Description

Hargreaves Services Plc is a diversified industrial services and property development group, providing materials handling and processing, mechanical and electrical contracting, logistics, and large-scale earthworks. These services cater to the energy, environmental, infrastructure, and broader industrial sectors. The company also produces and supplies solid fuels and kiln-dried logs, and maintains an extensive logistics fleet of around 450 vehicles. Hargreaves specializes in dormant site management, offering services like land remediation, site restoration, geotechnical assessment, environmental analysis, and planning liaison. Additionally, the company undertakes soil and overburden stripping, material hauling, and provides expertise in geotechnical advice and quarry development. Through its Geofirma brand, it offers earthmoving advisory and contracting, notably for soil stabilization and treatment. The group is also involved in developing brownfield sites for residential and commercial purposes. Its industrial services arm encompasses outsourced bulk materials handling, mechanical and electrical maintenance, project engineering, mining services, facilities management, scaffolding, and safe access solutions. Furthermore, Hargreaves is a vital supplier of raw materials to various industries, including steel, foundry, smelting, non-ferroalloy, sugar, limestone, insulation, refractory, and ceramic producers. Established in 1994 and headquartered in Durham, UK, the company operates across the United Kingdom, Europe, Hong Kong, and internationally.