North West scaffolding and industrial services giant NSG UK Ltd is announcing strong sales growth figures, hitting a turnover of almost £26million for the period to 31 August 2011.
The Deeside based company, which employs 320 workers across the UK, has enjoyed a sustained period of success, consolidating its work in the core construction and engineering sectors while further expanding into new sectors such as offshore and infrastructure.
The figures for the 16-month period to August 31, 2011, show a robust turnover growth with the firm enjoying strong underlying profitability and significant capital expenditure.
NSG UK provides a range of industrial services including scaffolding, thermal insulation, painting and jet-washing, to clients including Eli Lilly, Ineos Chlor, Centrica, Cammell Laird and Tata Steel as well as major construction firms such as Laing O’Rourke, Merepark, Downing Construction and Balfour Beatty.
NSG UK was acquired in June by France based Altrad Group with Managing Director Mike Carr remaining at the helm of the UK operation as Managing Director.
Mr Carr said: “The performance in the last financial period is a result of the hard work and dedication of everyone at NSG UK and rounds off a successful period for the company. This has included the completion of a number of specialist construction and maintenance projects, growth in areas such as off-shore work and rope access, the milestone of one million working hours with no lost time incident and the sale of the company to the Altrad Group. We have also expanded further into social housing, marine, oil and gas and nuclear sectors.
“The first quarter results of NSG UK’s new financial year maintains the trend, as we continue to win new business – including a three year maintenance contract with Tata Chemicals Europe – and increase our services portfolio with existing clients, offering scaffolding erection and maintenance, all painting services, high pressure water jetting, cleaning, thermal insulation and asbestos removal.
“We are looking forward to 2012 and the opportunities that this will provide.”
NSG UK had been acquired by MWB in October 2007 but was purchased back in a management buyout in May 2010.
Mr Carr said: “The business has been in existence, under various guises, for the past 40 years and we are delighted to have built such a strong relationship with a range of illustrious clients. As health and safety is always our number one priority we are also particularly pleased to have reached one million man hours without an accident.”
Over the past year NSG UK has demonstrated a strong commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility, sponsoring junior and senior football and rugby teams across the North West, giving thousands of pounds to the Shrewsbury Youth Centre in Everton, and donating time and money to help refurbish another youth centre in the deprived Norris Green area of Liverpool, which was featured on the BBC Children in Need “DIY SOS” programme in December 2011.
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Between 20 February and 16 March, inspectors from the Health & Safety Executive will be visiting sites where refurbishment or repair works are being carried out. This is part of a national month-long drive to improve standards in one of the Britain’s most dangerous industries.
Their primary focus will be high-risk activity such as working at height and also ‘good order’ such as ensuring sites are clean and tidy with clear access routes.
The purpose of the initiative is to remind those working in construction that poor standards are unacceptable, and could result in enforcement action.
During 2010/11, 50 workers were killed while working in construction and 2298 major injuries were reported.
Philip White, HSE Chief Inspector of Construction, said:
“Since our partnership with Odyssey in 2009, we have continued to build our business in a challenging market,” says Wilson. “As part of ensuring that Safway is well positioned to execute its long term strategy, we are continually evaluating our senior leadership team’s succession plans and putting in place the key people to lead our business. Bill’s wealth of experience in our end markets and in executing strategic acquisitions, as well as his focus on serving customers, will deepen our management capacity and position us for continued strong growth.”
Hayes comes to Safway with a strong background in successfully leading a diverse group of industrial manufacturing and service businesses. He has spent the last four years at Honeywell International Inc. where he was President of Honeywell Safety Products (HSP), the leader in the personal protective equipment/safety industry with over 10,000 employees and approximately 50 manufacturing sites globally. Under his leadership, HSP more than tripled in size from $600 million to $2 billion, dramatically improved profitability and working capital performance, and successfully executed the most complex acquisition integration in recent Honeywell history.
From 2006 until 2008, Hayes was President of Norcross Safety Products’ industrial business until its acquisition by Honeywell. Prior to Norcross he was President and CEO of the Americas Group for Asia-based Nitto Denko Corp., and a member of Nitto Denko’s Board of Directors, from 1994 to 2006.
“I am very excited to be joining Safway, especially at this point in time. To help lead a company of this caliber and leading market position, and have the chance to partner again with Odyssey Investment Partners, whom I worked with while at Norcross, is truly a unique opportunity. Safway has great customers, committed and experienced employees, and a strong customer service and safety focus that I share.
I look forward to helping lead Safway’s very talented management team and continuing to work with Marc and the Board,” says Hayes.
Hayes, who resides in Lake Forest, Ill., with his wife and three children, graduated with honors from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business in 1991 and conducted his undergraduate studies at Northern Illinois University. He is a certified Green Belt in Lean/Six Sigma and completed Honeywell’s Executive Development Program.
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RIS will now focus on their core services business (scaffolding & access – insulation – asbestos – refractory – industrial cleaning – grit blasting & coatings). Current work underway include Power Stations at Tilbury, Littlebarford, Aberthaw, Staythorpe, Rocksavage and Dungeness. Recent awards include contracts at Capenhurst, Belvedere, Ellesmere Port and Billingham.
RIS is a Multi-Disciplined Service provider in the UK specialise in delivery of industrial services for the Energy from Waste, Pharmaceutical, Nuclear Decommissioning, Power Generation, Defence, Food and the Oil & Gas sectors in the UK and Europe.
RIS will support EFW Mechanical Services Ltd throughout 2012 and until the new company has established themselves in the Energy from Waste market.
Chief Executive Tim McCarthy said:
Magnox, owned by EnergySolutions, is the management and operations contractor responsible for 10 nuclear sites and one hydroelectric plant in the UK.
the winning firms will be bidding for individual site projects across all of the 10 Magnox sites to provide access systems from scaffolding to powered access systems.
The shortlisted firms are as follows:
On January 18 Mr Altoft was working for Cape on nights at the Warwickshire cement plant during an annual shutdown when the accident happened at around 1:45am.
The local Ambulance Service said crews treated a major head injury, but Mr Altoft was pronounced dead at the scene. Also a 36-year-old man who was also injured in the accident was treated for an arm injury at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire.
The accident is still under investigation by the Health & Safety Executive.
Starting in 2001 as a labourer Mr Altoft had worked for Cape at various times during his scaffolding career and was very well known within the industry and scaffolding community.
A spokesman for Cape said: “Cape is greatly saddened by John’s death and extends its deepest sympathy to his family and those close to him.”
It is believed that scaffolders on various sites throughout the country walked out as a mark of respect as the news of Mr Altofts death spread.
A flood of tributes from fellow scaffolders for the well known scaffolder were posted on our 