Asbestos service provider Environmental Essentials has completed its second acquisition as part of an ambitious buy-and-build growth strategy.
The company, headquartered in Stoke-on-Trent, has acquired Quality Environmental Services (QES) for an undisclosed sum, providing a significant route into the water and air hygiene sector.
The deal follows the acquisition of Adams Environmental in November 2022, which was supported by follow-on funding from BGF, one of the UK and Ireland’s largest and most experience growth capital investors.
Richard Powner, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Environmental Essentials, said: “The acquisition of QES makes perfect sense for Environmental Essentials.
“Water hygiene, air hygiene and asbestos management, are three major areas of compliance and highly complementary from a business perspective.
“By incorporating the wealth of expertise and capabilities of QES into our business, we can diversify our offering and gain national coverage for our water hygiene services.
“Not only does it allow us to cross-sell our existing services into new and untapped markets, while providing our workforce with a fantastic opportunity to upskill in the area of water and air hygiene, but it also strengthens our compliance proposition, which includes our recently launched online risk management tool, OMNI.”
Beswicks Legal, also based in Stoke-on-Trent, acted for Environmental Essentials on the acquisition.
Beswicks Legal Corporate Associate David Morgan, who led the deal, said: “We were delighted to advise Environmental Essentials throughout this transaction.
“They are an innovative and ambitious business and I am sure they will enjoy even greater success as their growth journey continues.”
