Guarding

Birchwood Park contract

by Mark Rowe

The Warrington-based facilities management contractor The Westgrove Group has been chosen to supply security services to Birchwood Park, the business park outside Warrington.

Westgrove has been appointed by managing agents CBRE to provide the security for the site, which provides 1.1 million sq. ft. of office and warehouse space, is home to more than 165 companies and over 6,000 people from blue chips to SMEs and start-ups.

The park is also one of the key sites in the Cheshire Science Corridor Enterprise Zone and is nationally recognised as the UK’s hub for the nuclear services industry. High profile firms there include Rolls-Royce Nuclear, Sellafield, Wood Plc and Atkins plus international businesses including Ricoh, Müller, TATA and Dr Schär. Both Westgrove Group and Birchwood Park have celebrated their 20th anniversaries this year.

Westgrove started trading in August 1998 while Birchwood Park started life in March 1998 when MEPC acquired the 74-acre site from the UK Atomic Energy Authority. Since then the park – now owned by Warrington Borough Council – has almost tripled in size.

Westgrove Managing Director Claire McKinley Smith said: “We are delighted to win our third contract with CBRE, this time a prestigious local partnership. We worked hard to show Birchwood Park that our security knowledge and expertise aligned with our colleague centric approach is second to none. All our security colleagues are highly trained by one of the country’s leading senior police officers. We also provide bespoke real-time reporting and an intelligent patrolling system with our exclusive software, Sphere.”

About Westgrove

A member of The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) trade body, and an ACS Pacesetters company, it employs over 1,000 people in shopping centres, airports and business parks across the UK.Other recent significant contract wins include The Galleries Shopping Centre in Bristol and St Johns Shopping Centre in Liverpool. Visit www.westgrove.co.uk.

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