Yorkshire-based janitorial supplies firms ally for growth – Image from PPS
York-based family-owned supply specialist PPS has made a ‘seven-figure investment’ to buy Scott Janitorial Supplies, increasing its annual turnover by 61% and doubling warehouse space.
PPS, which supplies cleaning products, hand towels, toilet tissue, soap, coffee cups and floor care machines, purchased the Keighley-based Scott Janitorial in February 2021, and over the past 16 months, the firms have remained separate while integrating systems and processes ahead of the official takeover on 1st June.
The company’s fleet of delivery vehicles now stands at 18 vans working across the north of England, including the three electric vans that the company bought earlier this year to make deliveries more efficient.
The move creates several new jobs within the company, including customer service, business development and warehouse positions. The merger takes PPS’s headcount to 52, with the company anticipates that this will reach 60 within the next year.
Joseph Fitzpatrick, PPS’s managing director, said: “Scott Janitorial was a great fit for PPS, both being family businesses that have a long history of putting service above everything else. I have been personally proud of the positive effect this deal, and the scale it gives us, has had on our people at both sites, including several internal promotions, the introduction of a company bonus scheme, and the creation of numerous brand new positions across York and Keighley.
“The biggest benefactors, however, are our customers, who now benefit from an increased product range, additional in-house expert support and reduced delivery lead times thanks to our increased geographical reach. The latter I anticipate will enable us to remove at least 20,000 unnecessary miles annually and all the CO2e associated with these.”
Richard Lister, sales director of Scott Janitorial Supplies, said: “Merging the two janitorial supply businesses is a fantastic move for all our customers and both company’s teams. We have been busy combining the best from both companies and have a lot of exciting plans for this year.”
