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Business, Cleaning & Facilities Management, News, North of England

Supply specialist, PPS, increases hospitality business with acquisition

The North of England’s leading independent janitorial supply business, PPS, has acquired hospitality supplies specialist, LTES. The deal, which was prompted by retirement, sees PPS acquire LTES’ customer base and stockholding.

Based in Shipley, LTES has been trading for over 30 years supplying the hospitality sector in Yorkshire with cleaning chemicals, glass washer machines, glasses, and hygiene paper.

As part of an ambitious growth plan, this move marks the second acquisition in quick succession for the York and Keighley-based company. The deal will bolster the company’s hospitality supplies business, which already included supplying more than 1,000 hospitality businesses across the north, including restaurant groups, pubs, schools, and entertainment venues.

The LTES acquisition follows PPS’ recent seven-figure purchase of Keighley-based Scott Janitorial Supplies.

Joseph Fitzpatrick, Managing Director of PPS, said: “We are delighted to share that we have acquired LTES. LTES is a great addition to PPS – with its strong customer base, and a complimentary product range. We felt that this was an ideal opportunity for us to progress our growth plans.

“We have a deep understanding, built up over two decades, of what it takes to successfully supply the hospitality industry. We understand that speed of service as well as quality is key. With depots in York and Keighley and 18 vans on the road delivering each workday, we look forward to continuing to provide exceptional service to even more customers across the Yorkshire region.”

As with the company’s acquisition of Scott Janitorial Supplies, PPS were provided legal advice and support by Martin Frost, corporate partner at Andrew Jackson.

Frost said: “We were delighted to be able to assist PPS on their latest acquisition. From the outset the PPS Board had a very clear plan for how they wished to approach the deal. By working closely with them and the other advisers, we were able to streamline the legal process and complete the transaction quickly for the benefit of all parties. We wish them every success as they take the LTES business forward as part of the growing PPS group.”

Family-run business, PPS, provides products that everyone needs, including cleaning products, catering supplies, equipment, machinery, and so much more.

Cleaning & Facilities Management, News, North of England

York-based janitorial supplier completes seven-figure buyout

Family-owned supply specialists, PPS, has made a seven figure investment to acquire Scott Janitorial Supplies, increasing annual turnover for the business by 61% and doubling its owned warehouse space. 

Purchasing the keighley-based supplier in February 2021, the past 16 months have served as an adjustment period to integrate systems and processes ahead of the announcement this year. During this time both companies remained separate, with Scott Janitorial Supplies officially merging with PPS on 1st June 2022. 

With ambitious growth plans for 2023, PPS acquired Scott Janitorial to work towards these goals, taking on the additional warehouse space and growing its fleet of delivery vehicles to 18 vans working across the north of England, including the three electric vans that the company purchased earlier this year in a bid to make deliveries more efficient. 

The move will create a number of new jobs within the company, including customer service, business development and warehouse positions. The merger takes PPS’ headcount to 52, with the company anticipating this to reach 60 within the next six to 12 months. 

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 that will build on this.” 

Managing Director of PPS, Joseph Fitzpatrick said: “We’re proud to announce the merger of Scott Janitorial Supplies with PPS. 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 very 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.”

Based in York and Keighley, PPS provides products that everyone needs, including cleaning products, hand towels, toilet tissue, soap, coffee cups, floor care machines and much more. More information about the business can be found at www.pps-essentials.co.uk.