Businesses committed to a fairer Coventry - Social value

Bowmer and Kirkland

Bowmer and Kirkland are a construction and engineering company that recently completed three major developments in Coventry city centre. The figures demonstrate the amount of social value the company has contributed to the city of Coventry's local economy, which has resulted in supporting local businesses, and created training opportunities, employment, and support to local communities and residents.

Total social value generated for the three major developments: VITA student accommodation, Two Friargate building and Hotel Indigo.

• Social local and environmental value £10.2million
• £22.4million local spend within a 20-mile radius
• 67 Apprentice and Trainees totalling 671 weeks

Case Study 1 - Two Friargate Social Value 

Social and local economic value generated = £5.1M

• 27 apprentices created with a total 341 weeks of training; apprentices and training provided for local young people
• 72 jobs advertised locally; job opportunities created for local people
• £9.3m local spend, supporting 32 local companies from Coventry and Warwickshire area - procuring goods and services through the local supply chain
• 28 hours of educational and career support sessions; working with local primary/secondary schools
• 8 weeks of work experience; working with local secondary and further education
• 106 tonnes of carbon saved; supporting the local net zero ambitions
• Fifteen students and three tutors from Coventry University came to site to visit the slipform and watch a presentation on the project.
• Nine quantity surveying students from Coventry University came for a site visit and presentation.
• Eleven students from Kazakstan who had come over to Coventry to complete some upskilling with Coventry University.
• Bowmer and Kirkland attended a career fair held at Blue Coat School, promoting Bowmer and Kirkland careers in construction.
• Worked with Eden All Girl School through mock interviews in December 2022.
• Bowmer and Kirkland supported local food hubs "Send your love this Christmas campaign” by providing donations for local food hubs to provide families in need with Christmas food.
• Supporting Coventry Foodbank - The Halo Centre
• Support for Coventry Food Network - Christmas food donations

Oasis Community Cafe

The Bowmer and Kirkland Social Value Manager contacted the local community group at the Oasis Community Cafe to see if there was anything the company could help with. As part of their commitment to the local community, Bowmer and Kirkland donated materials required for decorating the venue after the renovation.

Rose Community Centre 

Rose Community Centre, which is at the heart of Spon End has recently received support from construction company Bowmer and Kirkland and their subsidiary Peveril Decorators.

The Community Resilience Team has been working closely with Bowmer and Kirkland who are currently leading on major builds in the city such as Friargate Two, Hotel Indigo, Westgate Coventry Academy and VITA student accommodation to enable them to fulfil their social value commitment to the city.

The team put Bowmer and Kirkland in touch with the Rose Community Centre, as they were aware that the centre needed some refurbishment on its outside window frames. The Rose Community Centre offers some fantastic support to the local area such as a weekly social supermarket supporting families in need and a Men's Shed Group also runs from the building.

Bowmer and Kirkland kindly agreed to support the centre by supplying the materials needed such as paint and brushes and provided volunteers who helped to complete the painting over a couple of days.

Dave Roberts, Community Centre Manager from the Rose Community Centre shared "The Rose Centre would like to thank Bowmer and Kirkland and Peveril Decorators for their outstanding effort in painting our community centre windows and doors."

Bowmer and Kirkland have previously supported the centre with food donations for the social supermarket and have more recently started a regular drop of food donations from on-site staff to other social supermarkets in the city.

Case Study 2 - VITA Student Accommodation Social Value

• Social and local economic value generated = £1.03 million
• £2.9million local spend within a 20 mile radius, procuring goods & services through the local supply chain
• 29 Apprentices/Trainees supported with 291 weeks of training, apprentices and training provided for local young people

Bowmer and Kirkland hosted a workshop at The Job Shop in Coventry City Centre with people who were interested in construction followed by a site tour of Vita

Case Study 3 - Hotel Indigo Social Value

• Social and local economic value generated = £1.03m
• £931k local spend within a 20-mile radius - procuring goods and services through the local supply chain
• 11 apprentices and trainees supported with 39 weeks of training, apprentices and training provided for local young people

Additional case studies

• Kendrick Homes Ltd building new homes in Watery Lane in Coventry, and as part of their work, offered the city’s Food Hub Network a £3000 donation. 
• Bericote Properties developed three industrial warehouses totalling 784,000 sqft at Coventry Logistics Park. Working with Coventry City Council, Bericote achieved over £2.4 million in social value.