities to benefit community wellbeing.
♻️ Diverted over 4.32 tonnes of waste from landfill – part of the Considerate Constructors Scheme, Bray & Slaughter aim to minimise environmental impacts wherever possible.
🦺 Promoted construction careers – an apprentice in Construction Management spent 34 weeks working on our High Street project. They played a key role in its delivery, carrying out day-to-day site responsibilities and assisting with project management tasks, gaining valuable practical experience. They also ran a session with Weston College T-Level construction students providing an insight into careers in construction, the value of apprenticeships, and an opportunity to meet the contractor and ask questions.
🏪 57 High Street, which was previously a vacant unit, was let to
Warrens Bakery Limited. It opened to the public in June.
🏪 The other units – 67 to 69 and 73 – have been refurbished to attract occupiers to create jobs in the town. They are now ready for tenants to bring them back to use. These units are being actively marketed by property consultancy Carter Jonas. Business owners interested in letting these units should call 0117 922 1222.
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