The assets and business of the long-established waste collection and recycling company CAW Limited, based in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, have been acquired by Waste Recycling Group (WRG). The business has an annual turnover in the region of £5 million.

The acquisition will build on the significant presence that WRG already has in Cumbria which includes collection, recycling, clinical and liquid waste disposal and landfill.

WRG will use the acquisition to continue to invest in developing waste and resource management and recycling operations which will further expand the services it offers to customers in Cumbria and the South Lakes, and secure and boost employment opportunities in Barrow.

CAW Limited, which was founded by Dave Armer in 1992, operates a fleet of collection vehicles from its Walney Road transfer station and employs 30 people. The business will be absorbed as part of WRG’s operations in Cumbria.

Waste Recycling Group Limited, a leading UK waste management and energy recovery company, is part of Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC) the international construction and services group.

FCC in the UK comprises WRG and Focsa Services (UK) Ltd. Focused on delivering integrated waste management and energy recovery solutions to meet national, regional and local needs, WRG operates facilities for the reception, recycling and disposal of waste, including a network of waste transfer and recycling centres and a regional network of landfill sites.

CAW Ltd was advised by Mark Maden-Wilkinson and David Sharpe at Pierce Corporate Finance in Blackburn, with legal advice provided by Sonio Singh, partner at Pannone in Manchester.

Legal advice was provided to WRG by Mark Rutherford of HBJ Gateley Wareing in Nottingham.