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LANDSCAPING: HULTON’S LANDSCAPES

Landscaping
Perfected
Established in 1968, Hulton’s is a leading provider
of landscaping and grounds maintenance.

H

ulton’s is a leading provider of landscaping and
grounds maintenance has recently announced
its intention to usher in a new era beginning
with the recent appointment of a revised management team lead by industry specialist Lee

Webster. The business, established by Michael Hulton in 1968 has
enjoyed a long and successful trading history to date and is well
placed in its core market of the North West. Operating from its
purpose built premises in Lymm Cheshire the business employs 65
staff and associated sub-contractors.
A recent organisational re-structure has seen Michael and the
previous management team departing to be replaced with a number of key appointments to the board. Lee Webster joined the business as Managing Director after 17 years working for market leaders, The Landscape Group, bringing with him 25 years of experiice through reliable operational delivery while maintaining its

ence in the industry. Chris Whittingham also joined the board as

environmental responsibilities. “We understand the future of

Commercial Director having previously worked in the North West

Hulton’s relies on getting it right on the ground and our primary

construction arena along with Simon Price who joined as

aim is to ensure that the Hulton’s brand is synonymous with

Financial Director. Along with these board appointments, the busi-

exceeding our clients expectations every time we put a spade in the

ness has also recruited for key management positions resulting in

ground.” Predominately a soft landscaping business, Hultons

Pip Probert, a gold medal award winning landscape designer join-

focus on bringing in new talent and up-skilling its existing work-

ing the business to head up the newly formed Design & Build divi-

force has provided the expertise to extend its core value proposi-

sion along with the strengthening of HQSE and HR functions with

tion to include hard landscaping and other associated services

additional resource.

with a view to delivering the complete landscaping package.

With a new team comes fresh ideas and Hulton’s vision for the

Hulton’s has already successfully secured the coveted BALI

future is to focus on providing exceptional levels of customer serv-

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