Darlington business on target for growth as more contracts roll in
A Darlington company is on target for its most successful year to date after securing in the region of a quarter of million pounds worth of work.
Stone Technical Services has won contracts to complete a range of maintenance, restoration and safety work at locations in Darlington, Merseyside, London and the South East.
Following the successful completion of maintenance work on the Cornmill Shopping Centre in Darlington, Stone has been appointed to install bespoke safety systems to the centre to ensure it meets stringent regulations.
In Merseyside, Stone’s restoration experts have recently completed a range of vital work at Christ Church in Eccleston near St Helens. The church, which dates back to the 1800s, is currently undergoing a programme of restoration work to meet the needs of its local community. As part of their ‘building for the future’ plans, Stone removed worn iron cramps replacing them with stainless steel, dressed the sandstone indents on the exterior, fully re-pointed the spire and re-carved the decorative pinnacle.
And in London, having already carried out a number of servicing and repair contracts for Swan Housing Association, Stone has secured a larger contract to carry out maintenance on all of the organisation's housing stock in the south.
Managing director of Stone Technical Services, Dave Stone, said: “At the start of the year the economic climate meant we implemented modest growth plans. However, thanks to our UK-wide reputation we’re now exceeding these and on target for our best year yet.
"The new contracts perfectly illustrate the variety of work we do and the different areas we work in and are helping us to fund our growth."
Stone Technical Services specialises in all aspects of high level maintenance, lightning conductor installation and steeplejack services as well as restoration and masonry refurbishment projects on churches, museums, clock towers, castles, spires and historic buildings.
This year the company launched a new office in Cheshire and re-located its London site to a more central location. Stone now has premises in Cheadle Hulme near Stockport, close to Piccadilly Circus on Orange Street in central London, Pinner in Middlesex and its headquarters in Darlington.
Since the turn of the year, the company has seen an increase in new contracts around the country and now employs a team of 28.
