Southern Counties Lifts Services Limited (SCL) is now a part of the Classic Lifts Limited

Southern Counties Lifts Services Limited (SCL) was founded in 1984 and provides lift maintenance and service to customers across London and the South East. SCL manages approximately 950 lifts across the healthcare, hospitality, housing association and FM sectors. The company has been acquired by and will be combined with Classic Lifts Limited. All former SCL employees have been transferred to Classic employment contracts and operations will be managed from the current SCL offices in Sevenoaks and supported by Classic’s London and South Coast Regional Centres.

Adrian Crane, MD of Classic Lifts, said “the integration of SCL’s customer service ethos with Classic Lift’s established service processes and systems provides an excellent opportunity to further enhance future services to our wider customer base.”

Classic Lifts is part of the andwis group, which comprises of five industry-leading companies within the technical building services sector. Launched in March 2023 through backing of lead investor, H.I.G. Capital, Classic Lifts and andwis continue to invest in other industry-leading businesses to broadens its service offering and geographic presence across the technical services landscape.

The andwis group is centred around guiding principles of integrity, dynamism and partnership under its promise of Expertise, built in.

The group are investing in technology, training, development and skills across its network of experts and looks forward to providing further updates on its progress to become the UK’s leading benchmark for technical building services.