News: Lucion acquires AOH Limited

Asbestos surveying & management specialists, Lucion Environmental has acquired former industry rival AOH Limited, who were in administration.

The take over of AOH offices means the Lucion brand now includes new offices in Rotherham and Leicester, as well as the merge of AOH's former Newcastle office to be incorporated into Lucion’s Gateshead offices.

The acquisition has resulted in 30 jobs being saved.

A spokesperson for Lucion said: "We already provide industry leading services in asbestos management and are deeply committed to providing the highest quality of client service.

"Expansion into the east midlands significantly increases our national coverage. We also now benefit from the addition of AOH's training and health & safety department to the Lucion service offering, providing additional opportunities to increase revenue by bringing services in-house that had previously been contracted out and offering new training services to existing clients.

"AOH is a long-established, solid and well-regarded name within our industry, and our ambition is to enhance the services offered by their offices by adding our own brand of dynamism and forward thinking attitudes and we are delighted at being able to save so many jobs for highly trained staff.

"Bringing AOH's training resource into our group also adds significant weight to the services we can offer, and we're very confident that this deal will lead to a real step change in our operations through the acquisition of new customers and expansion of the work we do with existing clients."

Lucion's new Rotherham office is at Manvers House in the Dearne Valley.

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