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Originally Posted by park381
Why not invite one of the big league Main contractors to refurbish one, and see what happens
I think this will happen when we get further down the track on refurbs.
Wow, don't understand that statement graham, why have Barrett a major house builder got itself involved in a small development in spring hill (the ex rists site) cause there is rich pickings to be had in the spring hill area at a later date.
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With refurbs most work will be done by local tradespeople. If the refurb programme had been rolled out whilst we had a chronic shortage of tradespeople the outcome would have been predictable and expensive. So part of this regen scheme is to put in place tradespeople who can soak up the demand that will surge. Not only that in reverse is gives us the chance to create proper jobs for local people on decent wages instead of the money going to out of town companies. Of course training takes a few years to come through.