What we do?
We mainly work within the highway maintenance sector, providing clients with hedge cutting, verge mowing and emergency tree work to aid in keeping the roads in the Southeast accessible, tidy and safe.
Investing in our people to create a better future.
We are a company that likes to invest in our staff and encourage development throughout their journey with us. We are continually maintaining up-to-date qualifications and supply funding for any courses our staff need to complete and improve our services.
The team at DES Ltd consists of at least a dozen members, all from the local area. We may be relatively small compared to other highway maintenance companies, but we are full of quality and local expertise.
All ground staff and machine operators are fully trained and competent to complete the vast range of services our company provides.
Expertise & Professionalism
Our staff have the following tickets and certificates to demonstrate their competency:
- CSCS
- IPAF
- City & Guilds
- NPTC
- Lantra
- First Aid at Work
- NRSWA
- IOSH
Nurturing Well-being in the Workplace
We also have a modern slave policy in place in line with government guidance and a mental health and wellbeing policy within the company, to ensure we are fully equipped to help manage our staff and their mental well-being during their time with us, without our incredible team we wouldn’t be the company we are today!
Protecting the Environment
We are continually developing new methods and ideas to help reduce our carbon footprint and uphold the latest biodiversity regulations.
Trusted by leading organisations
Charity
Here at DES Ltd we try to support the local community and environment whenever possible. We help our local cricket team maintain their grounds and hedges, we donate woodchip to a few local schools throughout the year, we also help maintain the grounds of our local Demelza house and this year we sponsored a local calendar for cancer research UK.
We were grateful to receive a handwritten thank-you note from cancer research UK:
“Dear Will, I’m writing on behalf of Cancer Research UK to thank you and DES so much for your kind support of the Amey Kent Highways Calendar as their main sponsor. This is such a lovely gesture and I know it means a lot to the Amey team, as it does to us. Every penny counts in the fight against cancer, I love the calendar – they’ve done a great job with all the photos! What a beautiful part of the world you all live in. Sending our heartfelt thanks to you. We really appreciate this. With our very best wishes, CL.
P.S Over the last two years, Amey has raised over £235,000 to support our work. We’re very proud of what they’ve collectively achieved. Thank you for your contribution to this success.”
Health & Safety
Health and safety is such an important aspect of any company, especially when handling heavy machinery, working with large trees and operating alongside traffic is concerned.
We are proud to say Direct Enviro Services Ltd takes health and safety of our staff both in the workplace and out on site very seriously, we have our own Health and Safety advisors from Personal Health and Safety Consultants (PHSC), who have their own professional and highly qualified team with experience in a variety of different sectors dedicated to help us uphold our health and safety standards each year. We have regular visits from them throughout the year to provide our staff with expert advice and training, covering all aspects of our services.
Furthermore, DES Ltd has their own in-house health and safety consultant as we are proud to say our office manager Grace Clarke completed and passed her NEBOSH national general certificate in occupational Health and Safety, we have also been awarded with the Construction Online Gold and ISO9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 / ISO 45001:2018 accreditations.
Equipment
4 Tractors – 2 x Valtra 2 xJCB 4220 Fastracs (specifically utilised for high-speed roads and motorways as it can travel up to 40mph) and 1 x Kubota (ideal for hedge cutting and verge mowing in tight access areas).
4 x Spearhead hedge cutters of various sizes to accommodate all tasks.
2 x barrier mowers (specifically designed for mowing around barriers on high-speed roads and motorways).
5 x front mounted mowers for verge cutting.
2 x Forst chippers.
2 x arboriculture vehicles capable of carrying and tipping vegetation waste, logs and wood chippings.
A 14.5metre MEWP (mobile elevated work platform).
Several Stihl strimmers, chainsaws and leaf blowers.
Accreditations
Please contact for details as these are ever-changing.