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Maintenance firm Works Services invests £500,000 in new fleet

Works Services business development manager Philip Tasker and operations manager Nuala Scott pictured at the company's Belfast base
Works Services business development manager Philip Tasker and operations manager Nuala Scott pictured at the company's Belfast base Works Services business development manager Philip Tasker and operations manager Nuala Scott pictured at the company's Belfast base

MAINTENANCE and property services firm Works Services has invested £500,000 in a new state-of-the-art fleet of Ford Ranger vehicles and salt spreading equipment, which comes on the back of a 140 per cent increase in turnover in the last year.

Parent company of Saltworks and Cleanworks, the business delivers multi-disciplinary ground maintenance and facilitates solutions across a range of sectors, including SMEs and many of the north's top 100 companies.

With demand increasing year on year, Works Service is the only company in Northern Ireland dedicated to providing winter gritting services for both the private and public sector. It also delivers cleaning services from landscaping and grounds maintenance to internal cleaning.

The company has invested in efficient processes, systems and equipment. Its innovative mobile business management system recently introduced will increase performance, profitability and enable further growth.

Works Services has depots close to all major towns and cities in the north, and its customers include property management companies as well as Queen’s University, Caterpillar, Dunbia, Linden Foods, Norbrook Laboratories, Stena Line and Agnew Group.

The firm (www.works.services) has doubled its full-time team within the last two years, with the aim to increase this number again by 30 per cent in the next 12 months. It is also currently working with over 40 drivers and sub-contractors.

Founder Paul Flanagan said: “It is fantastic to be in a position that we can invest in new systems and vehicles, strengthening our comprehensive offering and building our core team. We are continually striving to innovate to ensure we are efficient and deliver complete end-to-end solutions.”