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ARCA Gold Audit and ACAD Certificate of Excellence 2025

31 January 2026

Delighted to have been awarded the Gold Audit Award from ARCA and a Certificate of Excellence from ACAD in 2025.

These prestigious awards are only presented to contractors who consistently achieve the highest possible standards in independently audited asbestos removal projects. Both ARCA and ACAD assessments involve rigorous site inspections, documentation reviews, and compliance verification, ensuring that best practice, safety, and regulatory performance are met or exceeded.

These awards are only given to contractors who consistently demonstrate:

  • The highest levels of safety and compliance
  • Excellent site control and management
  • Best-in-class workmanship
  • Full adherence to industry regulations and guidance

What These Awards Mean for Our Clients

For our clients, these awards provide independent verification that:

  • Our asbestos removal work is regularly audited at the highest industry level
  • We operate to strict HSE, ARCA, and ACAD standards
  • Safety, control, and quality are maintained at the highest levels

Whether working on commercial, public sector, industrial, or domestic projects, our clients can have complete confidence that every project is delivered with care, competence, and compliance at its core.

A Team Effort

This recognition is the result of the commitment, professionalism, and hard work of our entire workforce, from site operatives and supervisors to management and compliance teams. We would also like to thank our clients for their continued trust and support.

Receiving both awards in the same year is a true reflection of our ongoing commitment to ensuring compliance, protecting reputation, and delivering peace of mind on works we undertake.

Countrywide undertake asbestos removal in Liverpool, Manchester, Cheshire, Manchester, Lancashire and North West. For more information or advice, visit www.countrywide-environmental.co.uk, phone 0151 426 2110, or email us at admin@countrywide-environmental.co.uk.

 

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Countrywide win 10th RoSPA Gold – the Presidents Award

28 October 2025

The President’s Award.

Countrywide Environmental, based in Prescot have received a prestigious RoSPA Award for the 10th consecutive year, demonstrating commitment to health and safety excellence. This honour is referred to as the President’s Award.

Now in its 69th year, and with almost 2,000 entries annually from over 50 countries, covering over seven million employees, the RoSPA Awards are the world’s largest health and safety awards programme, recognising those organisations and individuals who have set the highest standards in accident prevention.

In order to share important learning and build on the strong health and safety foundations required to enter the RoSPA Awards, the award entry process can be used as reflective practice to contribute to continuing professional development (CPD).

Over the past decade, Countrywide have consistently maintained the RoSPA Gold Standard, reflecting its unwavering dedication to compliance, protecting client reputations, and giving peace of mind to all clients — from commercial property owners, social housing providers Universities, NHS Trusts to local authorities.

“Receiving the RoSPA President’s Award marks a decade of continuous commitment to the highest standards of safety,” said Darren Sinners, Managing Director of Countrywide. “Our work often takes place in complex and sensitive environments, and this award is a testament to the professionalism, vigilance, and care our teams demonstrate every single day. Compliance isn’t just a target for us, it’s the foundation of the trust our clients place in us.”

Comments from RoSPA and Nebosh

Julia Small, RoSPA’s Growth Director, said: Countrywide should be proud of the hard work and commitment to keeping people safe that has resulted in a RoSPA Award, which honours those organisations who have achieved the highest standards in health and safety in the workplace.

RoSPA regards Countrywide as a strong example of the importance of making accident prevention central to any successful organisation, not just for the benefit of employees, customers and clients, but also society as a whole.’

Sponsored by the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH), the RoSPA Awards scheme is the longest-running of its kind in the UK, and receives entries from organisations across the globe, making it one of the most sought-after achievement awards for the health and safety industry.

Dee Arp, NEBOSH Chief Quality Officer and the Head Judge of the RoSPA Awards, said: ‘NEBOSH is delighted to be the headline sponsor of the RoSPA Awards. Recognising excellence in health and safety is essential to ensure we celebrate achievement, but it is also about reinforcing a culture of care, accountability and continuous improvement. These awards serve as a powerful reminder that employee safety and wellbeing transcends borders and looking after our people, so they can go home safe, healthy and happy every day, also drives sustainable success and resilience.’

Countrywide undertake asbestos removal in Liverpool, Manchester, Cheshire, Manchester, Lancashire and North West. For more information or advice, visit www.countrywide-environmental.co.uk, phone 0151 426 2110, or email us at admin@countrywide-environmental.co.uk.

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Creating healthier communities through social value

30 September 2025

Addressing Need, Building Opportunity

In response to requests from Whitefield School and its community partners, Countrywide has contributed match funding to enable the expansion of a food project designed to promote and provide budget-friendly, healthy meals to local families. This builds directly on the success of the existing Warm Spaces Family Cooking Club. The after school sessions provide a location in which families prepare an accessible, nutritious meal together and then share the meal as part of a family experience.

