The 10-year deal is expected to improve 18,000 homes across Bolton, with new bathrooms and kitchens, rewiring, central heating and boiler renewal, external refurbishment and infrastructure works.
Forrest’s relationship with Bolton at Home dates back to the early 1990s when Forrest was first engaged on improvement works. Over the last two years, Forrest has invested heavily in the area and in 2011 opened a 22,000 square foot facility near to the town’s Reebok Stadium.
Bolton at Home director of technical services Jim Higham said: “Over the years, Bolton at Home and Forrest have developed a solid partnership through working together to deliver our capital works programme. I’m delighted that with this latest appointment, we have the opportunity to build on our relationship for the benefit of our customers and communities.”
Forrest chief executive Lee McCarren added: “Fostering long-term partnerships is the bedrock of our business and this latest agreement with Bolton at Home is testament to the strength of the relationship between the two organisations which has been established for many years now.
“Bolton and Greater Manchester is a key geographic area for us too, where we’ve made significant investments into creating new jobs and apprenticeships since we opened our regional operations hub in the town in 2011.”
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