REGENERATION & DEVELOPMENT: THE IMPACT OF USING A LOCAL SUPPLY CHAIN

Arguably one of the greatest urban regeneration success stories of the last century, Liverpool has played host to some of the UK’s most expansive regeneration schemes and projects.

From the development of Liverpool ONE and The Knowledge Quarter to the regeneration of Liverpool Waters and the Baltic Triangle, these projects deliver a legacy of transformational regional development, commercial development, neighbourhood renewal and economic regeneration.

But even from the outset, in the planning and build phase of a regeneration project, immediate benefits are realised by creating a local supply chain of SME businesses.

Iona Thomson, Client Director, Executive Education at University of Liverpool Management School speaks to Damian Meyers - Managing Director of Clan Contracting and an alumni member of the University’s Help to Grow: Management programme –for his views.

Tell me about Clan Contracting Clan Contracting specialise in heritage restoration to building of historical significance. Our services include structural repair, facade repair and specialist site investigations. We’ve worked on projects throughout the LCR for over 40 years.

What are the benefits of building a strong local supply chain?

It’s only right to expect that as much of public or private money being invested is spent locally, where it can deliver the greatest benefit to local communities. By prioritizing the use of local SMEs and locally sourced labour, goods and services, regeneration projects can have an immediate impact on local prosperity – creating jobs, maximizing local spend, and building local business capacity and supplier communities. www.liverpool.ac.uk/helptogrow

Speaking as a local SME contracting business, it makes a big difference to our business if future regeneration opportunities are communicated early as this enables us to make investment decisions on resources, skills, and equipment.

For businesses like ours, having visibility and certainty of work is transformational for how we operate, plan, and grow.

Damian Meyers [Clan Contracting] is an alumnus of the Help to Grow: Management programme at the University of Liverpool. Supported by theknowledge, help, and support they received, Clan have a record pipeline of new projects and a projected growth of 10%.