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Start of Trevor’s Contracting Services

After spending two years at Hadlow College Trevor Heathcote bought his first tractor and round baler, growing the business and developing his contracting services over the next few years.

Countrystyle Composting Ltd formed

Trials for a composting site with ADAS saw the launch of Countrystyle Composting Ltd to develop recycling for commercial and domestic green waste.

Higgs Agricultural Services & HS1 Channel Tunnel rail link

Farm & General Services acquired specialist spraying contracting business Higgs Agricultural Services. Also start of five years of work on the HS1 channel tunnel rail link, working for Balfour Betty, Kaverna Construction and Amac.

Awards, fencing and the first lorry

In 1999 Farm & General Services were announced Winner of Farm Contactor of the Year. It also saw the commencement of Four Seasons Fencing and Trevor bought his first lorry.

Commencement of FGS Plant & Countrystyle Recycling

Following the 2002 acquisition of a freehold site in Ridham, nr Sittingbourne, Kent Trevor formed FGS Plant, a plant hire business and Countrystyle Recycling, for the development of an in vessel composting plant and missed recycling facility (MRF). Farm & General Services name changed to FGS Agri.

Countrystyle acquires site in Strood

Countrystyle acquires a waste transfer station in Strood, Kent and associated skip hire operations.

Investment in new in-vessel composting facility

£6m is invested by Countrystyle to build Kent’s first fully permitted PAS100 QP approved in-vessel composing facility.

Countrystyle Composting acquisitions

Countrystyle Composting acquires the in-vessel composting facility at Parham, Suffolk alongside the treatment contract for Suffolk County Council. Countrystyle acquires Folkestone Waste Transfer Station and associated skip hire business.

Further Countrystyle acquisitions

Countrystyle acquires TJ Composting Group, an organics recycling business with sites in Swanley, Kent, Ongar, Essex and Beddingham, East Sussex. Countrystyle also secures seven year contract for the total waste management at New Spitalfields Market from the City of London.

Countrystyle Composting acquires Halstead Renewable Energy Power Project

Acquisition includes full planning permission for development of a 40,000 tpa AD plant. The Group also acquires a further 3 IVC facilities from County Mulch Ltd in Suffolk and Bedfordshire.

Countrystyle acquires Any Waste Solutions Ltd

Countrystyle acquires this waste collection and recycling business based in Kent. Countrystyle Group also sells the management and development rights of four AD sites to Tamar Energy and the operation of six of Countrystyle Composting’s in-vessel and open windrow composting sites.

Commencement of FGS Organics

Launch of recycling specialist FGS Organics offering recycling solutions from supplying organic fertilisers through to complete waste recycling operations.

Acquisition of Water Direct

The acquisition of Water Direct, the preferred alternative drinking water supplier, formed a natural progression for FGS Agri’s existing water operations.

Acquisition of Envar Composting

The acquisition of the site in Cambridgeshire, the UKs largest in-vessel and windrow composting facility, increased the group’s capacity of compost operations significantly.

New Surrey site for Envar Composting

Acquisition of Collier Environmental Services’ composting facility in Chertsey. The new site forms a natural addition to Envar’s flagship IVC composting facility in Cambridgeshire.

Launch of FGS Pilcher

A joint venture with Civils division of FGS Agri and Harvey Pilcher of IG Pilcher drainage specialist sees the launch of FGS Pilcher

Commencement of VeriGreen

Launch of food waste recycling company VeriGreen, supplying food and produce waste to AD plants where green energy is generated to power local homes. The AD waste is then used as a bio fertiliser and spread back onto the land.

Development of AD plant

Substantial investment in a new Anaerobic Digestation (AD) plant in Kent.

New composting sites for Envar

Acquisition of composting sites in Kilsby and Chesterfield. These two new sites form a natural addition to Envar’s existing sites in Cambridgeshire and Surrey.

Acquisition of West London Composting Ltd

Envar acquires West London Composting and their site in Uxbridge, furthering Envar’s coverage with a total of five sites across the country.

Countrystyle acquires Indigo Waste Services Ltd

The acquisition of bottle bank collection specialist Indigo Waste Services Ltd in Thetford expands Countrystyle Recycling’s operating area into East Anglia.

Commencement of Habitat Regeneration

Launch of habitat creation and management specialist Habitat Regeneration providing services for ecological enhancement and offsetting solutions.

Acquisition of Hire Access Platforms

FGS Plant acquired Dorset based Hire Access Platforms increasing FGS Plants fleet and expanding their reach.

Launch of FGS Industrial Facilities Management

FGS Industrial Facilities Management was launched as a multi-skilled business capable of responding to the needs of industrial clients and their sites.

Acquisition of Clements Plant & Access Hire

FGS Plant acquired Coventry based Clements Plant & Access Hire increasing FGS Plants equipment fleet and expanding their geographical reach.

Acquisition of four composting sites

Envar acquired four new composting sites in Bury St Edmunds, Ongar, Swanley and West Malling increasing their operational area.

Acquisition of Four Jays Group

Heathcote Holdings acquired Maidstone-based Four Jays Group who are specialists in toilet, welfare and commercial hire strengthening the Heathcote group’s service offering.

Joint Venture with Direct Enviro Services

Heathcote Holdings entered into a joint venture with Kent-based Direct Enviro Services who are specialists in highway vegetation management for the urban and highspeed road network, strengthening the Heathcote group’s service offering.

Launch of Direct Enviro Traffic Management

Direct Enviro Traffic Management was launched to provide urban traffic control & diversions as well as high-speed traffic management & contraflow systems.

Acquisition of Compact & Bale 

Countrystyle Recycling acquired Compact & Bale increasing Countrystyle’s service offering to include waste compactors and balers.