The project has been so well received that demand has outstripped capacity, resulting in a waiting list. The infusion of funding from Countrywide and partners will allow the scheme to continue, reach more families, and maintain positive impact.

Impact in the Community

  • Increased reach: The funding will allow additional cohorts of families to join the cooking club.
  • Health & education synergy: Beyond nutrition, the project supports food literacy, cooking skills, budgeting, and family bonding.
  • Social value delivered locally: The scheme aligns with Countrywide’s pledge to deliver tangible social value in the communities where it operates.
  • Sustainability & continuity: With matched funding, the project is less vulnerable to interruptions and can better plan for longer-term operations.

The school were delighted that Countrywide stepped in to support the growth of this vital programme. Families tell us they’ve gained confidence in preparing healthy meals, and the shared mealtime experience helps strengthen family ties. The demand has been greater than we anticipated. This funding is exactly what we needed to meet that demand.

“As part of our Social Value Pledge, we believe in investing in projects that generate real, sustainable benefits for our local community,” said Darren Sinners, Director for Countrywide. “This matched donation helps the school, families and neighbourhood to improve wellbeing, nutrition and connections. We look forward to seeing the positive outcomes and hope to replicate this model elsewhere.”

About the Warm Spaces Family Cooking Club

The Warm Spaces Family Cooking Club was launched at Whitefield School to provide a warm, welcoming environment where families can learn, cook, and dine together. Sessions are held after school; participants are guided through preparing a simple, healthy, cost-effective meal, then sit down to eat together. The scheme combines nutrition education, cooking skills, and social support — helping families eat better without stretching budgets.

Countrywide undertake asbestos removal in Liverpool, Manchester, Cheshire, Manchester, Lancashire and North West. For more information or advice, visit www.countrywide-environmental.co.uk, phone 0151 426 2110, or email us at admin@countrywide-environmental.co.uk.

 

 

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Remembering Mesothelioma Day

26 September 2025

What is Mesothelioma?

Every year, on Action Mesothelioma Day, we remember the thousands of lives lost to mesothelioma and to raise awareness about this devastating asbestos-related cancer. It reminds us why we exist, why our standards are uncompromising, and why safety must always come first.

Mesothelioma is an aggressive and incurable cancer caused almost exclusively by exposure to asbestos fibres. It affects the lining of the lungs, abdomen, or heart, and often develops decades after exposure. Tragically, many sufferers were exposed at work in industries such as construction, shipbuilding, and manufacturing. Despite asbestos being banned more than two decades ago, its legacy remains in schools, hospitals, housing, commercial, industrial, public and private buildings.

Why Action Mesothelioma Day Matters.

For our team, Mesothelioma Day is not only about remembrance—it is about responsibility. Every enclosure we build, every fibre we prevent from escaping, every clearance certificate we sign, contributes to the prevention of future cases.

The lives lost remind us that asbestos exposure is not a distant, historic problem. It is a present risk in the very buildings we enter daily. Our role as licenced asbestos removal professionals is to break the chain between asbestos in buildings today and mesothelioma cases tomorrow.

Your duty

If you are responsible for maintenance and repair of non-domestic buildings or multi-occupancy domestic premises, you have a legal duty to manage asbestos in a building. (HSE) The person who has a legal duty to manage asbestos in a building (the dutyholder) could be the:

  • building owner
  • landlord for the premises
  • person or organisation with clear responsibility for the building’s maintenance or repair.

Our Commitment

On Action Mesothelioma Day, we reaffirm our commitments:

  • To protect workers, residents, and building users by following the strictest controls under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012.
  • To train and upskill our staff continually
  • To engage with clients and communities transparently
  • To uphold the “golden thread” of safety information

Supporting Victims and Families

We stand in solidarity with mesothelioma charities and support groups nationally. Organisations like Mesothelioma UK, Asbestos Support Groups, and Macmillan Cancer Support provide vital help to patients and families.

A Message to Our Staff and Subcontractors

Remember that every procedure you follow—from enclosures properly to wearing the correct PPE / RPE —is not just compliance, it’s life-saving work. You are the frontline in the fight against mesothelioma. Your diligence ensures that future generations won’t suffer the same fate as so many before.

Our experienced project management teams are available to provide advice on the approach to manage and mitigate asbestos risk. Countrywide undertake asbestos removal in Liverpool, Manchester, Cheshire, Manchester, lancashire and North West. For more information or advice, visit www.countrywide-environmental.co.uk, phone 0151 426 2110, or email us at admin@countrywide-environmental.co.uk.

