Weed control specialist secures new council contracts

13/05/2020
Keith Gallacher, Complete Weed Control director

COMPLETE Weed Control, the Carluke-based ground maintenance and weed control specialist business, has secured two new contracts with local authorities in Inverclyde and the Scottish Borders.

Complete Weed Control provides ground maintenance and weed control along highways, construction sites, parks and other public areas throughout the Central Belt and beyond.

The Inverclyde Council contract will run for one year with an extension at the Council’s discretion of one further year. It will include three treatments a year of a new urban herbicide in Inverclyde’s streets and footpaths.

The two-year contract with Scottish Borders Council comes as a result of a successful re-tender and includes street weed control throughout the council area.

Keith Gallacher, director of Complete Weed Control operations in the south-east and south-west of Scotland, said: “It is very pleasing to win new customers, as well, of course, as retaining existing ones, and we are delighted to be engaged by both councils for our expertise and experience of doing an effective job.

“We have been investing heavily in staff training and new equipment to execute the work required both effectively and efficiently. Due to the nature of our work we will getting under way immediately, subject of course, to our strict compliance with the guidance on avoiding the spread of the Covid-19 virus.”

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