Caernarfon Herald

Growth plans for rebranded homes group

- A HOUSING group has of homes it builds. Cartrefi Cymunedol 6,300 homes from Gwynedd council. Since then staff numbers Wales. construct 550 affordable years. properties with profits reinvested in the company. Adra’s chief executive Ffrancon Williams said

rebranded as it gears up for a major expansion in the number Gwynedd was set up in 2010 after the stock transfer of some have doubled to 300 and the company is building in five of the six counties of North

Now the group - which manages 6,300 properties - has been rebranded to Adra (Welsh for home) and has plans to properties over the next three

The organisati­on has also set up a subsidiary - Medra Homes - which will build market price the plans were expansion they would not lose focus on to Welsh language and culture of ensuring the county had

Mr Williams said: “It is very exciting and as we grow we will create jobs in the local “Since taking over we have 150 to 300, over the next three years we want to increase that again by between 50 and 100, these will be local people.

“We are currently in every availabili­ty of land - without suitable land we can’t build funding which is why we are He added: “We do have to manage growth carefully - our “We plan 550 homes over the next three years and 1,300 over seven years. There is a need for new homes - it is a big priority for the Welsh Government they want 20,000 homes over the current term, the political will is there and we want to He added: “We have set up Medra Homes to build market from these sales will then go added: “We are not turning our back on our tenants, we are

“We can’t turn our backs on the communitie­s we serve, this is very important.

“It is not just about it is about looking for where the demand, and that means rural communitie­s as well. “It is very important for the that we are building homes that local people in places like the Llŷn Peninsula can afford, “It means that people with a decent salary can get on the language are very important to The new ambitions has seen Creative, the new brand has been developed to reflect the variety of stakeholde­r groups time for us as a company. we are and what we do, and who we support, we wanted a brand that would better reflect company that CCG has grown into over the past ten years. coming in, but as a company we are always eager to stay ahead of the curve and develop ensuring we have a robust financial future so that we can continue to invest in the

The new identity and name change to Adra has been rolled out with a fresh palette of This also heralds a new fleet which were scheduled to

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