We are delighted to announce that, following a recent re-tendering exercise, we have been awarded with both Lots 1 and 2 for Hightown Housing which covers all of their 470 sites, for the next 3 years. We have been maintaining the grounds for Lot 2 for the past 7 years and the quality of our service provision together with the management of the contract, had a significant impact on the decision to award us with all of their sites.
Along with 48,000 runners, MWGM Director, Daniel Walker, completed the 26.2 mile TCS London Marathon course on Sunday 23rd April.
Daniel developed his interest in running during the 2020 lockdown. Having completed Couch 2 to 5k he went on to regularly entering running events such as the Edinburgh 10k, Welwyn 10k, Southend Half Marathon and the Hertfordshire Half Marathon to name just a few.
His ultimate challenge was the London Marathon which he ran on behalf of the Isabel Hospice charity, raising over £3000!
Daniel would like to thank everyone who sponsored him and for his messages of support and encouragement.
We are delighted to announce, that following a competitive tendering exercise, we have been awarded a 3 year contract, maintaining the grounds of Jewish Care’s 11 sites across London and Essex. We have been providing our winter services to Jewish Care for the past four years and are looking forward to developing our relationship with the organisation.
Our brand new E-Transit van has now been sign written and is ready to hit the road!
It was a pleasure to be invited back to Hightown Housing’s Resident Engagement events in August. These were our first resident engagement events following the pandemic and it was great to be back meeting with the residents and receiving such positive feedback regarding our grounds maintenance service. The Hightown Hedgehogs were also reintroduced and are settling in well in their new homes!
From the 1st October we are now maintaining the grounds for Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. With over 50 sites throughout Essex, we are delighted to be working with another one of our emergency services.
Due to our growing number of contracts and new sites, we have added another three vehicles to our fleet. We took delivery last week of another tipper van and two transits. They had barely been in our yard 24 hours, when our sign writer had them badged up and they are now out and about earning their keep!
It has never been more important for businesses to step up and take account of the environmental impact associated with their operations.
So, in March 2022, we instructed Carbon Neutral Britain carbonneutralbritain.org to help quantify and calculate our carbon output from 2021.
Upon receipt of their report, we offset our total carbon emissions from 2021 through internationally certified carbon offsetting projects, becoming certified as a Carbon Neutral Business by Carbon Neutral Britain.
Their report provides a great insight and will be used each year to provide a roadmap for reducing our carbon emissions to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050, if not sooner.
The report highlighted the main carbon emitting aspects of our business were from our fleet of predominantly diesel works vehicles, and from petrol grounds maintenance machinery. These account for over 86% of our carbon output.
To reduce this, during the past 2 years, we have increased our investment in commercial battery powered machinery, all-electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles and will continue to do so over the coming years.
Larger commercial vehicles are slowly being introduced to the market and we regularly assess their viability and attend trade shows to keep abreast of any new commercial EV innovations and products.
Carbon Neutral Britain will continue to complete an annual calculation of our environmental impact and emissions, in order for us to continue offsetting and maintaining our carbon neutral status.
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Our service teams are busy carrying out landscape improvement works to clients’ sites in readiness for the new growing season.
On this site our plant selection was:
Euonymus – low maintenance, hardy, and great for ground cover
Lavender – scented, low maintenance, hardy and loved by the bees
Cornus – gives seasonal interest and colour, low maintenance and hardy.
Following planting we spread composted bark mulch over the shrub borders which is effective in supressing weeds and reduces the need for chemical herbicide. It also provides nutrients to the soil and aids soil moisture control to improve the health of plants and their resilience to drought, pests, and disease.
