Markey Group invests in 10 EV charging points at Hardwicke HQ, but that's not all ...

Gloucester property development and investment company Markey Group has installed 10 electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints at its Hardwicke Head Office.

And it's going even further, offering employees the opportunity to go electric with an EV Salary Sacrifice Scheme, and company car drivers are being provided with home chargepoints.

As a result of its investment average CO2 emissions of the Group car and van fleet has reduced to 93 g/km

The company is also installing a 1 MegaWatt Photovoltaic (PV) system.

Since the removal of its mains gas supply and implementation of a bviomass boiler back in 2012, Markey Group and its subsidiaries have always looked for economically viable avenues to reduce their carbon footprint, but believe now is the time to double down on its environmental efforts in the wake of the COP26 Climate Change Conference.

Group Managing Director, Paul Markey said “We know that not all of our employees have the luxury of off-street parking or access to chargepoints at home, so we hope the availability and reliability of EV chargepoints at work may help our employees switch to electric vehicles.”

All chargepoints will be on the Pod Point national chargepoint network allowing for the chargepoints to be operated in the same way as all Pod Point chargepoints such as those at Lidl and Tesco. Initially, the chargepoints will be restricted for employee and visitor usage only and will be free of charge.

Markey Construction, which carried out the groundworks installed ducting for an additional 18 chargepoints allowing for extra capacity to be added as and when demand requires.

The family-run Markey Group consists of several specialist subsidiary companies operating in the fields of Property Management and Development, Construction, Manufacturing and Health Care.

Initially established in 1963 by the late Brendan Markey as a local building company, the group is now run by his sons, Tony and Paul, and posts annual turnover in excess of £30m and employing over 250 people.