1000 Companies to Inspire Britain

[Alex - Ground Control Ltd]

Followed a Ground Control Van for a few miles today, Transit towing a TW, a nice steady load of chip in the back, I'm sure it was overloaded

 

Whereabouts was that? i'll check the trackers and give them a stern speaking to

[Stephen Blair]

wow thats a lot of people, very impressive!

 

are you the owner?

[tresrgr8]

Congratulations.

 

Been browsing your website and couldn't see whether or not you were AAAC's? For such a large 'green services provider' does that have an impact on what arboricultural contracts you've been able to secure up to now?

 

Also noticed the recent 'advert' on here regarding setting up a team and providing a substantial sum of the finance towards it. Is this the norm across the company and how it has been able to expand so quickly in such a short period of time or solely as part of expanding the Arb side?

[Alex - Ground Control Ltd]

wow thats a lot of people, very impressive!

 

are you the owner?

 

If only! I'd be riding a much nicer motorbike if I were!

 

I'm in operations, coordinating the Grounds Maintenance teams and Contract Managers

[Alex - Ground Control Ltd]

Congratulations.

 

Been browsing your website and couldn't see whether or not you were AAAC's? For such a large 'green services provider' does that have an impact on what arboricultural contracts you've been able to secure up to now?

 

Also noticed the recent 'advert' on here regarding setting up a team and providing a substantial sum of the finance towards it. Is this the norm across the company and how it has been able to expand so quickly in such a short period of time or solely as part of expanding the Arb side?

 

Thank you! The website is incredibly dated (last news article was from 2011 I think?) so may have some information missing. We're going to be launching a new one in the coming weeks so I'm sure it'll have information on all our accreditations and certifications then. Our Arb division was relatively small until the acquisition of UPM Tilhill a few years back, primarily piggy-backing on our GM division; since then its revenues have increased threefold through organic and strategic growth.

 

the financing opportunity is a new concept that was introduced by one of our new directors to help establish teams in strategic areas. We've done similar things in the past with our directly-employed maintenance staff, but never really offered it out to teams that are not already working under the Ground Control umbrella.

 

Its a really exciting time to be with the company right now, watching it transform from a small local company in a converted stable into this national behemoth operating from a purpose built office!