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Appointment to CHIC framework – Asbestos Removal

27 August 2025

Framework appointment

Countrywide Environmental are pleased to announce successful qualification as a supplier on the CHIC (Communities & Housing Investment Consortium) Asbestos Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) framework.

This appointment enables us to deliver asbestos removal and remediation services to CHIC’s extensive network of housing providers, local authorities, and public sector organisations across the UK.

The CHIC DPS framework is designed to ensure members have access to high-quality, accredited suppliers who can provide safe, efficient, and cost-effective asbestos management solutions. By joining the framework, a commitment to the highest standards of health and safety, regulatory compliance, and customer service has been demonstrated.

Darren Sinners, Managing Director of Countrywide said; “We are delighted to have been appointed to the CHIC Asbestos DPS framework. This recognition reflects our proven expertise in asbestos removal and our dedication to safeguarding residents, workers, and the wider community. We look forward to supporting CHIC members with safe, compliant, and value-driven asbestos solutions.”

As an asbestos removal contractor with a 3 year licence, we offer extensive experience across housing, commercial, and public sector projects to protect reputation and ensure peace of mind. The company’s team is trained to the highest industry standards, delivering services with minimal disruption while ensuring full compliance with current regulations.

CHIC is a collaborative procurement and asset management consortium for housing providers and local authorities. Its asbestos DPS framework gives members access to a fully compliant, efficient route to procuring asbestos services, ensuring best value and quality outcomes.

Countrywide maintain a reputation for excellence in managing asbestos risks within both occupied and vacant properties, working closely with clients to minimise impact and maximise safety.

This framework appointment not only reaffirms Countrywide’s capabilities in compliance-driven projects but also demonstrates its ongoing contribution to raising safety standards in the construction and maintenance sectors.

Countrywide undertake asbestos removal in Liverpool, Manchester, Cheshire, Manchester and Lancashire. For more information or advice, visit www.countrywide-environmental.co.uk, phone 0151 426 2110, or email us at admin@countrywide-environmental.co.uk.

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Championing Safe Homes – Countrywide Supports Best Practice at Housing 2025 Conference

1 July 2025

Liverpool-based asbestos removal specialists reinforce commitment to safety in social housing.

Countrywide Environmental Services, a trusted asbestos removal contractor serving Liverpool, Manchester and the North West, proudly attended the Housing 2025 conference in Manchester last month.

The event, a key date in the UK housing sector calendar which brought together industry leaders to address the challenges and opportunities facing social housing providers.  Topics focussed around health, safety, decarbonisation, social value and sustainability. The removal of asbestos in property stock impacts on many occupied premises, kitchen, bathroom and void schemes.

With years of experience in asbestos removal, Countrywide have long worked in partnership with housing associations, local councils, and refurbishment partners to ensure safe living environments for residents. Attending the conference further demonstrated our commitment to not only staying informed but also contributing to the evolution of best practices across the industry.

“Asbestos removal is about ensuring compliance, protecting client reputation and giving peace of mind to residents and tenants.” said Darren Sinners, Director at Countrywide. “Housing 2025 gave us the opportunity to engage with housing professionals, share insights, and strengthen our role in supporting safe and compliant housing stock in the North West.”

As the sector continues to respond to changing regulations, increased tenant expectations, and the urgent need for carbon reduction and sustainability. Countrywide remains committed to offering compliant, efficient, and resident-focused asbestos removal solutions. We provide ongoing training and development for all staff, ensuring projects meet the latest industry standards.

Whether working in occupied homes or large-scale void programmes, Countrywide understands the importance of clear communication, minimal disruption, and meticulous safety protocols; values that align with the core themes of this year’s Housing 2025 conference.

Countrywide undertake asbestos removal in Liverpool, Manchester, Cheshire, Manchester and Lancashire. For more information or advice, visit www.countrywide-environmental.co.uk , phone 0151 426 2110, or email us at admin@countrywide-environmental.co.uk.

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Countrywide appointed to Fusion 21 asbestos removal framework

27 May 2025

Countrywide Environmental Services are a leading specialist in asbestos removal and environmental services in the North West. We are proud to announce our appointment to the Fusion21 Building Safety and Compliance Framework. This prestigious framework will run from 2025 through to 2029, supporting housing, local authority, health, and wider public sector organisations in delivering safer, compliant buildings.

Fusion21 is a national procurement organisation and social enterprise that delivers fully compliant procurement services, helping its members to achieve value for money, flexible procurement solutions social value, and high-performance standards.

The new framework is designed to support the delivery of planned and responsive maintenance works, inspections, and surveys, with focus on compliance and safety in the built environment.

As part of this framework Countrywide have been appointed to provide licenced and non-licenced asbestos removal services in the North West. We work collaboratively to ensure that buildings under the framework meet the highest standards of health and safety. This also supports sustainable and long-term compliance solutions.

