December 2017 Marlowe plc acquisition
Marlowe plc, the parent of WCS Group, has acquired Guardian Water Treatment Ltd as further investment in building a market-leading water treatment, hygiene and air hygiene business.
This takes the water division to over 300 specialists. It substantially increases our presence and resources in London (specifically inside the M25) in order to help service this high-growth region. It also doubles the size of the business in the North and Scotland.
For direct customers, FM companies and M&E intermediaries, there are no changes to WCS Group’s day to day service. However, as a water treatment and water hygiene division, we now have a far larger team, additional air hygiene and training capacity and a significant pre-commissioning cleaning business.
Chris Martin, WCS Group’s Sales & Strategy Director, “A very warm welcome to our new water treatment and hygiene colleagues. We look forward to the next chapter of growth and delivering ‘highest standards’ of water treatment, hygiene and compliance”.
Water division at a glance:
- Top-5 specialist
- £22m revenue
- 400,000+ students enjoy safe, clean water
- 300,000+ assets managed
- 23,000+ prisoners enjoy clean, safe water
- 3,250+ Risk Assessments pa
- 2,000+ site visits looking for improvement pa
- 800+ hotel sites managed nationwide
- 350+ NHS / Care sites managed
- 300+ employees
- Preferred supplier for direct customers and discerning FMs and property / construction companies
For further information, contact info@wcs-group.co.uk or go to Marlowe plc’s (parent) website.
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Written by Jon Greaves
Jon has progressively worked through operational roles, account management, technical management, and senior management roles over the last 16 years within one of the group companies before moving into the role of Water and Air Managing Director. Jon has experience across multiple sectors of water and air compliance, including district energy networks; data centres; healthcare; food and beverage and facilities management. Jon acted as a corresponding steering committee member on CIBSE CP1 – Heat Networks Code of Practice for the UK released in 2020.