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Esh Group expands in Yorkshire after securing deal on £70 million development

Leeds-based Esh Property Services is expanding in Yorkshire after securing several prominent housing projects.

Esh Property Services recently secured a four year deal on the Yorkshire Housing construction framework. The housing association will spend £70 million building new affordable homes over the next four years.

The work includes the modernisation and improvement of housing in York for the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust and the building of new homes in Sicklinghall, near Wetherby, for Yorkshire Housing.

The refurbishment of homes in Acomb will be undertaken for Jephson Housing Association.

The projects will create work for 50 contractors in the region. Esh Property Services is a specialist in supporting housing associations, it is part of the Esh Group, which has expanded rapidly in Yorkshire in the last 12 months to now employs over 200 people in the region.

Andy Gawthorpe, regional managing director at Esh Group said: “Our work for these leading social housing providers will see much needed new, high quality, social and supported housing built and improved across the region. Esh Group is continuing to invest in Yorkshire to create new jobs and support community projects .”

Esh Group recently announced would take on 150 apprentices in the next three years across Yorkshire, Cumbria and the North East. The apprentices will join the Esh Academy and benefit from training and mentoring.

The company also provides support for young people through a variety of schemes. In the last year 6,200 students at schools across the North benefitted from the ‘Building My Skills’ programme which is co-ordinated by Esh Group and delivered with support from business partners.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Clare Burnett .