November 2013 News

A busy month for new work, we are in the fortunate position of expanding our workforce in order to accommodate our growing workloads and client base. Please see our Vacancies page for details of any current vacancies within the business.

Premier Estates instructs Groundlevel on their fire damaged premises in Spofforth, North Yorkshire.

RMG Property Management Company awards Groundlevel a substantial refurbishment project on Ampleforth.

Trinity Estates appoints Groundlevel to deliver redecoration services to 5 of their developments in and around the North West.

Proud to be developing our relationship with our local housing provider, Golden Gates Housing Trust, we have been appointed to complete a reconstruction project to one of their properties in Warrington following vehicle crash damage.

Langtree Group instructs Groundlevel on gritting and snow clearance services to their commercial developments for winter 2013 / 14.

We were delighted to attend the Snowball hosted by Brainwave at Mere Grange on 23rd November 2013. This was a fantastic evening which resulted in £10,000 being raised to support the fantastic work that Brainwave does for families of children suffering brain injuries or development delay disorders.

July 2013 News

We are delighted to have received the following feedback from one of our clients in July:-

“From the moment the Groundlevel team of Chris Moore and Matt Wright arrived I was impressed with their attention to detail, ensuring that all carpets in our communal stair were protected. They were very careful in their approach to the works, ensuring that we were kept informed of progress and developments at all times. I was also extremely impressed with the quality of their work.

The team that completed the work in the bathroom, tiling and finishes etc of Rob Haynes and Pete Burton continued to complement our impressions of Groundlevel. Finally on completion of the works, we received very good service from Rob Paton, ensuring that we were satisfied with the works completed and that the very minor snag we had identified was rectified promptly and to our satisfaction and that we understood and agreed with the final invoicing.” Grahame Kirsopp, Site Agent, Morgan Sindall Plc.

Bathstore turns to Groundlevel for several installations in the Chester area. Substantial roof and associated insulation works have been awarded to Groundlevel and have commenced at Pownall Court. Trinity Estates also instructs Groundlevel on several redecoration projects including their Kings Wharf and Holly Court developments.

Bradshaw Lane Primary school awards Groundlevel their lottery funded landscape and playground improvements work, and St Philips Primary in Westbrook instructs Groundlevel on further project works.

We are delighted to welcome Matthew Hesketh to our Projects Department as an apprentice Joiner. Straight out of school, Matthew is embracing working life and building good working relationships with his peers. Matthew commences his studies at Warrington Collegiate Institute in September and we look forward to supporting him in his continued development.

Staff successes in July included our building surveyor, Ryan Hirst graduating at Liverpool Cathedral with an MSc in Commercial Building Surveying, and also Zuzanna Pajtasz in our accounts department successfully passed her AAT Level 3 Diploma in Accounting.

Groundlevel’s summer charity event was a huge success, a great night was had by all, and we were delighted to make a fantastic start to raising funds for Brainwave.

May 2013 News

BALI recommends Groundlevel to two significant landscaping projects demonstrating that the business is a key player within the landscaping industry. Langtree have also instructed Groundlevel in major landscaping projects at their Sky Park and Speke Hall locations.

Several redecoration contracts are awarded to Groundlevel by the prestigious Trinity Estates property management company. Trinity Estates also awards Groundlevel the roof remediation works at their Harper Mill development.

RMG instructs Groundlevel on new cleaning contracts.

Groundlevel announces its staff Summer Event, to take place on Friday 5th July. The evening will involve a number of fund raising activities to raise money for Groundlevels Charity of the Year, Brainwave.

2013 Charity of the Year

Brainwave have been named as Groundlevels Charity of the Year for 2013. Brainwave works with families to deliver individual home based therapy for children with disabilities or development delay to reach their full potential. This could be anything from a child feeding themselves or walking, to recognising colours or counting. Brainwave works with children with brain injuries such as Cerebral Palsy, genetic conditions e.g. Down's Syndrome and Autism.

Always striving to support the community, and with a key focus on support the ongoing education and development of young people, Groundlevel is proud to be working to help support the great service that Brainwave provides. We have set ourselves the challenge of raising funds to cover therapy programmes for two children, this is no mean feat and our staff' are already thinking of creative ways to raise money.

October News

October has been a busy month for Groundlevel, as we have secured further new business, and also, the poor weather conditions have resulted in the instruction of some reinstatement works and flood damage repairs.

RMG instructs Groundlevel on cleaning, window cleaning and grounds maintenance services to 36 Apartments at Joshua Court in Stoke; RMG also turns to Groundlevel to provide grounds maintenance services to Cheadle Park.

Premier Estates award Groundlevel contracts at their Willows Green and Oaklands Park developments. More new vans arrived at Groundlevel in October as we again extended our fleet in order to further accommodate the rapidly expanding business.

Groundlevel were the proud sponsors of the Teacher of the Year Award at the recent Wire FM Local Heroes ceremony held at the Halliwell Jones Stadium. Malcolm Agar proudly presented the award on behalf of Groundlevel and he was joined on the evening by colleagues Lewis Nunn, Amanda Syverson and Alison Hammond.

Congratulations to all of our colleagues who have recently completed their NVQ qualifications, supported by Groundlevel and Reaseheath College. Also, extending our commitment to Health and Safety, Amanda Syverson has successfully completed the IOSH Managing Safely Course.

The recent announcement of imminent changes to the pension law has not gone unnoticed by Groundlevel senior management, and steps are underway to introduce changes to our pension scheme as early as April 2013, in order to proactively prepare for the new legislation for the benefit of all employees.

Warrington Under 11's

Groundlevel is extremely proud to be the sponsors of the jubilant Warrington Under 11’s, pictured here winning the prestigious Manchester Festival; beating Cockermouth, Preston, Chester, Lymm, New Brighton and Stockport on their way.

September News

HLM turns to Groundlevel for grounds maintenance services to their Bloor Homes development, Peacock Gardens, in Gorton, Manchester

We are also delighted to announce an addition to our education sector portfolio following the award of a grounds maintenance contract with Oxford Grove School in Bolton

Trinity Estates awards Groundlevel strip out and refurbishment works at their Heatley Mere development in Cheshire. This additional work is awarded following the smooth and successful mobilisation of phase 1 of our new business with this prestigious management company, we look forward to replicating this success across further phased implementations of new business.

In its 15th year of operation, Groundlevel is proud to have grown its workforce by 21% in 2012, with scope for substantial further growth throughout the remainder of this year, into 2013 and beyond; creating jobs for people in the North West region and even further afield.

Groundlevel is proud to announce that we will be sponsoring the Teacher of the Year Award at this year’s Wire FM Local Heroes Award Ceremony, being hosted at the Halliwell Jones Stadium on 4th October. We value our education sector clients with extremely high regard, and seek to develop our business in this area based upon reputation for excellence; the opportunity therefore to sponsor this category was not one that we wanted to miss. We look forward to meeting the category winner on the evening.

October News

Groundlevel raise money for charity.

The English Half Marathon was succesfully completed by Groundlevel personnel, family and friends raising in excess of £5,000 for the Home Start Charity.

Read more about the event and the work of Home Start in the Warrington Guardian.


Other News This Month
Crawford & Company(insurance company) authorised Groundlevel to reinstate three water damaged apartments at Canal Village, Trinity Estate’s site located in Ellesmere Port.