Private ambulance business snaps up unit

An industrial unit on a well-established trading estate in Salisbury, an asset which is owned by LGIM Real Assets’ IPIF Fund, has been snapped up by a private ambulance business.

Property consultancy Myddelton & Major successfully negotiated the letting of Unit 19 on the Harnham Trading Estate.

The new tenant, E-zec Medical Transport Services Ltd, agreed a 10-year lease on the 2,153 sq ft (200 sq m) unit for which the quoting rent was £14,950 per annum.

Myddelton & Major Partner Dean Speer said: “E-zec Medical Transport Service is a family run company, focused on delivering high quality, safe and effective ambulance transportation for patients to and from a healthcare setting in the Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS) situation.

“Father and son Paul and Derek Swann set up the independent private ambulance company with one vehicle in 1998 to support public and private sector customers – and today it is one of the longest established and largest independent ambulance providers

“The two founding shareholders still own the company and Paul remains active in the day-to-day running of the business which employs more than 1,400 people, operates from 30 bases across the UK and handles more than a million journeys every year.

“E-zec Medical Transport Service was seeking a convenient base in the Salisbury area and the Harnham Estate proved perfect for its needs.”

Harnham Trading Estate is one of Salisbury’s most well-established industrial/warehouse developments. Located at Netherhampton Road (B3094), linking with the A36 on the south west side of Salisbury, it is particularly conveniently placed to serve the city and beyond.

The Harnham Trading Estate comprises a range of factory/warehouse units with brick/blockwork elevations and profile sheet metal cladding with insulated fibre cement roofs. All the units have a steel folding loading door and translucent roof lighting.