“Countrywide are delighted to be selected by Fusion21 and look forward to playing a key role in their Building Safety and Compliance Framework,” said Daren Sinners, Managing Director of Countrywide. “This award reflects the dedication and expertise of our team and reinforces our commitment to delivering safe, efficient, and responsible asbestos removal services protecting reputation and giving peace of mind.”

Countrywide maintain a reputation for excellence in managing asbestos risks within both occupied and vacant properties, working closely with clients to minimise disruption and maximise safety.

This framework appointment not only reaffirms Countrywide’s capabilities in compliance-driven projects but also demonstrates its ongoing contribution to raising safety standards in the construction and maintenance sectors.

Countrywide undertake asbestos removal in Liverpool, Manchester, Cheshire, Manchester and Lancashire. For more information or advice, visit www.countrywide-environmental.co.uk , phone 0151 426 2110, or email us at admin@countrywide-environmental.co.uk.

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Appointed to the LHC Framework – Asbestos Removal in North West

31 March 2025

Countrywide have been appointed to the LHC Framework for asbestos removal in the North West. The framework is available for local authorities, NHS and social housing providers to procure services for asset safety and compliance.

https://www.northernprocurement.org.uk/frameworks/property-protection-and-maintenance/asset-safety-and-compliance-asc1/

Our highly experienced team work collaboratively to assist in planning of and subsequent removal of asbestos for licenced and non-licensed materials. Countrywide undertake asbestos removal in Liverpool, Manchester, Cheshire, Manchester and Lancashire working in a variety of sectors. https://countrywide-environmental.co.uk/asbestos-removal-services/

We provide award winning asbestos removal solutions in markets to include social housing, education, public sector, commercial and construction.

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Supporting a litter pick in Bolton

31 March 2025
Over 15 volunteers form Bolton Borough Litter Pickers and around 7 local community members worked together last weekend to tidy up the Century Lodge and St Gregory’s Close areas within Bolton. This included litter picking in the streets and woodland, tidying up over grown bushes and helping residents carry items to the skips.
The event was aimed at improving the local environment, was a huge success as volunteers and residents collected significant amounts of litter from key areas of the neighbourhood. The collaborative effort not only helped to create a cleaner and greener space for the community but also strengthened local ties and supported ongoing environmental initiatives with Onward Housing.
Approximately 70 bags were filled with litter and the skips funded by Countrywide, along with efforts from Onward which were greatly appreciated by residents.
Karen Liptrot, Lead Volunteer of Bolton Borough Litter Pickers said; “It was a great help to have assistance from Countrywide, and to have the opportunity to meet and talk about the work the volunteers undertake across the borough. Community representatives from Greater Manchester Police and a local Councillor also dropped by to see the improvements in the area”.
“We were thrilled to have had the opportunity to contribute to the community in such a meaningful way.” said Paul Roberts, Contract Manager at Countrywide. “This initiative highlights our commitment to social value and supporting the well-being of the communities in which we work. It’s fantastic to see local people coming together to make a tangible difference.”

Countrywide undertake asbestos removal in Liverpool, Manchester, Cheshire, Manchester and Lancashire working in a variety of sectors. https://countrywide-environmental.co.uk/asbestos-removal-services/. We provide asbestos removal solutions in markets to include social housing, education, public sector, commercial and construction. Countrywide are ARCA and ACAD members promoting best practice throughout the industry. Further information is available from our offices on 0151 426 2110 or admin@countrywide-environmental.co.uk.

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Countrywide awarded new asbestos licence

30 September 2024

The HSE has awarded Countrywide Environmental Services Ltd with a new 3 year asbestos removal licence following the successful renewal process. This new licence is valid until October 2027. CESL – 3 Year Asbestos Licence – 11.10.2024-10.10.2027  The award follows a rigorous review of our management systems, technical knowledge and safety performance.

Asbestos removal in multiple markets.

As a trusted partner maintaining compliance, we work to maintain the highest standards of safety and environmental best practice. Our work covers social housing, public sector, education, health, commercial and industrial markets.

Darren Sinners, Countrywide’s Managing Director said, “I am delighted with the team effort. Going forward, we will continue to plan asbestos removal works diligently to ensure compliance and offer value.”

Working to UKAS accredited standards. We maintain ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 UKAS accredited standards. Furthermore, SSIP accreditation is also held.

Our highly competent local teams maintain robust systems and processes for asbestos removal in Liverpool, Manchester, Cheshire and North West.

Protecting client reputation and delivering peace of mind will remain at the forefront of our focus. Further information, assistance and advice is available from the office on 0151 426 2110 or by email admin@countrywide-environmental.co.uk.

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