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Freedom, a leading provider of facilities and power engineering services and part of the NG Bailey Group, has been awarded certification to the internationally-recognised, ISO accredited CEMARS (Carbon Emissions Measurement and Reduction Scheme) standard by Achilles. The independent accreditation is an important demonstration of Freedom’s sustainability credentials and on-going commitment to measuring and reducing its […]

On Wednesday 18 July we took our first load of plastic waste containing 700 empty plastic buckets, which contained resin used for jointing on our contract with Northern Powergrid, to plastic recycling plant Imerys in Castleford. The load weighed 340kg in total. Imerys currently process around 3,500 tonnes of plastic waste from local waste facilities and […]

Freedom Group has achieved Gold in the internationally-renowned RoSPA Health and Safety Award in recognition of continuous improvement and innovation to its practices and occupational health and safety management system. The award will be presented to Freedom during a ceremony at Hilton Birmingham Metropole hotel on Wednesday 4 July2018. The RoSPA Awards scheme, which receives entries from […]

As an industry leader in Occupational Health and Safety performance, we are working in partnership with safety performance improvement and culture development specialists, Setters, to deliver our Behavioural Change Programme, TLC (Take a moment, Lead by example, Challenge – don’t walk by), across the business to help foster a safe and secure working environment by […]

Freedom Group, a leading provider of facilities and power engineering services, is proud to announce it has successfully passed the in-depth and rigorous Achilles UVDB Verify audit. Following the two day compliance evaluation on Freedom’s company procedures for both office and site work, with particular attention on Safety, Health, Environment and Quality requirements (SHEQ), it […]

Freedom Group, a leading provider of facilities and power engineering services, is pleased to announce it has been shortlisted in three categories in the Fleet News Awards 2018. Following its success last year scooping the ‘Fleet of the Year 251-1000 vehicles’ award, Freedom has this year been shortlisted in the ‘Fleet of the Year up […]

On Thursday 18 January over 20 of our Overhead Line teams, supported by engineers and pole erection units, worked day and night carrying out storm damage repair work on behalf of our client, UK Power Networks, to restore power to more than 145,000 properties in the East of England after winds of over 70mph damaged trees and […]

We are delighted to announce that Freedom Group has won a Green Apple Environment Award in recognition for environmental best practice. There were over 1000 nominations received by the Green Organisation for this year’s Green Apple Awards. The Green Apple Awards began in 1994 and are supported by the Environment Agency, the Chartered Institute of […]

Freedom Group has been awarded a Gold Award from the Supply Chain School of Sustainability, just one year since our initial assessment which is a fantastic achievement. Katerina Robinson, Group Environmental Sustainability Manager, has met with the judges and following a formal interview, Freedom have been awarded the Gold Award for the progress made in […]

The Fleet News Awards, now in its 29th year, represent the pinnacle of fleet achievement. Judged by some of the most respected fleets, leasing providers and pricing guides in the country. The judges’ commented “Paul Brown shows a solid understanding of the fleet and has introduced a number of new initiative that takes Enserve Group to […]