One Big Housing Conference'

On the 6/7th October, The Community Housing Cymru (CHC), hosted the annual ‘One Big Housing Conference’ at the famous Metropole Hotel in Llandrindod Wells. CHC are the representative body for housing associations and community mutuals in Wales, which are all not-for profit organisations. The two day conference was hosted by BBC Broadcaster Sian Lloyd and covered a range of topics from ‘Scheme Regeneration’ to ‘The Future of Social Housing’.

The Welsh Housing Market is worth over £1.1 billion and trusted procurement frameworks are leading the way. The Welsh Procurement Alliance (WPA) (backed by LHC), exhibited at the conference and Neil Barker (Head of WPA Operations), presented a fascinating insight into ‘Innovative Procurement’.

The Sovereign Group have been appointed to all of the WPA fenestration Frameworks, which include U9 (PVC-U Window & Doors), C7 (Entrance Doorsets), A6 (Aluminium Windows & Doors) and TW3 (Timber Windows). Sales Director John Park-Davies, represented The Sovereign Group, who were also exhibiting at the conference, which was attended by over 250 delegates.

Established in 1973, Sovereign Group was one of the original innovators of windows and doors and operates out of its Lancashire based 180,000 square foot production facility employing around 200 people. Operating throughout mainland UK, Sovereign Group is a specialist in providing external envelope solutions into the public sector.

Sovereign supply a range of highly efficient windows and doors to a wealth of commercial contracts, including; local authority, housing association, mixed tenure new build, health trusts, the MOD and further education accommodation providers and education authorities. The award winning Investors In People Company also has a network of key distribution depots strategically located to service the main land UK.