Jewson Partnership Solutions (JPS) has launched its third AVAIL Housing Hub, to help housing
providers in Aberdeen navigate the demands and challenges of supplying safe and quality social housing to
residents. For the first time, JPS has created a dual-offering Housing Hub, with customers also able to access a George
Boyd concept branch on site.
Following the successful launch of its first two AVAIL Housing Hubs in Leeds and Newcastle last
year, the one-stop-shop building and maintenance hub in Aberdeen will offer any operative serving
social housing providers all the benefits of JPS – including stock management technology, material
supply, waste disposal and expert training – to tackle changing legislation, health and safety, rising
costs, and decarbonisation regulations.
A wealth of products for construction, maintenance and repairs will be made available to
customers via the hub’s large external yard and warehouse, and JPS will apply its automated
replenishment technology to ensure levels of stock – which are specifically selected to support
social landlords with their key challenges – are always maintained.
The Aberdeen hub also includes a George Boyd concept branch, including plumbing and heating
stock, electrical assortment, and a kitchen and bathroom range tailored to public sector building
requirements, so operatives can purchase all the materials required for whole house solutions.
The branch will offer customers a click and collect facility, for speedy access to products.
Aberdeen is Scotland’s third largest city and almost a quarter of its dwellings are socially rented
either via housing associations or the local authority. Aberdeenshire, a neighbouring council area,
has around 15% of its homes classed as social housing meaning that across the region there are in
excess of 40,000 homes that could benefit from the Housing Hub’s offering.
Scott Cooper, Managing Director of JPS and George Boyd, said: “When we were considering the
location for our next AVAIL Housing Hub, we wanted to choose an area with a comparatively high
percentage of social housing, and where we knew we could make a true difference.
“JPS already has a strong foothold in Scotland, as the leading supplier of materials for repairs in
social housing in Edinburgh, Stirling, Dumfries and Dumbarton. We also already partner with a
number of housing providers in Aberdeen, but we know the Housing Hub will enable us to do so
much more for the city, so it made sense to for our next opening to be here.
“The hub, and its multiple benefits – which are making a huge difference in Leeds and Newcastle
where Housing Hubs are fully established – will arm operatives working on social properties with
innovative products, at a great price point to help elevate the living conditions of the region’s
residents. With the addition of our George Boyd concept branch at the same site, customers will
be able to make big efficiencies in their purchasing of materials and take advantage of the advice
of our expert team about a wealth of different projects.
“Housing associations are feeling more pressure than ever before to provide better housing for less
while simultaneously raising the standards of their properties. In Aberdeen, the AVAIL Housing Hub
enables us to act as a supply partner that can help them deliver on their objectives for the people
who need it most.”
The Aberdeen AVAIL Housing Hub is now open. For more information, please visit
www.jewsonpartnershipsolutions.com
