About Us

William Hamilton & Sons (Contractors) Ltd has been in business since 1882 with a horse and cart in those days and is now into its 5th generation of the Hamilton family. Although Haulage was always part of the business, so also was Agricultural Contracting up until 1991 when farming started going through a difficult time, that has got worse and worse! It was then that the company expanded the Haulage business and entered into hiring mechanical Road Sweeping Brushes.

In 1995 we built a custom designed yard, workshop and offices to help us with our ambition to give a bigger and better service to our many customers in the building, construction, farming and local authority industries. This has also helped us to increase our sales figures, fleet size and our staffing levels 8 fold in the last 12 years.

After our move to Dovesdale farm in 1995 we started Recycling the used road works spoils that is brought to our Non Active landfill site here at Dovesdale Farm. It has helped the local authorities to reduce the amount of waste that enters landfills; currently we recycle more than 50 % of all wastes entering our site.   

Environmental Policy Statement

William Hamilton and Sons (Contractors) Ltd, recognises and accepts the statutory obligations placed upon the organisation by relevant legislative and regulatory requirements. As a progressive contracting and waste management company we are firmly committed to achieving high operational and management standards in accordance with these statutory requirements. Furthermore, we will reduce the pollution of land, air and water wherever reasonably practicable through a policy of continually improving our environmental performance.

William Hamilton and Sons (Contractors) Ltd, will achieve this through:

Management Responsibility                  
•    A nominated manager shall take responsibility for Environmental Policy.
•    Establishment of clear objectives and targets and allocating sufficient Resources to achieve these targets.
•    Regular review of environmental performance.

Resources & Waste Management
•    Minimising the use of energy, materials and natural resources.
•    Reducing the production of waste as far is reasonably practical in all spheres of operation.
•    Promoting the recycling of materials wherever possible within the company and encouraging suppliers and client companies to adopt similar good Environmental practise.
•    Where practicable render unavoidable wastes harmless and dispose of them in a manner, which has the least impact on the environment. 

Communication
•    Maintenance of an effective environmental training and awareness Programme for all employees. 
•    Active promotion of the company’s environmental policy to all stakeholders and interested parties.

Equal Opportunities - Policy Statement

William Hamilton and Sons (Contractors) Ltd, recognises and accepts the statutory obligations placed upon the organisation by relevant legislative and regulatory requirements. As a progressive contracting and waste management company we are firmly committed to being an equal opportunity employer in accordance with the statutory requirements. Furthermore, we will ensure that that all employees and others receive no less favourable treatment on the grounds sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, race, colour, nationality or ethnic origin. Selection and disciplinary criteria and procedures are intended to ensure every individual is selected, promoted and treated on the basis of their relevant merits and abilities.

William Hamilton and Sons (Contractors) Ltd, will achieve this through:

Management Responsibility                  
• The Directors shall take responsibility for the Equal Opportunities Policy. 
• Establishment of clear objectives and targets and allocating sufficient resources to achieve these targets. 
• Regular review of equal opportunities performance, normally annually.

Recruitment and Promotion
• Open methods of recruiting, such as newspapers or job centres, will be utilised to allow external applicants to be considered along with existing employees.
• Selection will be based on full consideration of the person’s merits, ability and performance.
• The Directors will have responsibility for all recruitment and promotion within the company.

Victimisation and Harassment  
• Any act of victimisation, discrimination and or harassment within the company will be considered as disciplinary matter and will be dealt with by the Directors. 

Communication
• Maintenance of an effective equal opportunities training and awareness programme for all employees. 
• Active promotion of the company’s policy to all stakeholders and interested parties.