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Sheffield environmental consultancy creates new jobs in three UK locations

A Sheffield-based multidisciplinary environmental consultancy is creating a raft of new job opportunities after opening new offices across the UK.

As part of a national expansion programme, Ecus Ltd has opened a new Cheltenham office, quickly followed by a base in Stirling, Scotland, with a third opening in Basingstoke next month.

The expansion will enable Ecus, based at Blackburn Road in Sheffield, to provide key services including environmental impact assessments, ecology, landscape, heritage, geoscience, environmental management and aquatic ecology to more businesses across the country.

The growth of the Ecus team at Festival House in Cheltenham will be overseen by technical director ornithology Phil Shepherd, who is currently leading a recruitment programme in the South West.

Meanwhile, the team based at Stirling University Innovation Park, and led by principal hydroecologist Dr Ian Griffin, is aiming to create up to 12 new employment opportunities in the next three years. Ecus’ Basingstoke office is opening in October this year.

Managing director Nick Birkinshaw said: “The Ecus team has put in an impressive performance over the past few years and this has allowed us to accelerate expansion into new offices in Cheltenham, Scotland and Basingstoke as well as bolster the team in Sheffield.

“Our growing number of satellite offices strengthens our geographical coverage, enabling us to offer a high calibre and broad range of environmental services across the UK.”

Established in 1986, Ecus is a spin-out company from the University of Sheffield and now employs more than 35 staff and is planning additional recruitment and offices in 2014.

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