We are delighted to announce that David King has taken on the role of Managing Director at Meadfleet. David joined Meadfleet in 2016 as Finance Manager, becoming a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants in 2018 and shortly after, he was promoted to Finance Director.
Over the last 6 years David has been instrumental in strengthening and streamlining Meadfleet’s policy and processes, alongside developing our business through successful partnerships with housebuilders, land assemblers and local authorities resulting in substantial portfolio growth.
David has also played a key role as a member of the senior management team in Meadfleet’s commitment to deliver excellence in customer care, sustainability and community engagement.
With a continued focus on growing the business sustainably, David is looking forward to working with existing and future customers to further strengthen existing relationships and build new partnerships.
David commented: “I’m delighted to take on the role of Managing Director at Meadfleet. The company has seen significant growth over the last 6 years and it’s been exciting to be part of this.
The business has achieved some key milestones in recent years, including Carbon Neutral status, membership of the Property Ombudsman Scheme and a CIRIA Big Biodiversity Award. We will continue to lead the open space management industry forward with a focus on enhancing the areas in our management, particularly from a biodiversity perspective.
With Biodiversity Net Gain on the horizon, there are new challenges to come but our team are experts in improving the biodiversity of open spaces in our management and our model provides the long-term, adaptive management required of the new regulations.
I look forward to continuing to work closely with housebuilders, land assemblers and local authorities to support them in their open space management requirements. Meadfleet provide a long-term quality service to developers and residents whilst also ensuring value for money. I am confident our experience and expertise in enhancing areas of open space for biodiversity will be immensely attractive to housebuilders when choosing a management company over the coming months and years”.
About Meadfleet
Meadfleet is an award-winning, carbon neutral, management company founded over 25 years ago. Responsible for over 350 developments throughout England and Wales, we take a sustainable approach to open space management. Our Ecology and Conservation team ensure areas are managed to encourage biodiversity and we are partnered with leading insect charity Buglife, to help make the open spaces we care for more pollinator friendly. In 2021 we were awarded first place in the Pollinator category at CIRIA’s BIG Biodiversity Challenge Awards for their Bee Friendly campaign.
Appointed by housebuilders and local authorities and with a portfolio of more than 350 developments, all with a variety of requirements that include full infrastructure, complex sustainable urban drainage systems, biodiverse species habitat, street lighting, grass care, shrubbery, woodlands, wildflower meadows and play equipment, Meadfleet are the professional and sustainable solution to open space management.
Established in 1995, we are specialists in residential open space management and our aim is to protect and enhance these areas long into the future. We are committed to providing an excellent service and continually improving our environmental credentials, demonstrated by certification in BS EN ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management and BS EN ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management.
We are delighted to be a Carbon Neutral Company, the first in our sector to achieve this. As one of the most experienced and trusted open space management companies in the UK, we take our role seriously. We believe taking climate action is important for companies like Meadfleet and the housebuilders and local authorities we work with.
We’ve signed up to the United Nations (UN) Climate Neutral Now initiative, launched in 2015 to increase climate action. We have pledged to measure, reduce and offset our carbon emissions with carbon credits every year. What’s more, we’ve also chosen to obtain carbon offsetting credits, equivalent to more than our estimated total emissions since Meadfleet first began in 1995.
Meadfleet employ experienced regional managers to proactively manage open spaces and respond to customer queries. As voluntary members of The Property Ombudsman Scheme, we offer our customers access to free, independent redress should this be required.
At Meadfleet we’re passionate about keeping open spaces safe and attractive and also believe it’s important to manage and enhance areas for the benefit of wildlife. We run regular customer initiatives such as giveaways of wildlife friendly seeds, bee hotels and bird nesting boxes. Our Bee Friendly campaign was awarded top prize in the pollinator category at CIRIA’s Big Biodiversity Challenge awards.
Meadfleet’s in-house Ecology and Conservation Team is at the centre of our business culture, leading our approach to open space maintenance. With experience in creating and managing a wide variety of habitats we ensure areas are maintained sensitively and appropriately and oversee continual biodiversity improvements. We understand the additional requirements of Biodiversity Net Gain, both in relation to planning and the 30-year covenant. Meadfleet are uniquely placed in the market to provide the management and maintenance skills required to ensure delivery of the ongoing requirements of biodiversity net gain on residential schemes in perpetuity.
We know that a good quality, natural environment will enhance a local neighbourhood, improve well-being and contribute to improved house values.