Work will cover repairs to Circle’s stock of 28,000 homes across the Midlands, Cambridgeshire, London, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Hertfordshire.

The first repair work is set to start this summer and Kier bosses are now keen to boost their pool of specialist contractors.

Kier wants to hear from firms who specialise in: heating & electrical installations, bathrooms, kitchens, roofs, windows, fascias, soffits, gutters, insulation, decoration, plastering, cleaning, lift maintenance and external works (tarmac, paving, landscape maintenance and fencing).

Subcontractors can register their interest with regional procurement manager Andy Mallet at [email protected]