A number one North Wales civil engineering firm is gearing up for a significant growth into development with 4 key appointments because it goals to extend turnover to over £20 million.
Deeside-based Hollingsworth Group, which numbers a few of UK trade’s greatest names amongst its blue-chip shoppers, has made a significant funding in plant and plans to develop its development arm, Hollingsworth Ellery.
The Group have ploughed £1 million into new tools and equipment, together with seven new Hitachi Excavators, and have added senior workers to make an growing splash within the constructing and civil engineering sectors.
They’ve taken on an operations supervisor, Peter Blake, two amount surveyors in Mike Steen and Chris Wardle and a purchaser, Jim Cartridge.
It’s a part of a drive to ramp up turnover to over £20 million from its pre-lockdown £15 million and they’re nicely on its technique to doing so with a bulging order guide and plans to develop into residential work.
Hollingsworth Ellery Director Steve Ellery, from Rossett, mentioned:
“The Group have plenty of blue-chip shoppers like Airbus and Muller for whom we’re engaged on dairies from Bellshill in Scotland to Bridgwater in Somerset.
“Work did fall away in lockdown nevertheless it has rebounded massively and we’ve got to be prepared for that which is why we’ve got been recruiting, particularly in senior roles, and with individuals who we all know may help take us ahead.
“We’re additionally selecting up new shoppers like chemical and supplies producer Ingevity in Warrington and getting enquiries from a number of extra main shoppers so it’s critical that we’ve got the fitting individuals in place to reap the benefits of these alternatives.
“We wish to do extra within the residential development sector on contracts as much as £2 million the place individuals like Peter and Chris have specialist expertise.
“This diversification helps Hollingsworth develop their enterprise and we’re already on the right track to turnover £15 million this 12 months and seeking to construct previous £20 million within the subsequent 18 months.
“We have now additionally taken on three extra on-site workers with two undertaking managers and a website supervisor appointed and with Mike Steen returning to us and Jim Cartridge with whom we’ve got labored earlier than we’ve got a staff in place to assist us develop.”
A part of that growth entails extra turnkey development work on small residential websites together with constructing specialist lodging for the care and well being sectors which can be undertaken by the Hollingsworth Ellery sector.
New operations supervisor Peter Blake, from Greasby, on the Wirral, has spent most of his profession within the house-building sector, first as a joiner earlier than shifting into administration.
He mentioned:
“It’s a little bit of a profession change for me as I’ve labored in housing development whereas Hollingsworth are most likely finest identified for his or her work within the industrial sector.
“However they wish to develop into the residential market and I can convey my experience to that for a corporation who’re well-known for being very skilled and I like their work ethic as nicely.”
Amount surveyor Chris Wardle, from Nantwich, mentioned:
“Hollingsworth are a very good firm and are good individuals they usually’re clearly doing issues proper when you take a look at their consumer record.”
Senior amount surveyor Mike Steen, from Cilcain however now residing in Chester, has returned to Hollingsworth and he mentioned:
“They’ve at all times been an excellent firm and now with their plans for growth they want a powerful staff to again them up and that’s what they’re constructing.”
Purchaser Jim Cartridge, from Rhyl, has come from a builder’s retailers background and he mentioned:
“I’ve identified Hollingsworth for plenty of years they usually’re a really skilled firm who at all times need issues performed the fitting approach.
“I simply had a cellphone name out of the blue and I’m simply delighted they needed me to be half of what’s an excellent staff.”
Group Managing Director Paul Hollingsworth mentioned:
“With these new appointments we’re nicely positioned to ship that improve in turnover throughout all sectors within the subsequent couple of years.
“Similtaneously we’re investing in new workers we’re additionally ensuring we’ve got the tools to ship these contracts which is why we’ve got additionally invested closely in new excavators.”
The Hollingsworth Group was based in 1988 by brothers Paul and Shaun Hollingsworth and is North Wales and the North West’s main civil engineering, development and growth group.
They specialize in bespoke development options and progressive design and their main shoppers embrace family names reminiscent of Airbus, dairy giants Müller, Hanson, Vauxhall Ellesmere Port, Veolia and Balfour Beatty for whom they’ve been engaged on strengthening the ocean defences on the Denbighshire-Conwy coast.
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