ADAS (company)

Infobox Company
company_name = ADAS
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company_type = Limited
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foundation = 1997
founder =
location_city = Wolverhampton
location_country = UK
location = Wolverhampton
origins = ADAS Government Body
key_people = Colin Speller

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industry = Environmental consultancy and services
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services =
revenue = £42,530,000
operating_income = £3,948,000
net_income = £2,261,000
num_employees = 700+ (2007)
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divisions =
subsid = Envar, Cambridge Environmental Assessments
owner =
company_slogan = Insight and solutions you can depend on
homepage = http://www.adas.co.uk/
dissolved =
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ADAS is an environmental consultancy in the United Kingdom and a provider of environmental solutions, rural development services and policy advice.

ADAS is the company’s registered trading name and is not an acronym.

Company Info

ADAS operates from a network of 21 offices and research sites in England, Scotland and Wales, with a head office in Wolverhampton. It employs over 700 people with expertise in over 60 specialisms. The company’s core disciplines are focused around the interaction of man with the living, growing environment and ensuring its future sustainability.

ADAS operates 12 specialist divisions:• Water & Air• Soils & Nutrients• Waste• Chemicals• Landscape & Vegetation• Policy Delivery & Behavioural Change• Economics & Evaluation• Land• Ecology & Wildlife• Sustainability Development & Climate Change• Sustainable Crop Management• Animal Health and Welfare

ADAS clients span many sectors and industries, including:- Construction, developers and transport- Planning and professional services- Utilities- Rural supply and rural interests- Chemical and manufacturing industries- Renewable energies, including Wind Farm developers- Local and regional Government- National Government- Agriculture- NGOs including Wildlife Trusts

Financial status

Turnover for the year ended 30th September 2006 was £42.5 million and profits before tax were £3.6 million. ADAS was recently acquired by specialist private equity group, London and Oxford Capital Management.

ubsidiaries of ADAS Holdings Ltd

Envar

Envar Limited (Envar) is a wholly owned subsidiary of ADAS and operates commercial and municipal waste management services throughout the UK.

Envar staff are dedicated to providing intelligent contracting services for their clients. This involves a unique combination of consultancy and contracting for the design and delivery of by-product recycling services. They deliver innovative waste management solutions and employ and manage contractors to carry out operational work.

Cambridge Environmental Assessments

A division of ADAS, Cambridge Environmental Assessments (CEA) is a leader in chemical risk assessments. It works with a number of companies providing regulatory advice and delivering tailored risk assessments to support registrations of products across Europe.

CEA has 12 core staff and two associates.

History

ADAS Originally formed in 1946 as the National Agricultural Advisory Service (NAAS) advising the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) it became the Agricultural Development and Advisory Service (ADAS) in 1971, in 1997 Agricultural Development and Advisory Service was privatised and is now known just as ADAS.To this day ADAS remains a preferred supplier to Governments and a wide range of enterprises in the public and private sectors, throughout the UK and internationally.