Ground Control Snapshot
At Ground Control, we are on a mission to realise the potential of human nature by bringing together people, places and the planet.
Ground Control is a leading external maintenance business and biodiversity expert committed to enhancing and improving the physical environment.
Our purpose driven, UK-based company is powered by the latest technology, which is entrusted by a range of large clients including Tesco, the NHS, Sainsbury’s, Severn Trent Water, and Travelodge. With a strong commitment to sustainability, we use our innovative technology and data to nurture environments and enable customers to deliver on their environmental promises.
Ground Control unites the best of people, places and planet to realise the potential of human nature at its best. For Ground Control, human nature is about a spirit of enterprise, taking responsibility for the vitality of our places, and nurturing spaces that bring people, places and the planet together. We're a business that puts people at the centre of everything we do. We don't just nurture our teams, we empower them to achieve their enterprising potential.
Since launching in 1973, Ground Control has grown rapidly and is now on a trajectory to become a £300m+ business.
Ground Control offers services, including biodiversity consultancy, grounds maintenance, winter gritting, landscape construction, design, arboriculture, electric vehicle charging point installation and more to over 50,000 commercial properties across the UK. It brings hands-on experience from leading roles across a range of industries including educational, emergency services, retail, and historic properties.
Ground Control is renowned for its outstanding service, producing over 98.6% annual client site retention each year with a current NPS (net promoter score) of 44.
Ground Control is investing in a unique set of sustainability initiatives and is a carbon-neutral company. This includes the Evergreen Fund, an initiative that dedicates 5% of Ground Control’s annual net profits to a £5 million Impact Venture Fund dedicated to environmental initiatives and carbon sequestration.
As part of Ground Control’s carbon sequestration commitment, the Evergreen Fund dedicates £100,000 each year to native tree planting.
In 2023 we are celebrating our 50th Anniversary in a way that supports our mission to leave the world in a better place than we found it.
We'll be planting a new Ground Control Forest , with a tree representing every one of our unique colleagues. We'll be taking part in weekly sustainability webinars to understand how we as individuals can reduce our carbon footprint for the greater good. And we'll be working in partnership with our customers on our 50th Anniversary Community Service Days, delivering projects that enable our people to give back in their own local communities.
Ground Control has won many awards and accolades for its outstanding service and products, including, being the 16th Best Large UK Company to work for , B Corp Accredited, the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation 2021 and the British Association of Landscape Industries’ (BALI) prestigious Grand Award for the Children’s Garden at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew 2019.
Our purpose driven, UK-based company is powered by the latest technology, which is entrusted by a range of large clients including Tesco, the NHS, Sainsbury’s, Severn Trent Water, and Travelodge. With a strong commitment to sustainability, we use our innovative technology and data to nurture environments and enable customers to deliver on their environmental promises.
Ground Control unites the best of people, places and planet to realise the potential of human nature at its best. For Ground Control, human nature is about a spirit of enterprise, taking responsibility for the vitality of our places, and nurturing spaces that bring people, places and the planet together. We're a business that puts people at the centre of everything we do. We don't just nurture our teams, we empower them to achieve their enterprising potential.
Since launching in 1973, Ground Control has grown rapidly and is now on a trajectory to become a £300m+ business.
Ground Control offers services, including biodiversity consultancy, grounds maintenance, winter gritting, landscape construction, design, arboriculture, electric vehicle charging point installation and more to over 50,000 commercial properties across the UK. It brings hands-on experience from leading roles across a range of industries including educational, emergency services, retail, and historic properties.
Ground Control is renowned for its outstanding service, producing over 98.6% annual client site retention each year with a current NPS (net promoter score) of 44.
Ground Control is investing in a unique set of sustainability initiatives and is a carbon-neutral company. This includes the Evergreen Fund, an initiative that dedicates 5% of Ground Control’s annual net profits to a £5 million Impact Venture Fund dedicated to environmental initiatives and carbon sequestration.
As part of Ground Control’s carbon sequestration commitment, the Evergreen Fund dedicates £100,000 each year to native tree planting.
In 2023 we are celebrating our 50th Anniversary in a way that supports our mission to leave the world in a better place than we found it.
We'll be planting a new Ground Control Forest , with a tree representing every one of our unique colleagues. We'll be taking part in weekly sustainability webinars to understand how we as individuals can reduce our carbon footprint for the greater good. And we'll be working in partnership with our customers on our 50th Anniversary Community Service Days, delivering projects that enable our people to give back in their own local communities.
Ground Control has won many awards and accolades for its outstanding service and products, including, being the 16th Best Large UK Company to work for , B Corp Accredited, the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation 2021 and the British Association of Landscape Industries’ (BALI) prestigious Grand Award for the Children’s Garden at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew 2019.
