A number one North Wales civil engineering firm is gearing up for a serious enlargement 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 business’s greatest names amongst its blue-chip purchasers, has made a serious funding in plant and plans to increase 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 employees 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 effectively on its option to doing so with a bulging order guide and plans to increase into residential work.
Hollingsworth Ellery Director Steve Ellery, from Rossett, stated:
“The Group have numerous blue-chip purchasers 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 however it has rebounded vastly and we have now to be prepared for that which is why we have now been recruiting, particularly in senior roles, and with individuals who we all know might help take us ahead.
“We’re additionally choosing up new purchasers like chemical and supplies producer Ingevity in Warrington and getting enquiries from a number of extra main purchasers so it is important that we have now the fitting individuals in place to benefit from 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 increase their enterprise and we’re already on track to turnover £15 million this 12 months and trying to construct previous £20 million within the subsequent 18 months.
“We now have additionally taken on three extra on-site employees with two venture managers and a website supervisor appointed and with Mike Steen returning to us and Jim Cartridge with whom we have now labored earlier than we have now a crew in place to assist us increase.”
A part of that enlargement includes extra turnkey development work on small residential websites together with constructing specialist lodging for the care and well being sectors which might 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 transferring into administration.
He stated:
“It’s a little bit of a profession change for me as I’ve labored in housing development whereas Hollingsworth are most likely finest recognized for his or her work within the industrial sector.
“However they wish to increase 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 effectively.”
Amount surveyor Chris Wardle, from Nantwich, stated:
“Hollingsworth are a very good firm and are good individuals and so they’re clearly doing issues proper if you happen to have a look at their consumer checklist.”
Senior amount surveyor Mike Steen, from Cilcain however now dwelling in Chester, has returned to Hollingsworth and he stated:
“They’ve all the time been an excellent firm and now with their plans for enlargement they want a powerful crew 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 stated:
“I’ve recognized Hollingsworth for numerous years and so they’re a really skilled firm who all the time need issues carried out the fitting approach.
“I simply had a telephone name out of the blue and I’m simply delighted they needed me to be half of what’s an excellent crew.”
Group Managing Director Paul Hollingsworth stated:
“With these new appointments we’re effectively positioned to ship that improve in turnover throughout all sectors within the subsequent couple of years.
“Concurrently we’re investing in new employees we’re additionally ensuring we have now the tools to ship these contracts which is why we have now 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 modern design and their main purchasers embody family names comparable to 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.
