Ben Lindley
Company Director at Japanese Knotweed Ltd.
Ben Lindley CITB, BSC (Hons)
Sales and Marketing Director at Japanese Knotweed Ltd
Ben is one of the founding members of Japanese Knotweed Ltd (est. 2010) and co-leads the Environmental Control Group’s businesses, ensuring company goals are established and reached.
Ben has worked in the invasive species control industry for over 17 years.
In 2019 he helped in giving written and oral evidence to the Parliamentary Select Committee’s inquiry into ‘Japanese knotweed and its effects on the built environment’.
From 2019 to 2021 Ben worked with the PCA, RICS and other leading industry stakeholders in the Leaders Forum developing and producing a new RICS Guidance note on Japanese knotweed risk/management for residential property. The work started here may have applications for assessing impact of other invasive species as well as knotweed.
In 2021 Ben worked with Peter Fitzsimons (PCA Technical Manager Invasive Weeds) in drafting the PCA IWCG Guidance note: Japanese knotweed – Guidance for Professional Valuers and Surveyors. The PCA Guidance Note will be released as an industry guidance accompaniment to the RICS Guidance Note on Japanese knotweed, targeted at the residential property survey and valuation community.
Ben says: ” Through the vision and dedication of our staff, a focus on customer care and provision of service products to meet the needs of its customers, Japanese Knotweed Ltd has become a highly regarded and trusted invasive weed contractor. The company and staff are close knit, working together to deliver the best service possible. We’re able to service a large area of the UK and accommodate all customer types.
Our ability to learn and evolve through an in-depth understanding of our works and industry has kept our appeal and services relevant and desirable to customers and partner organisations. As we grow and diversify our offerings, we take valuable experience from the specialism of the knotweed control industry to pursue other specialist control services in invasive weeds, amenity weed management, and contaminated ground removal through the Environmental Control Group businesses.”