NEWSCOMPANY PROFILE
Skip Company of the Month: Simpson Environmental Services
Name: Simpson Environmental Services Ltd Location: Slough, Berkshire Number of employees: 45
What is the history of the company? Who set it up, and when? Simpson Environmental Services Ltd was set up by Jeff Simpson & his wife Anne in 1974. Jeff has been self-employed in the waste industry for 40 years, starting in landfill, then skip hire (with one skip lorry). Today, he owns a waste transfer station in Slough and a scrap yard in West Drayton. His skip business, including grab and tipper hire, artics and roro’s has grown to a fleet of 29 vehicles. The business works closely with local councils and the Environment Agency.
Is there anyone in the business who deserves a special mention? Yes – Mark Willis. Currently Jeff’s Transport Manager, Mark has worked alongside Jeff for over 30 years, since he left school. He understands all aspects of the business and can turn his hand to anything.
What services do you offer? Skip hire, tipper hire, grab hire, tipping facilities, suppliers of aggregates and top soils. We also buy ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal as a second string to our metal recycling business in West Drayton, Middlesex.
What areas do you cover? We cover approximately a 20 mile radius of Slough, which includes Windsor, Maidenhead, Eton, Ascot, Bracknell, Denham, Staines, Heathrow, High Wycombe, Hounslow, Pinner, Southall and smaller surrounding towns and villages.
What are the hardest things you face as a business? The ever-changing rules and regulations are a challenge. The Environment Agency ensure we operate under a strict code of practice and the DVSA checks ensure we keep our vehicles in first-class condition.
What are the best things about working there? Good working relationships within the team make for a happy and efficient working environment. Keeping abreast of the latest technology, i.e. lorry trackers facilitate the tasks. Also, achieving customer satisfaction in all areas is one of our important goals – the customer comes first.
What do you like best about the skip hire industry? Variety – every day is different. With over 1000 account customers we still have job satisfaction, so we must be doing it right.
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What do you like the least about the skip hire industry? As previously mentioned, the rules and regulations are tedious, but a necessary evil. Oh, and not to forget, over-loaded skips.
What one change would you make to the industry? Landfill tax on trommel fines, which is a big issue at the moment. We must have a level playing field for all waste companies.
What skip company – other than your own – do you admire? We admire anyone in the skip hire industry – it certainly has its ups and downs.
What is your relationship like with the other skip hire companies in your area? We have very good working relationships with our competitors. We make every effort to support them in any way we can.
Has your company developed any new parts of the business in the past few years? We have recently added the supply of aggregates to our business
– topsoil, sand, ballast, crushed concrete etc. It is a new venture, but already proving to be successful.
What makes your company stand out from your competition? We are a forward-thinking company. We stand out from our competition due to our contemporary fleet of vehicles and skips, professional services, size and customer satisfaction.
What do you like most about Skip Hire Magazine? Skip Hire Magazine is informative and beneficial to an industry which has always been overlooked in the past. Skip Hire Magazine is one of the key players in the waste industry.
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