Turnover tops £10.7m for waste recycling firm
WIDNES-based recycling and resource management company WSR Recycling has announced major growth in turnover following an ‘exceptional year’ of trading.
Revenue for the financial year to September 2015 stands at £10.7m, 50% up on its 2013/14 financial year.
Growth has been delivered through its existing contracts with regional local authorities such as Halton Council, Warrington Council and the Merseyside Waste and Recycling Authority and through its strong relationships with large waste management firms like Biffa, FCC Environment, Sita, Veolia and Viridor.
The company has also been appointed by Merseylink to manage the waste material from the £1.75bn Mersey Gateway bridge project in Halton.
By sheer coincidence, the company’s founder was responsible for the management of materials during the construction of the Jubilee Bridge in the 1960s which the Mersey Gateway scheme is designed to relieve congestion from.
Established in 1990 and run by husband and wife team Nick and Amanda Prescott, the company is celebrating its 25th anniversary with the announcement of its strong trading figures.
Managing director Nick Prescott said: “The last twelve months have truly been remarkable for us. It really has been an exceptional year which has allowed us to build on our established relationships and bring in new business.
“Our model has been to extract as much value from the materials we are asked to handle on our customers behalf. This not only helps them achieve their landfill diversion targets, it makes best use of these resources and drives material up the waste hierarchy.”
“This commercial mind-set serves us well and our customers know they will receive an exemplary service so they keep coming back.”
The company employs around 45 full-time staff from its Ditton Road headquarters where it processes 200,000 tonnes of commercial and industrial, municipal and construction and demolition waste a year.
