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We have over thirty years’ experience as a specialist contractor to blue-chip businesses

Company History

We have over thirty years’ experience as a specialist contractor to blue-chip businesses

Origins | Our History | About Us | Metcor Environmental | Metcor
1986

Origins

Metcor Environmental was originally Metro Mechanical Services, founded in the mid-1980s.

Working initially with the hospitality and food sectors, it grew into services for facilities managers and commercial property owners in London and the South East for other sectors ranging from commercial through to health and education.

Since then, it has grown to provide planned preventative maintenance, reactive and remedials for over 2000 sites from Edinburgh to Exeter, for retail parks too large residential complexes, company headquarters to football stadiums.

Greater Manchester Office Opened in 2015 | Our History | About Us | Metcor Environmental | Metcor
2015

Metcor Environmental’s office was opened in Greater Manchester to support the ongoing growth of the business in Northern England and Scotland

Metcor Environmental Buyout 2018 | Our History | About Us | Metcor Environmental | Metcor
2018

New management team lead buyout of Metcor Environmental, and partner with existing operational leadership to take the business into its next chapter of growth. During this period, the business was recognised as one of the fastest growing in its region.

COVID-19 Key Workers | Our History | About Us | Metcor Environmental | Metcor
2020

Metcor Environmental employees are designated key workers during the Covid-19 pandemic, and continue to support clients around the UK through an unprecedented time.

Aquisition of Cresco Services | Our History | About Us | Metcor Environmental | Metcor
2021

Acquisition of Cresco Services, a specialist drainage and plumbing contractor based in Essex, supporting the Central London commercial property sector.

Our History | About Us | Metcor Environmental | Metcor
2023

The Metcor Group was launched, bringing together over 100 years of experience, providing smarter specialist solutions for a better built environment. Comprising three long-established companies, Metcor Environmental (rebranded from Metro Mechanical Services), Anglo Pumps, and Aylesford Electrical Contractors, Metcor provides preventative planned maintenance and emergency response services to many FTSE 100 and 250 companies, and iconic UK landmarks, including company headquarters and national museums.

Our History | About Us | Metcor Environmental | Metcor
2024

Metcor Environmental, the cornerstone of the Metcor Group, is currently the National Drainage Contractor if the Year, as judged by its peers at the National Drainage Awards.

Today, the company has over 130 tankers, extensively kitted-out jetting vans, trucks and specialist high-level vehicles, providing comprehensive drainage, clean and waste water management services.