bts Group

Aug 26, 2025

BTS Group Ltd has earned a prestigious global health and safety award from The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) BTS Group, a nationally-recognised utility arboriculture company, has been assessed against rigorous criteria to win a Gold Award in Occupational Achievement, showing the company to be a leader in health and safety. The company helps keep the overhead power network free from vegetation – a high-risk environment that requires a strong safety culture supporte...

Mar 10, 2025

BTS Group was featured in Lantra’s National Careers Week promotional video. The industry body reached out to BTS Group for the project, which highlights the benefits of working in land-based jobs such as arboriculture. National Career Week ran from Monday 3 March to Saturday 8 March 2025. Lantra joined one BTS's teams on-site near Shrewsbury on 24 February. Brett Oliver and Joe Butler showcased their work on a wet day with, luckily, some moments of sunshine! The film crew mounted cameras...

Feb 3, 2025

BTS Group arborists Dean De'Ath, Nathan Hall, Jamie Ling, and Mark Wiles travelled from Suffolk to Scotland and Northern Ireland to help with clear-up after Storm Éowyn. Storm Éowyn's winds, reaching over 100mph in places, flung debris and took down many thousands of trees, damaging the power network and leaving over a million people without electricity at its peak. Scotland and Northern Ireland were hit particularly hard. DNOs across the UK sent specialist staff and equipment ...

Jun 13, 2024

Amy Jones, BTS Group’s newest Health & Safety Advisor, led her first on-site audit this week. Amy Jones, currently a Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) & Training Coordinator, will be covering the role of Health & Safety Advisor in Suffolk during Megan Holloway's maternity leave. Amy earned a NEBOSH Health & Safety at Work certification in December and this month passed the UA301 Basic Electrical Knowledge and Site Safety Awareness assessment. Megan, who ...

Jan 26, 2024

BTS Group helped keep heathland healthy during a Wild Work Day on 25 January 2024. Support staff swapped laptops for loppers and spent the day clearing pine seedlings from Blaxhall Common. The day had double advantages: helping the Suffolk Wildlife Trust maintain an important natural site and contributing to employee wellbeing. Activities like this help with team building and offer the wellbeing benefits of enjoying the great outdoors. BTS encourages employees to suggest volunteering oppo...

Oct 17, 2023

Many thanks to the Victoria Wellbeing Group for inviting us for tea and cake at their newly created sensory garden at Victoria Surgery. BTS was pleased to donate a solar fountain and shade-loving plants to the group this summer, and it was great to see them in situ – as well as admiring the huge amount achieved by the group. The space looks wonderful and is in regular use by the hardworking staff at Victoria Surgery. The Wellbeing Group will resume gardening in the spring!

Aug 31, 2023

bts Group recently signed the Armed Forces Covenant pledge, the summary of which is: We commit to uphold the Armed Forces Covenant and support the Armed Forces Community. We recognise the contribution that Service personnel, both regular and reservist, veterans, and military families make to our organisation, our community and to the country. We’ve signed the pledge to acknowledge the unique challenges faced by employees and their families who have been – or who are still in &ndash...

May 9, 2023

bts Group Needham cleared vegetation from powerlines in a late-night roadside shutdown at Red Lodge on 2-3 May. Teams from bts and Tree Craft were on-site from 20:00 to 02:00. The distribution network operator shut down two spans on the A11, leaving them safe for our teams to clear. Arborists cut pines – which comprised the bulk of the job – to three metres below the conductors, and removed self-set poplars and an ash. The roadside location necessitated traffic management, ...

Apr 11, 2023

Area Manager Ross Leeks, Contract Support Administrator, Frankie Tomlinson, and Surveyors George Farn and Jim Fielding O’Farrell, all staff on bts Group's UKPN contract, completed a bat training course with Anglian Ecology in March. This course trains participants to scope for bats to the new BS8596 standard. It teaches scoping and (non-specialist) surveying in woodland; including understanding foraging, connectivity, and habitats. What are the benefits? Having staff with this t...

Mar 8, 2023

Utility arboriculture firm bts Group Ltd welcomed a new director in early 2023. Sarah Marklove, who has worked for the business for around a decade, accepted the position after leading one of bts's major contracts for several years. On International Women’s Day, she shares her thoughts on women in arb. Sarah started as Infrastructure Director on 1 February 2023. Her years as Senior Contract Manager set her up perfectly for the role, as she's learnt how the business ticks on all le...

BTS Group receives RoSPA Gold Award for health & safety

Aug 26, 2025

BTS Group featured in Lantra National Careers Week promo video

Mar 10, 2025

Arborists abroad – BTS teams help with Éowyn clear-up

Feb 3, 2025

Newest BTS H&S Advisor leads site audit

Jun 13, 2024

Wild Work Day with Suffolk Wildlife Trust

Jan 26, 2024

BTS supports Wellbeing Group

Oct 17, 2023

bts Group – supporting the armed forces community

Aug 31, 2023

Lights, ladders, action! bts Group clears vegetation from powerlines overni...

May 9, 2023

bts staff on Bat Training Day

Apr 11, 2023

Sarah Marklove joins bts board of directors

Mar 8, 2023