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Keenan Recycling expands in Central Belt with BGF investment
A Scottish organic waste management company has secured a £2.2m investment from BGF (Business Growth Fund) to fuel its expansion in the Central Belt.
Family-owned business, Keenan Recycling, which is headquartered in New Deer in Aberdeenshire, launched its commercial food waste collection service in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire in 2010 and now processes more than 60,000 tonnes of waste each year, transforming it into British Standards Institute accredited compost.
The company, which boasts a 14-acre facility at New Deer, near Turriff, has won awards for recycling food, garden and other organic waste into compost for agricultural and horticultural use, reducing the need to use chemical fertilisers.
Keenan Recycling opened a base at Linlithgow in August 2015 and has invested £700,000 in a fleet of six lorries to roll out its award-winning organic waste collection service to customers in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
The investment from BGF will trigger further expansion in the Central Belt, where the firm is already collecting food waste from more than 600 clients and is on track to reach 1,000 businesses within the coming month.
Grant Keenan, managing director at Keenan Recycling, said: "WeâÂÂve seen our number of clients more than triple from 600 to in excess of 2,000 since the Scottish Government introduced its waste regulations in January 2014, which means that all local councils have to collect food waste and all businesses that produce more than 50kg a week canâÂÂt send their leftover food to landfill sites.
"More than one million people already benefit from our services and so weâÂÂre excited to be able to bring the same opportunities to clients in the Central Belt too.
"This investment from BGF will allow us to speed up our expansion in the Central Belt and help even more customers to reduce the cost of dealing with their waste. With the support of our business development manager Claire Keenan, weâÂÂve developed an experienced team and seen the business grow across the Central Belt in recent months allowing us to deliver our collection service throughout the whole of Scotland. âÂÂ
BGF, the independent company providing growth capital for small and mid-sized businesses, will take a minority equity stake in the firm and a seat on the board.
Alongside BGFâÂÂs investment, Jim Clark, the founder of MSIS, an oil and gas waste management company, will join the board as Chairman. Mr Clark is a serial entrepreneur and chairman who brings with him sector and operational expertise in the waste management industry. Mel Keenan a founder member and investor in
Keenan Recycling will continue as a director. Mel has a track record of success having previously led a management buyout and subsequent sale of RGIT Montrose.
Richard Pugh, investor at BGF, added: "We have tracked Keenan Recycling for several years and have been impressed by how they have built a highly successful business with consistent growth of more than 30 per cent per annum.
"The market backdrop continues to be supportive, with the Scottish Government committed to the tightest recycling targets in the UK, culminating in zero organic waste to landfill by 2021.
"The management team, led by Grant and Gregor Keenan have demonstrated that they can help local authorities and businesses meet these targets, with market leading levels of service. The business has won numerous business and environmental awards in recent years to support their position as the leading organic waste recycling business in Scotland.
"Now is the right time to invest as the business is expanding rapidly to meet demand in the Central Belt, and to prepare for further tightening of regulations in January 2016.âÂÂ
BGF is already familiar with the waste sector having invested £7.5m in December 2014 in J&B Recycling, which has two facilities in Hartlepool and a waste transfer station in Middlesbrough.
Published: 28/09/15
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