Meet the people behind Environmental Services Plus
Skilled. Approachable. Committed.
Our team brings together decades of hands-on experience with a genuine passion for doing things right. We’re not just experts in grounds, trees and infrastructure – we’re real people who care about delivering reliable results and building lasting relationships.
George Clarke
Field Manager
With a decade’s industry experience under his belt, including a spell in upstate New York, George is the perfect field manager – somebody who can oversee the detail on site and offer hands-on support where it’s needed. “I can still do a little bit of both,” says George. “I still
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enjoy doing a bit of cutting. I was an apprentice when I started out at EOS and just progressed from there. I went from being a cutter to a team leader and I’ve always looked for progression at every stage. I like to know where I can go. It’s been pretty good so far.” George’s experience also makes a positive difference to client-contractor relations – a major priority at Environmental Solutions Plus.
Jason Powell
Health & Safety Adviser
Parts of this industry are inherently dangerous. There’s no escaping that fact. Take working at height around high voltage powerlines. With a chainsaw. Switching to health and safety after a career in climbing has enabled Jason to carry on working in an industry he loves – and to keep others
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safe as they follow in his footsteps. “I’ve been a lumberjack, a tree surgeon and a surveyor,” says Jason, who has almost 30 years’ experience behind him. “Now I’m poacher-turned-gamekeeper! I’ve always been physically fit, but nobody can climb trees forever. Coming off the tools has opened up a new career that I really enjoy. I wasn’t sure I would, but it’s rewarding to feel you’re keeping someone safe.” Jason has gradually become an expert in health and safety – the kind of reassuring presence that colleagues and clients expect and depend on. “I can probably get the message across to the people that work for us better than most because I’ve been there.”
Richard Hall
Assistant manager (Highways)
With more than 25 years’ industry experience behind him, Richard has been the linchpin of our highways division since joining the business from the highly respected AC Landscapes. He began his career back in 1998 with another respected name, Glendale, learning the ropes on landscaping and tree works, before spending
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14 years with Fountains as a surveyor on their Scottish & Southern and Western Power contract. Despite such a rich and varied experience, Richard never stops learning. “In this industry, you’re always learning,” says Richard, “developing new skills, understanding clients’ needs, manging expectations. I might not be climbing trees anymore, but I’m looking after people who do, passing on my experience. Every tree is different!”
Simon Cunningham
Climber
Simon has been enjoying this role since leaving the Armed Forces in 2022, cutting his teeth with Morris Arb – “a good place to start” – before joining our business in 2024. “I had a lot of transferable skills,” explains Simon, “which made for a good transition to this kind
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of work. I love climbing! “There’s a good team mentality here. Everyone has the same objectives, and everyone wants to reach the same goal. We help each other out, get the job done and we have a good laugh on site too. It’s just a good environment.”
Simon Ablett
Senior Operations Manager (Landscape and Highways)
Simon oversees major contracts across three operational areas – Northwest, Northeast, and Midlands and the Southwest – where we provide landscaping, tree work and ecology support. He’s been in this line of work since turning 17, starting at the foot of the ladder as a labourer before eventually launching his
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own business in 2007. His own company grew to employ around 100 people before downsizing to focus on highways and OHL. Ablett was the ‘A’ in AC Landscapes, which became part of this business 2024. And he performs the same role as well as ever. “I’ve got guys who have been with me for 14 or 15 years,” says Simon, “I just have a larger support network around me now. I was already familiar with a lot of the team here as we’d often worked on the same contracts together, so we bedded in quite well. “It still feels like a family and that’s the way we want to operate.”