Law firm Lodders has celebrated its arrival in Cheltenham with a major client win.
It will now be advising Huntsmans Quarries based at Naunton near Stow-on the Wold, a privately owned 77-year-old business that employs over 60 local people and owns approximately 400 acres of land
With the business looking to expand as the construction market picks up, it has turned to Lodders for all its legal needs but particularly those relating to property acquisition.
Paul Mourton, a partner in the Cheltenham office which the Stratford-upon-Avon headquartered firm opened on Monday, September 30, said Huntsmans Quarries was looking to expand and diversify.
“We have already advised them on two acquisitions,” he commented.
“The first involves purchasing extra land in order to extend the existing quarry at Naunton while the second is for a new depot near Evesham.”
Today Huntsmans principally produces aggregates and agricultural lime but also natural building stone, walling and roofing. Some of the aggregates are converted into concrete products such as readymixed concrete and their Atlas Walling and Fieldstone Conservation Roofing.
Huntsmans also operate a construction and demolition waste facility for the North Cotswolds whereby waste from local construction projects can be reprocessed for use as aggregates.
Essentially they serve a local market with 90 per cent of products going within 25 miles and provide a one stop shop for the local and not so local contractors.
Huntsmans Quarries managing director David Glenn said: “Following the financial crash and the UK’s plunge into recession, output reduced by over 50 per cent. “Fortunately, the industry has at long last turned the corner and local construction and farming seem to be on the up.
“We are now investing in the future and are pleased to be working with Lodders who have taken the time to understand our business and that gives me confidence we are valued and not just a number.”