In its first two years Urban Vision has created 80 new jobs and cut staff absence from 4.1% to just 3.2%. Through collaboration work with Capita Symonds, Capita’s property consultancy, Urban Vision has won work designing flagship schools under the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) initiative. When the Council’s landscape design team was seconded to Urban Vision, it was short of work and jobs were at risk. Two years on, it has a full workload and a good forward pipeline.

Access to Capita Symonds’ specialised office planning and design expertise has helped the Council cut property costs while improving the office environment, boosting staff morale and supporting recruitment and training.

Local growth and investment in the community is paramount to the success of the partnership. We’re supporting local growth and investment through a pioneering procurement framework which encourages constructor partners to recruit and train local people and use local suppliers.

"Urban Vision has made considerable efficiency savings which can be reinvested to further improve services. The new venture has made it possible to meet growth opportunities, deliver flexibility of workforce and has enabled staff to work more closely together"

Department for Communities and Local Government