Eco firm targets growth on renewables demand

GROWTH in demand for renewable energy projects is driving expansion plans for Eco Environments. The company, which has an office in Birmingham, increased turnover to £1.4m – a rise of 636% on the previous year – and is now targeting £5m within two years.

The company, which also has operations in the north of England and North Wales, is planning to launch in the South East, East Anglia and the South West by this time next year.

Midlands business development manager Paul Summers has been promoted to Southern regional sales manager and will have responsibility for growing a team of business development managers.

The firm designs, installs and commissions a range of renewable energy and energy conservation solutions, specialising in Solar Photovoltaic (PV), wind turbines and solar thermal water heating systems and heat pumps.  It is one of only a small number of companies to have successfully secured Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) accreditations for all four of its specialist areas.

The firm currently employs 23 people but is forecasting that this will rise to 50 in the coming 12 months.

Managing director Mike Clarke said: “We have grown our business successfully for a number of key reasons. We have built a strong management team, we have recruited good people, we have put in place the best possible business systems and processes, we are committed to providing the highest levels of customer service and we believe in offering a genuinely local service with regional offices across the UK.”

Fellow Eco Environments director David Hunt said: “We are pleased with the growth of the company during the past three years (and) we are firmly committed to becoming the UK’s leading provider of renewable energy solutions for commercial and domestic customers.

“We have a great team and a great vision of where we want to take the company over the next few years.”