Bristol commercial waste recycling and food collection firm Able Waste Management has been acquired by a larger Wiltshire firm as it seeks to expand further into the South West.
The takeover by Hills Waste Solutions, the Swindon-based waste management and recycling company, puts Able Waste Management under the control of one of the South’s largest of waste management and recycling specialists.
Able Waste Management was set up by Steve Hale and Martin Williams and has been trading from its site on Avonmouth’s Hallen Estate since 2001.
The company runs commercial waste recycling and food collections as well as trade and residential skip services with a fleet of 16 vehicles and employs 33 people.
Steve and Martin will remain with the business as depot manager and operations supervisor respectively.
Hills Waste Solutions divisional director Gary McKinnon said: “This acquisition gives Hills a base in Bristol, which has been identified as one of the top 20 growth areas in the country.
“It provides an excellent platform to expand waste collection services in line with Hills’ existing activities and opens up new opportunities to tender for business in the Bristol and Bath areas.”
Steve Hale added: “We are so pleased to be associated with Hills and are looking forward to working together on this new venture. This acquisition and the investment that Hills brings will take the business to another level and I am sure it will be a success.”
Financial details of the deal have not been disclosed. Hill Waste Management is part of the family-owned Hills Group, whose interests also include housebuilding, quarrying and aggregates.
