Mercian Shareholders vote to join Circle Anglia
Circle Anglia Housing Group, one of the UK's leading providers of affordable housing, has today announced that the shareholders of Mercian Housing Association have voted to join the group.
The West Midlands based housing association will become a partner in the Circle Anglia group in October 2009, subject to approval from the Tenant Services Authority (TSA).
Mercian Housing Association will bring 3,400 rented and shared ownership properties to Circle Anglia, meaning the group would collectively own and manage over 51,500 properties. Resulting cost savings in procurement, partnering and business support services will enable Circle Anglia partners to invest more in their mission to enhance the life chances of their residents.
Mark Rogers, Group Chief Executive of Circle Anglia, said:
“We’re delighted Mercian has decided to join Circle Anglia. Mercian understands Circle Anglia’s vision and shares our values of providing better homes, delivering great customer service, and investing in the wider community. This joint vision will help us in building a partnership that we will both benefit from, enabling us to enhance many more life chances throughout the UK.”
Laurice Ponting, Chief Executive of Mercian said:
“I’m very pleased that shareholders agreed that joining Circle Anglia would enable us to continue delivering great services to our residents. I look forward to exploring the opportunities for sharing best practice and expertise with our new partners in Circle Anglia.”
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About Circle Anglia
Circle Anglia is one of the UK’s leading providers of affordable housing. With a dedicated team of more than 1,600 staff, Circle Anglia manages more than 48,000 homes, including supported and sheltered housing, for more than 180,000 people across the UK.
Its mission is to provide ‘So Much More’ to its residents, teams and wider stakeholders by providing great homes and reliable services, and building sustainable communities to improve people’s life chances.
The Circle Anglia group includes 10 partners. Seven registered providers (RPs): South Anglia Housing, Wherry Housing Association, Old Ford Housing Association, Circle 33 Housing Trust, Roddons Housing Association, Mole Valley Housing Association and Russet Homes; two support & care partners: EPIC Trust and Invicta Telecare, as well as Commercial Services Circle Anglia for shared ownership, market rent and private sale properties.
In 2007 Circle Anglia won the ‘best small development” award at the Affordable Home Ownership Awards for the ‘Ice block’ in Islington, Best Employer category in the 2007 Eastern Daily Press Recruitment Awards and in 2008 won a Housing Corporation Gold Award at Old Ford for ‘building cohesive communities’. Circle Anglia Group is certified as an ‘Investor in People’.
For more information about Circle Anglia and its partners, please visit www.circleanglia.org, email pressoffice@circleanglia.org or call 0845 234 0824.