Monday, 29 October 2012

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.

Wednesday, 24 October 2012

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.

Wednesday, 26 September 2012

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.

Friday, 31 August 2012

August News

The Groundlevel management team values the feedback and opinions of their colleagues and continually seeks to offer a positive working experience. The company’s first Employee Engagement Survey has recently been undertaken in order to gauge employee satisfaction, and to encourage ideas and suggestions from all staff. As a fast-growing company, it is important to Groundlevel to continually re-evaluate itself, both as a service provider and an employer. The management team will be reviewing the results of the survey and communicating with staff to notify them of any resulting changes. Thanks to all of our employees who took the time to complete the survey.

Customer feedback is equally important to us, and whether good or bad, the management team always communicates feedback to the relevant individuals. We have recently received another valuable compliment from one of our customers based in Leeds, as follows:-

“I live in a ground floor flat and my private garden area gets done for me by your gardeners at the same time as the communal grounds. This has been done today and I am e-mailing because I would really like some praise to be passed on to the people who have been doing this job lately. They really do a great job and are always paying attention to detail. This is very much appreciated and as I work shifts I have occasionally been in the flat when this work has been done. The gents that do this always work together as quietly and efficiently as they can. I would also like to add that I also find this to be the case for those who clean the windows. I am sometimes sleeping when they arrive due to the nature of my shift work but have never been disturbed by them and I'm sure you will appreciate this is very important to me so I would appreciate if some recognition could be passed on to them. Kind Regards, V Scott”

We have of course passed these comments onto the relevant employees, and would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Andrew Addison and his team of grounds maintenance operatives for this excellent feedback.



Our website has now been updated to include a page dedicated to our mobile teams, introducing you to the specialist staff and their wide ranging capabilities in relation to the services that Groundlevel can offer to its clients.


Groundlevel has also undergone a high level restructure in August, and continues to review departmental structures and staffing levels. It is crucial at this time of rapid growth that we have a robust structure in place to accommodate workloads and manage the business, whilst maintaining the highest levels of service to our new and existing customer base. Our new Senior Management Team consists of experts in the fields of Grounds Maintenance, Soft Services, Finance, Facilities Management, Operational Management and HR / HSE; please see our staff pages for more information about us


Further to recent press releases reporting new contract awards and also the investment made by Seneca, The Business Desk have published an article in August documenting the ongoing relationship with Barclays Business, whose support has given Groundlevel the opportunity to expand its workforce by 25% and continue to grow the business in 2012-13 and beyond. “Groundlevel to add jobs after funding fillip”



Tuesday, 31 July 2012

July News


New business has been awarded by Trinity Estates, where Groundlevel will be undertaking grounds maintenance services to The Hollies in Northwich and Balderstones in Rochdale. There is also some project and reinstatement work underway at Trinity developments; Holly Court and The Bridge



We are pleased to announce that Kath Nunn, Cleaning Manager is now on the road to recovery after a major health scare and so we look forward to welcoming her back.


RMG adds 7 new sites to the Groundlevel contract portfolio, securing grounds maintenance services to the following developments:


Waters Edge in Mossley
Southport Road in Chorley
Waterford Court in Farnworth
Central Road in Didsbury
Martin House in Manchester
Greenhalgh Court in Garstang
Corbar House in Buxton


RMG also awards substantial internal redecoration project works to Groundlevel for some of their prestigious developments, in addition to looking to us for reactive works on a daily basis



Substantial project work is underway at Lymm High School as Groundlevel carries out extensive improvement works over the summer break to include redecoration works, toilet refurbishments and re-marking of the car park and sports courts. Work is also underway at other local schools, maximising the opportunity to make improvements during the holiday period to avoid disruption.


Jungheinrich looks to Groundlevel for paving works to their Warrington offices; the work has been completed within July by our projects team, and we have also undertaken some tree works at the site


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