Premier Technical Services Group (PTSG) supplies a range of specialist building compliance and safety services including lightning protection testing and inspection.
PTSG claims to be already the UK鈥檚 largest lightning protection business but has now acquired Earth Tech LPS Ltd in Scotland to build its market presence in the region, adding
Lightning protection forms part of PTSG鈥檚 Electrical Services division, overseen by managing director Mark Mitchell.
Founded more than 25 years ago and headquartered near Edinburgh, Earth Tech LPS
delivers testing and inspection (T&I) services to a client base spanning public sector estates, infrastructure and commercial property, underpinned by long-term maintenance contracts.
Earth Tech LPS will be integrated into PTSG鈥檚 lightning protection T&I team and will be led operationally by director Craig Finney, who has managed this area of the business for more than 15 years. Earth Tech LPS鈥檚 former owners will remain with the business for a handover and integration period.
Paul Teasdale, co-founder and chairman of PTSG, who led the transaction, said: 鈥淭his is a high-quality acquisition that strengthens PTSG in a strategically important market. Earth Tech LPS brings deep technical capability, a strong customer base and a highly skilled engineering team, all of which complement our existing lightning protection operations. Scotland is a key growth region for us and this transaction gives us greater scale, density and operational leverage in that market. It further reinforces our successful strategy of acquiring complementary services and driving organic growth. Ours is a proven model that combines disciplined capital deployment with operational integration to create resilient, high-margin businesses delivering essential compliance services across the built environment.鈥�
PTSG chief executive Greg Ward said: 鈥淎s with all PTSG acquisitions, our focus is on continuity, integration and long-term value creation. We look forward to welcoming the Earth Tech LPS team into the group and working closely with them as we look to further strengthen the UK鈥檚 leading lightning protection testing and inspection platform.鈥