Hull allotment owner devastated at looming closure of his lockdown pride and joy
Arthur Ashton said tenants face being chucked off their plots after years of hard work
19:18, 17 FEB 2021
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Greg Shillabeer, founder and director of Arcus. A YORK-based specialist firm has been acquired by ERM, one of the world’s biggest sustainability consultancies. Arcus Consultancy Services provides environmental, planning and engineering support to major renewable energy schemes in Europe and Africa. Founded in 2006, Arcus now employs almost 100 people across the UK and South Africa, and supports clients from initial site searches to completion. Projects include windfarms, solar plants, battery storage facilities, hydrogen schemes and gas to grid systems. Greg Shillabeer, pictured, founder and director, said: “We have created a fantastic business in Arcus over the past 14 years and are keen to further develop and diversify geographically, in different market sectors and with new clients.
YORKSHIRE residential letting specialists Linley & Simpson has added more than 600 homes to its portfolio after another major acquisition following the unsolicited approach and subsequent purchase of the residential lettings and management division of Dacre, Son & Hartley, the 200-year-old fellow independent Yorkshire estate agent which operates a network of 20 branches. The deal will now see Dacre, Son & Hartley strengthen its key focus on residential sales, as well as a raft of other property services including land and new homes, commercial agency and property management, its nationally-active healthcare investment business and agricultural division. The deal, completed for an undisclosed sum, is the seventh struck by Leeds-headquartered Linley & Simpson since the outbreak of COVID-19.