The Farmers Mart Apr/May 2015 - Issue 39 | Page 75

New home for expaNdiNg farm reNewables firm Renewable’s specialists EcoLogicLiving, with hundreds of installs across Scotland and Northern England, have marked another year of phenomenal growth, investment and recruitment by moving to new headquarters. The new premises, at Rickerby’s, Carlisle, will provide base of operations for more than 30 sales, admin and engineering staff and enable the awardwinning company to further expand its reach across the north of England and south-west Scotland. Founded 2008, EcoLogicLiving specialises in renewable energy; mainly woodchip boilers, log boilers and solar PV, to farms, estates & commercial premises. The move to larger premises coincides with a 60 per cent increase in turnover in the last 12 months, exceeding its £4.5m target, with much of that growth coming from sales of biomass boilers to the rural community. EcoLogicLiving have won several rounds of investment from 350IP who manage the ‘North West Fund’ on behalf of the Carbon trust, and credit their rapid growth to the hard work and dedication of all their team. Judy Pearson says: “When we started we only had three engineers, but the business has expanded over the last six years to the extent that we’ve outgrown our offices twice now.. The new premises will provide a much-needed new base for the company as we seek to move to the ne