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Renfrewshire Council has ended a contract with a major property services contractor after the company's performance fell short of its expectations.
Bell Group was appointed by the local authority in October last year to deliver a programme of kitchen, bathroom and rewiring works across 158 homes.
However, the plug has been pulled with work completed in less than half of those after customers received a "less than satisfactory" experience.
That's according to a letter from the council's housing project manager that was sent to elected members in the early part of last week.
It added: "Communication from this contractor has been poor, as has the coordination of their trades. This has resulted in unacceptable excessive periods of time being taken to complete wor