Sandwell Council Archives

Seddon on track to deliver £100m in social housing as Midlands growth accelerates

|Date: 6 July, 2022

Seddon on track to deliver £100m in social housing as Midlands growth accelerates

Fifth generation family-owned construction business, Seddon, has seen substantial growth across the Midla ...

Fifth generation family-owned construction business, Seddon, has seen substantial growth across the Midlands. The group has seen a 117% turnover in the region since 2018, part of which is the delivery ...

6 July, 2022
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£11m refurbishment to create 20 new homes

|Date: 30 June, 2022

£11m refurbishment to create 20 new homes

An extensive residential renovation scheme has now started on site at The Lakes in Oldbury, West Midlands ...

An extensive residential renovation scheme has now started on site at The Lakes in Oldbury, West Midlands for Sandwell Council, led by the specialist refurbishment team at leading housing provider Lov ...

30 June, 2022
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Delivering 90 new-build affordable homes for Sandwell Council

|Date: 17 November, 2021

Delivering 90 new-build affordable homes for Sandwell Council

An additional 90 new-build social homes are being added to Sandwell Council’s housing stock on two sites ...

An additional 90 new-build social homes are being added to Sandwell Council’s housing stock on two sites in the West Midlands. Construction has started on 27 new-build social homes on a brownfield sit ...

17 November, 2021
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Latest milestone at £73m aquatics hub celebrated with ministerial visit

|Date: 30 June, 2021

Latest milestone at £73m aquatics hub celebrated with ministerial visit

National contractor Wates Construction has reached its latest significant milestone in the construction o ...

National contractor Wates Construction has reached its latest significant milestone in the construction of the £73m Sandwell Aquatics Centre, in Smethwick, procured through SCAPE, one of the UK’s lead ...

30 June, 2021
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Kirona | Transforming housing repairs and gas servicing

|Date: 16 September, 2019

Kirona | Transforming housing repairs and gas servicing

Sandwell Council and Kirona have formed an alliance to transform housing repairs and gas servicing across ...

Sandwell Council and Kirona have formed an alliance to transform housing repairs and gas servicing across 28,000 properties. LABM finds out more. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (SMBC) covers an ...

16 September, 2019
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Sandwell Council presses ahead with building more new council homes

|Date: 3 September, 2019

Sandwell Council presses ahead with building more new council homes

Sandwell Council is pressing ahead with its plans to build hundreds of much-needed new council homes and ...

Sandwell Council is pressing ahead with its plans to build hundreds of much-needed new council homes and families have already moved into 50 new properties at Carisbrooke Road, Friar Park in Wednesbur ...

3 September, 2019
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Birmingham and Sandwell councils back Unite’s construction charter

|Date: 10 April, 2019

Birmingham and Sandwell councils back Unite’s construction charter

In a major boost for construction projects in the West Midlands, Sandwell Council and Birmingham City Cou ...

In a major boost for construction projects in the West Midlands, Sandwell Council and Birmingham City Council have signed a Unite Charter protecting construction workers. The Charter ensures that cond ...

10 April, 2019
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Sandwell selects Lovell for multimillion-pound external works programme

|Date: 7 February, 2019

Sandwell selects Lovell for multimillion-pound external works programme

Homes regeneration specialist Lovell has been appointed by Sandwell Council to help deliver a new multimi ...

Homes regeneration specialist Lovell has been appointed by Sandwell Council to help deliver a new multimillion-pound external works programme for council homes across the West Midlands borough. Work i ...

7 February, 2019
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