Connaught specialises in repairs and maintenance for social housing Administrators KPMG have announced 400 more redundancies, as well as further contract sales, at Connaught’s insolvent social housing unit.
It brings the total number of job losses to 1,100, though the accountancy firm said it hoped some would be rehired by the new contractors.
Connaught rival Mears has taken on eight contracts, while KPMG is talking to Norwich City Council over two more.
Connaught Partnerships Ltd went into administration last Wednesday.
“We have now transferred the vast majority of Connaught Partnerships’ contracts to new providers, safeguarding the majority of jobs and ensuring continuity of service for tenants,” said KPMG partner Brian Green.
The insolvent unit, which specialises in repair and maintenance contracts for social housing, employed a total of about 4,400 workers.
About 2,500 jobs were saved in a deal that sold the majority of the unit’s contracts to Lovells, the social housing wing of building firm Morgan Sindall.
The announcements leave about 800 jobs unaccounted for.
KPMG said it hoped Mears would employ the 600 workers made redundant from the contracts it had bought, and advised affected staff to call an enquiry line on 0845 602 2768.
Connaught’s separate environmental and compliance units are not in administration and continue to trade normally.
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