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Gateshead asbestos company restructures to support growth

Asbestos management company Lucion Environmental has created an umbrella company, Lucion Services, in a restructuring move to support its UK wide growth.

The Gateshead-based firm is hoping to create 15 new jobs before the year’s close, including opportunities for trainee, graduate and apprentice surveyors, laboratory analysts and administration posts.

Specialising in the surveying, identifying and analysing of asbestos containing materials for the infrastructure, construction, utilities, marine and offshore, and public sectors, Lucion also provides health and safety training at its centres across the UK.

Since its inception in 2002, Lucion has grown to become a UK market leader in the risk management market, with 170 staff and a turnover of £11m. In addition to its headquarters in Gateshead, it has established offices in South London, Leicestershire, Chester, Wolverhampton, Sheffield and Cambridgeshire.

Managing director, Dr Patrick Morton, said: “Over the past 12 years, Lucion has grown rapidly both organically and through acquisition. We started out as Lucion Environmental, primarily focusing on asbestos management.

“After listening to clients it became clear that there was a demand for diversification; delivering a broader range of training services and risk management consultancy which led to the inauguration of our companies Salbrook Vance Consultants and Lucion Training Services.

“After spotting niches in the market, we acquired MPC Remediation in 2013 and Innov8 Safety Solutions followed in 2015.

“While this is fantastic for our business, we recognised a need to bring in a simplified structure under Lucion Services to create an integrated offer that gives our customers a seamless service across all areas while still keeping the trusted and established brands.”

Financial Director at Lucion, Charles Pickles, added: “Lucion prides itself on the quality of our service and with Lucion Services, we are well positioned to offer customers complete environmental risk management solutions across a range of sectors.

“Looking to the future, customers can expect to continue to benefit from cutting edge technology, a strong customer focus and the thought leadership on which we’ve built our success over the last decade.”

In the North East, Lucion employs nearly 70 people and has recently invested over £250k in its Gateshead premises to create new lab space required to manage increasing demand and extend office space to house extra staff.

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