This Doncasted-based decontamination services provider has secured a £150,000 loan

Carol Duke and Neil Anderson of IP&C Solutions are pictured at Sheffield Hallam University with back, left to right, Mark Dickinson of Smith Craven Chartered Accountants, Andrew Best of HSR Law and Pete Sorsby of Mercia. | other

A business which provides decontamination services to some of the UK’s leading research centres is expanding with the help of a £150,000 loan from NPIF - Mercia Debt Finance, which is managed by Mercia and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

Doncaster-based IP&C Solutions has secured the funding to support growth following its acquisition of British Clinical Services (BCS), a Wolverhampton firm which specialises in installing and testing laboratory safety cabinets.

The two businesses between them serve clients nationwide including Oxford and Cambridge Universities, the NHS and Cancer Research UK.

The funding will allow IP&C to take on two new staff to service the additional contracts.

IP&C was founded in 2017 by Neil Anderson. He said: “We initially focused on building our client base but soon recognised the potential to expand our services. After working alongside BCS on a number of projects, we saw it was an ideal fit.

“This funding will allow us to take on the additional workload, while continuing to build our expertise and our profile within the laboratories sector.”

The acquisition of BCS by IP&C has enabled the previous owner to retire.