ECOLOGICAL consultancy Biocensus Ltd has moved into new premises at the Bond’s Mill business park in Stonehouse.

The firm has taken a three-year lease on 938 sq ft in Bank House as a home for its growing in-house team.

Biocensus, which also has an office in Bath, provides high-quality ecological surveys and advice for projects of all sizes, from a single-home development to the High Speed 2 railway.

It uses a network of 600 ecologists around the UK who live near the sites they are working on, thus minimising the company’s carbon footprint.

Biocensus Director Dr Gavin Wilson said: “Rapid growth in our smaller-scale, technical advisory work and the deployment of large teams of ecologists on large infrastructure projects mean that we have quickly expanded our in-house team.

“The Bond’s Mill offices are ideal for us – they have character, ample space, easy access to the M5, the potential to take on additional rooms and a great canal-side location.”

Helen Hawke from Robert Hitchins Ltd, which owns the Bond’s Mill business park, welcomed Biocensus to the Mill which is situated alongside the Stroudwater Canal. She said: “It’s great to have a firm of ecologists adding to the wide variety of companies on site.”