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enhancing communities,<br />
maintaining facilities,<br />
managing the environment<br />
#weareassist
OUR BUSINESS<br />
The <strong>Assist</strong> <strong>Group</strong> is an exciting and<br />
dynamic business providing a wide<br />
range of services across the public<br />
sectors including Local Authorities,<br />
Central Government, Defence and<br />
Social Housing.<br />
We use technology and innovative<br />
working practices to make a real<br />
difference. We then underpin this with<br />
the strong relationships we build with<br />
our customers and the people that use<br />
their facilities.<br />
Our client base contains many<br />
recognised public sector organisations<br />
and household brands for which we<br />
have helped transform their facilities.<br />
We are without doubt different from the<br />
crowd, we are easy to work with, have<br />
extremely talented people that are<br />
embedded into our customers<br />
organisations and utilise the latest<br />
in-house technology to streamline<br />
process and drive out cost efficiency.
OUR VALUES<br />
It's the relationships with our customers and the real team work culture we<br />
have built at <strong>Assist</strong> that makes us different.<br />
Our best sales people happen to be our customers, they share experiences<br />
that have truly changed they way they work.<br />
From our newest team member right up to the CEO, we are all committed<br />
to providing the very best experience for our customers and ensuring that<br />
we build lasting relationships.
GROUNDS MAINTENANCE<br />
<strong>Assist</strong> provides a wide range of grounds maintenance services to<br />
business parks, retail parks, industrial units, local authorities,<br />
housing associations, schools, building contractors and developers<br />
across the UK, and our full-time, highly experienced uniformed<br />
operatives are trained to the highest industry standards.<br />
“A short note of thanks to the<br />
<strong>Assist</strong> team who played their part<br />
in preparing the Barracks in<br />
advance of the Preston Military<br />
Show. The highly effective team<br />
worked tirelessly throughout the<br />
week in difficult weather<br />
conditions to cut grass, trim back<br />
shrubs, and clear debris to an<br />
excellent standard.<br />
Once again my sincere thanks for<br />
a job well done.”<br />
Major (Retd) A Marshall<br />
Station Staff Officer
LANDSCAPING & FINE TURF<br />
We are passionate about our specialist landscaping and fine turf<br />
services that are delivered by a dedicated and talented group of<br />
people operating on a national basis.<br />
We work with some of the most recognised businesses, sports<br />
clubs, property developers, theme parks and public sector<br />
organisations to create fantastic schemes that are well designed,<br />
constructed and maintained.<br />
We are also recognised as one of the leading sports turf<br />
consultancy and maintenance specialists in the North of England.<br />
Our highly skilled teams work nationally to maintain approximately...<br />
Customers Include;<br />
25,000<br />
trees and areas of<br />
woodland<br />
5,000,000m2<br />
of shrubs<br />
2000<br />
Items of play<br />
equipment<br />
25,000,000m2<br />
of amenity grass
TREE & WOODLANDS<br />
<strong>Assist</strong> provide a complete range of tree and<br />
woodland management services to its local<br />
authority, estate and property management<br />
customers.<br />
Ranging from reactive response and emergency<br />
situations to scheduled tree inspection and<br />
maintenance programmes. All of our staff are highly<br />
trained to both industry standard levels and our<br />
comprehensive internal training program.<br />
Carried out by qualified and experienced teams of<br />
trained Arborists, you can expect <strong>Assist</strong> to produce<br />
a high quality and professional standard of work. All<br />
works are undertaken in line with BS3998 (2010)<br />
tree work recommendations and current industry<br />
guidelines.<br />
<strong>Assist</strong> also has the capability through its works<br />
management system, ‘Workrate’, to asset tag all<br />
trees to ensure planned maintenance throughout its<br />
lifecycle.
WEED CONTROL<br />
<strong>Assist</strong> covers 150,000km of footpaths, hard standing and highways each year using innovative methods and<br />
environmentally friendly products delivering highway weed control, vegetation management, and invasive<br />
weed management services.<br />
Maintaining the UK's road networks for the highways agencies and local authorities, as well as utility and<br />
telecommunication infrastructure. <strong>Assist</strong> have over 10 years' experience in this sector and is a market leader<br />
in weed control and vegetation management. Our people are experienced and meticulous, and our<br />
methods are state-of-the-art, so our customers can be assured a thorough job every single time.
WINTER MAINTENANCE<br />
<strong>Assist</strong> works to keep the UK's highways, car parks and estates safe and clear in the winter months, with our<br />
dedicated fleet of highway gritting vehicles available for rapid response. Gritting during the coldest times of<br />
the year is vitally important in the quest to keep the country moving and our winter maintenance service<br />
enables customers to vastly increase road safety in icy conditions.<br />
State-of-the-art mobile<br />
communication tools allow our<br />
vehicles to be immediately<br />
contacted when required,<br />
keeping response times to a<br />
minimum and service levels at a<br />
premium.<br />
Each vehicle is equipped with<br />
GPS tracking, showing<br />
locations, times and grit rates<br />
for each vehicle. Bespoke<br />
co-ordination systems have<br />
been designed to handle each<br />
element of a winter<br />
maintenance service. Detailed,<br />
online records are provided to<br />
our customers within hours of a<br />
completed application, which is<br />
an integral part of managing risk<br />
and mitigating any claims.
HYGIENE & CLEANING<br />
SERVICES<br />
<strong>Assist</strong>'s dedicated team offer a complete<br />
range of cleaning services. We have<br />
extensive experience working with housing<br />
associations, local authorities and estate<br />
managers to provide tailored and innovative<br />
service solutions.<br />
<strong>Assist</strong> believe that every contract is different<br />
and as a result we offer a tailor-made service<br />
to meet with your requirements.<br />
Additionally, our hygiene division offers an<br />
extensive range of products and services to<br />
enhance your washroom facilities, whilst<br />
ensuring your organisation complies with<br />
important legislation.
WE ARE TRUSTED BY
ACCREDITATIONS<br />
We are proud to be accredited by the following organisations and standards
TECHNOLOGY THAT<br />
WORKS FOR YOU<br />
Our technology allows customers to manage<br />
payments, audit work and administer the service at a<br />
touch of a button. Our paperless service saves time,<br />
money and the environment, and our flexible<br />
contract terms mean our customers have the<br />
freedom to utilise our professional services as and<br />
when required.
CONTACT US<br />
ASSIST GROUP<br />
Head Office<br />
Catchdale Moss Farm<br />
Catchdale Moss Lane<br />
St Helens<br />
Merseyside<br />
WA10 5G<br />
hello@assistgroup.co.uk<br />
0845 600 8376
www.assistgroup.co.uk