Vp buys Northern Site Services for £1.6m

Equipment rental firm Vp has bought temporary lighting and site electrics firm Northern Site Services (NSS) for £1.6m.

NSS, which generated revenues of £500,000 in the year to 31 March 2007, will be integrated into ESS Safeforce, a divison of

Vp’s Hire Station arm.

Vp chairman Jeremy Pilkington said: “NSS is an excellent fit for ESS Safeforce providing further expansion of its specialist safety equipment offering, in support of process industry shutdown activities.

The acquisition of NSS, and earlier in the financial year of Able Safety (Yorkshire) Limited, demonstrates our commitment to build on market leading positions within the specialist safety equipment market.”