Robinsons Facilities Services boosts portfolio with acquisition

Robinsons Facilities Services, which maintains and repairs more than 1,100 commercial and public sector buildings spanning the entire Yorkshire and Humber region, has acquired the assets and client portfolio of Bensons Gas Engineering.

The deal sees Robinsons, headquartered in Bishop Thornton near Harrogate, inherit a further 400 client sites from its Yorkshire sector stablemate, which provides commercial gas services to a range of settings, including schools, healthcare facilities and council buildings.

Robinsons Managing Director, Luke Kitchen, said: “The launchpad for our growth has been our ability to make life easier for Yorkshire’s commercial property owners and managers.

“This is down to our rare position of offering a single point of access to an expert team that can deliver all their maintenance, repair and compliance needs – keeping their people safe and their buildings running efficiently.

“We share a similar client base to Bensons Gas Engineering so this acquisition – our biggest to date – really is a bullseye for Robinsons.

“It is a perfect fit and gives us a strong platform to introduce our broader range of services – including air conditioning, fire and security, water hygiene, electrical and other maintenance, repair and compliance services – to our new customer community.”

The deal propels the total number of sites in Robinsons’ growing portfolio past the 1,500 mark.

These now include no fewer than 30 school academy trusts, many of the North’s leading commercial property managers and biggest landowners, and a broad range of commercial and industrial buildings in other sectors including banking, leisure, hospitality, retail and healthcare.

Bensons Gas Engineering was founded by Donald Benson from a kitchen in Harrogate in 1961 before expanding to its current headquarters in Normanton, near Wakefield. The family firm will now focus on developing its successful core business, Bensons Control Panels.