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The North West region of Lovell provides affordable housing and property refurbishment services across the North West of England. We focus on the provision of new and refurbished housing in the private sector, with a particular focus on increasing the volume of housing for sale through mixed-tenure development and land acquisition. We also construct public sector housing through partnering arrangements with key clients, as opposed to design and build or traditional tendering processes.
We pride ourselves on timing, quality and product excellence, and use an established consultation approach with all those involved in building and selling a house. This helps to facilitate long-term supplier relationships, and offers best value to both our clients and our customers. See projects in this region for some examples of our recent work.
Equally, we are proud of our leading training and career development schemes, ensuring that our people have the skills, competence and opportunities to develop in their roles, and deliver innovation and outstanding performance through their work.
Although we operate as an autonomous business, responsible for our own strategic planning, operational resourcing and commercial reporting, all of our work is underpinned by our wider business processes and supported by our parent company, Morgan Sindall plc. As a company we are committed to promoting positive environmental, health and safety, equal opportunities, employment and training, and customer service policies, and our progress against these is regularly monitored.
These pages provide an overview of our work. Please contact us if you require any further information.
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Miles Platting wins HCA award
The Renaissance Consortium is celebrating winning two national Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) Academy Awards for its apprentice scheme in Miles Platting, east Manchester.
 In addition, the Miles Platting apprentice programme beat all the other award winners – including housing associations, regeneration organisations and developers – to take the overall Co-operative Award for Excellence at the awards ceremony held at the Roundhouse, north London.
Since its launch in August 2007, the Renaissance apprenticeship scheme has provided employment for 18 locally recruited trainees working on the Miles Platting housing regeneration scheme. The regeneration programme is being carried out by the Renaissance Consortium – which is made up of Lovell, Adactus Housing Association and Investors in the Community – on behalf of Manchester City Council and New East Manchester.
The HCA judging panel described the Miles Platting apprentice training programme as “as excellent project demonstrating an innovative approach to staff recruitment and training through the use of apprenticeships”. Gill Taylor, chair of the judges, commented: “The particular success of this project was down to the intensive one-to-one support it offers the young apprentices; a model which offers considerable lessons for other projects.” The Co-operative Group, which chose the Miles Platting scheme for its excellence award, said Renaissance had “succeeded in going above and beyond its contractual obligations, resulting in a scheme that was having a demonstrable impact on the local community.” Sarah Klueter, senior community manager at the Co-operative Group, described the apprentice programme as “transforming the lives of young people in the area”. She stated: “The apprenticeship programme has an aspirational aspect, especially in a community where there is so much worklessness. Seeing young people doing well and growing in confidence is a really positive thing.”
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Manchester site boss named as one of UK's leading construction managers
Manchester-based John Mather is celebrating being named as one of the UK’s top site managers.
 Senior site manager John, 56, who works for Altrincham-based Lovell, has been chosen for a coveted Pride in the Job Quality Award by the NHBC (National House-Building Council).
The award is for John’s excellent management of The Way, the Lovell housing development at Beswick, east Manchester. The accolade recognises the high standards of workmanship and quality at the development where Lovell is building a 550-home development of new homes for open market sale, shared ownership and affordable rent as part of a major regeneration project in partnership with New East Manchester and the local community.
John achieved the award following a rigorous assessment process by the NHBC. Judges visited the site and looked at all aspects of his management of the development, from the quality of the building work and health and safety on site, to John’s technical expertise, people management ability, customer care and commitment to excellence.
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Green Ashton-under-Lyne housing development strikes gold at eco awards
An affordable housing development in Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, Greater Manchester, has won gold at the 2010 International Green Apple Environment Awards which promote environmental best practice.
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