Building services firm to create jobs with Lincoln move

The former Lincolnshire Co-op building on Portland Street in Lincoln has been sold to an asbestos and building services specialists, which is relocating its headquarters to Lincoln, in a move which it says will create more jobs.

The BESA Group has bought the premises in a deal brokered by Banks Long & Co.

BESA Group’s sister company, UP Construction, which carries out groundworks and civils as well as external works will also move its headquarters to the site.

Both businesses are currently based in Saxilby. BESA Group also has a London office and UP Construction a South Yorkshire depot. The move to Lincoln follows a two-year search for the right premises.

BESA Director Benn Kay, who started the Group eight years ago with fellow director Sam Scoffield, said: “We currently have a 25-strong team working across our businesses. Most people are directly employed by us and we are looking forward to creating more jobs when we relocate, hopefully by July.”

“The Portland Street site provides really flexible accommodation which extends across two-storeys. The premises will give us office accommodation, storage and warehousing for our equipment, parking space and future expansion potential.”

Banks Long & Co director James Butcher said: “The premises, which were formerly home to Lincolnshire Co-op’s Portland Street funeral service, until it moved to the Society’s purpose-built Tritton Road Funeral Home in Lincoln in 2015, provide a mix of buildings over a quarter-of-an-acre site.

“We were offering the site for sale or to let and so are delighted to have completed a sale to BESA Group, who were looking for city centre premises that would accommodate different aspects of their businesses. We wish them the best for the future.”