The deal doubles the size of Lucion鈥檚 annual turnover to 拢25m and takes staff numbers to nearly 400.
The Redhills name will continue as a trading style within Lucion Environmental Ltd and the network of regional offices will share back office systems and processes in addition to collaborating on new business ideas.
Redhills has its head office in Dorking, Surrey, with a network of eight regional offices.
With a turnover of 拢12.8m last year, it is slightly bigger than Lucion, whose turnover was 拢12.2m. Redhills has 215 employees 215, of whom 140 are environmental consultants, surveyors, analysts and project managers.
Gateshead-based Lucion has 180 employees across its seven offices.
Lucion Services managing director Patrick Morton said: 鈥淭here is tremendous goodwill associated with the Redhill鈥檚 brand and we are delighted to have completed this purchase. The acquisition totally complements our existing business offering, making it an ideal fit for us and a game-changer for our industry.
鈥淩apid growth of the asbestos management market place in recent times has brought with it many challenges. I鈥檓 proud to say that as a business we鈥檝e always adapted quickly and been creative in our approach to supporting clients.
鈥淔rom technological advances to technical skills and knowledge, we have consistently placed ourselves at the cutting edge of industry development. As demand for trusted, quality providers of asbestos management services hits an all-time high, we couldn鈥檛 be better placed to join forces in delivering a more efficient, stronger and robust service offering for both Lucion and Redhills clients.鈥�
Redhills managing director Lee Carter said: 鈥淭here is huge potential for an exchange of ideas and development, which can only be a good thing for our employees, our customers and the industry.鈥�
Since its inception in 2002, Lucion has added Salbrook Vance Consultants, MPC Remediation in 2013 and Innov8 Safety Solutions in 2015.
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