CARDIFF, Wales, May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

Santia Consulting Ltd, the UK's leading independent health, safety and environmental risk management consultancy, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of First Order Red, a provider of asbestos management services.

First Order Red, based in Mansfield, is an asbestos management business offering a range of asbestos management solutions from asbestos management plans, through air monitoring and surveys through to testing and the management of asbestos removal. The company has a strong reputation in the Midlands and longstanding and successful client relationships, particularly in the education sector.

Backed by independent equity firm Better Capital, the deal marks Santia's first acquisition and is an important part of the company's profitable growth. Integrating the two businesses will expand and strengthen Santia's existing asbestos management capability which forms a key element of their enviable reputation and range of independent services across all of the health and safety disciplines.

Jane Hext, chief executive of Santia, says "This acquisition is an important part of our growth strategy and brings very welcome existing business as well as a healthy new business pipeline in the North, which will give Santia a great opportunity to deploy its asbestos team to support the First Order Red workload."

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About Santia Consulting Limited

Santia is the UK's leading independent provider of health, safety and environmental risk management services and consultancy. We deliver bespoke solutions to businesses that help them to reduce risk, improve cost control and operational efficiency and enhance their business reputation.

Santia is uniquely able to provide the full range of health, safety and environmental risk management support spanning specialisms including health, safety and environmental; occupational health; occupational hygiene; major hazards; fire; water; asbestos; food safety; contractor accreditation and training services.

We are able to offer a single reactive service as well as a complete and holistic package that saves clients time and money.

This is all underpinned by the broad and in-depth experience of Santia's consultants and sector experts and our proprietary management IT solution 'erisk', which is fully configurable to meet client requirements and enables the management of risk to be monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days of the week.

Santia aims to offer a high level of flexibility to ensure that solutions are designed to meet the client need. We pride ourselves on delivering the right, practical and actionable advice at the right level.

Santia has 20 years' experience and draws strength from its heritage of leading brands in health, safety and environmental risk management: National Britannia, safecontractor and CHSS.  We have a proven track record with an enviable client list including a large number of FTSE 100 and 250 businesses together with key organisations from the public sector.

For further information about Santia Consulting Limited contact:

Tonia Smreczak on +44-(0)2920-852-852, tonia.smreczak@santia.co.uk

SOURCE Santia consulting Limited