B-engineering group aiming for record £10million turnover

B-engineering Group, a family-run business based at Winwick Quay, has set its sights on achieving more than £10million this year, aiming to expand into new areas of the UK.

The company was set up in 1990 by Bernard Ditchfield, who passed the reins to his son Rob in 2011, when just six staff were employed and it was turning over £180,000.

It is now one of the leading business services providers in the north of England, with a workforce of 50 and revenues of £8.5million.

Managing director Rob Ditchfield said: “The improvements we have made to the business have created a platform for strong, sustainable growth in line with our strategic goals.”

Rob, 42, joined the business straight from school in 1997 as an apprentice pipefitter welder, and he has successfully worked his way up to the role of managing director.

Last year, the group rebranded from Bmech Services to better reflect the breadth of services it offers and its adoption of new technologies.

It also successfully re-integrated sister company RD Mechanical and Electrical into the group after splitting the businesses in 2020.

Rob said: “We have come a long way in the past couple of years.

“The separation of the businesses enabled us to focus on how we met the different needs of clients across multiple sectors.”

Recently, the company carried out its largest-ever combined mechanical and electrical project – a £2.2million scheme at an electronics factory in Rochdale.

The group’s growing renewables division completed a 300KW solar PV panels project at a food manufacturing site in Hull, while new contracts were won for gas heating and air-conditioning schemes in sectors including healthcare, retailing and manufacturing.

Rob said: “We look forward with confidence to the year ahead and to creating a significant number of new roles as we expand our geographical reach for our maintenance offering.”

Plans to expand into Yorkshire, the north east and the east Midlands are envisioned.