With news on: Willshee’s award; TGM acquires Deadman; progress at Viridor Avonmouth; and Veolia helps hospitals make savings.
Willshee’s in awards success – and expansion
The Burton Mail Business Awards 2017 saw firms across the area rewarded for excellence, with Willshee’s Waste and Recycling announced Medium Medium Business of the Year and then to the delight of the business, it was being crowned Business of the Year.
Started back in 1984 by Keith and Maria Willshee, the company – based in Burton-on-Trent – was initially known for just being about waste collection. It has since diversified to having a wide portfolio of services and all with the help with the second generation of the Willshee family and employs 65 people.
Set for expansion: Willshee’s is now to develop a site in Swadlincote
Director Dean Willshee commented: “Over the years Willshee’s has provided a competitive waste and recycling service to both the domestic and commercial sectors in the region.
“We have a strong health and safety ethos and we develop all our staff at every level whether you are a director or a member of the yard staff. We also listen to feedback from our customers and give them honest advice.”
The company offers a range of services including wheelie bin hire, skips, rear end loaders and all types of recycling. It employs a total of 65 staff.
And, Mr Willshee explained that as a family business, “Willshee’s has successfully made the transition to the next generation, and all the key roles in the business are occupied by second generation family members.”
Now the company is set to expand having acquired a new 33-acre site in Swadlincote which will form a major part of the overall growth strategy.
“The waste industry is evolving at a rapid pace and the subsequent opportunities around biomass and waste to energy are both enormous and Willshee’s are dedicated to becoming one of the largest none fossil fuel providers in the UK,” said Mr Willshee.
TGM acquires Deadman Confidential
London-based waste paper and plastics recycler, TGM Recycling Group, has announced the company is expanding with the acquisition of Deadman Confidential, to create a new Group Company, TGM Deadman Ltd.
Graeme Coombs, chairman of TGM Recycling Group
Deadman Confidential is a paper, plastic and cardboard recycling company. The company which is based in Mitcham, Surrey, will retain the confidential document shredding part of the business.
TGM Recycling Group chairman Graeme Coombs, said the move will “significantly increase turnover, gross profit and logistics coverage of the expanding Group”. And, he said the acquisition sees TGM take on in excess of 500 new customers.
TGM, which was previously known as Salter Paper Ltd until 2005, provides paper recycling and other recycling services primarily in London and the Home Counties.
According to Mr Coombs, the acquisition of Deadman further complements the company’s existing and growing plastics business which was acquired in 2016 (see letsrecycle.com story).
TGM currently has two depots in Croydon and South East London, and is close to achieving planning permission for a third site in Guildford Surrey.
The bulking station in Croydon, set up in the wake of the Deadman acquisition, already processes 300 tonnes per week.
It is suggested the move will also allow the company to become stronger in the OCC/cardboard market, as Deadman has a large number of customers which deal with the material. Mr Coombs said this is an area where he expects “big growth”.
Tony Deadman – a director of Deadman Confidential Ltd – is staying on in a shareholding capacity with TGM Deadman.
‘Strong progress’ at Viridor’s Avonmouth facility
Viridor has reported that construction at its Avonmouth Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) is making ‘strong progress’, with local suppliers helping to cement the foundations of the £252m project.
Members of the Avonmouth ERF construction team meet with Tarmac and Gap Hire in November to mark the supply chain spend milestone
The national waste management firm has spent over £1.5m within 20 miles of the Avonmouth site with contractors, including Tarmac and GAP Hire Solutions, now engaged on site.
The Avonmouth ERF, due to be operational in 2020, is the latest project in the Pennon Group’s £1.5bn UK-wide investment in “next-generation recovery and recycling facilities”.
Viridor said the company and its construction partners are committed to supporting the local economy and in July held a ‘Meet the Buyer’ event in Bristol for businesses to find out how they could become involved in the project. Over 30 interested companies attended and the first contracts have now been awarded.
Veolia helps hospitals make energy savings
Resource management company, Veolia is helping the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust increase energy efficiency, save money and cut carbon emissions.
By delivering a 15 year Energy Performance Contract (EPC) that will target savings of £1.3 million per annum the company will implement a wide range of improvements at Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Furness General Hospital and Westmorland General Hospital.
The Trust has 734 beds and serves a population of 365,000 people. To meet this energy demand a key part of the projects will cover the design, delivery, installation, commissioning and subsequent operation of two 800kW CHP units that will reduce annual CO2 emissions by 2,500 tonnes.
In addition to generating electricity for the Royal Lancaster Infirmary and Furness General Hospital, the CHPs will provide Low Temperature Hot Water (LTHW) at Furness, and steam through a waste heat boiler at the Lancaster facility. On both sites the CHPs will be connected to the Trust HV network via a new step-up transformer and ring main unit.
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