Ray formed ACS in 1990, and has over 45 years’ experience of working in the Commercial Moves and Furniture Installation industry. Positions held include the following:

Rymans – Operations Director for Warehouse & Logistics

Steelcase UK – Facilities & Operations Director

Bristow Design Systems – Head of Operations Director, UK

ACS has grown as a direct result of satisfying and keeping its customers. Ray has personally been involved in many of the larger moves and installations completed by ACS including for example PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Unilever and Deloitte.

Phil joined ACS in 2005. He is a qualified accountant and as well as working in the accountancy profession he has held senior roles in large blue chip companies in the oil and telecommunication industries.

He brings a wealth of finance and commercial business knowledge to ACS as well as an understanding of what corporate clients/customers want .

James joined ACS in 1995 starting as a porter and quickly moved into installation and supervising on site, building an understanding of the various logistics involved in arranging relocations and installation. Taking this knowledge, in 1999 he then took on the role of Warehouse and Distribution Manager, and later Director of Operations at our Barking facility before returning to the field to concentrate on the installation and project management side of the group.

In the 28 years James has worked at the Atkinson Group he has carried out and successfully delivered a number of major projects and installations of various size all throughout the UK, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Europe and as far as America.

Joe joined ACS in 2003. He runs the storage and logistics for ACS, including domestic, European and worldwide shipping. He handles all aspects of Customs declaration and clearing for our Clients and currently arranges regular European shipments from, Turkey, Germany, Switzerland and Finland

He manages several client contracts including

TRAH, B&T Design, USM

Dave joined ACS in 1999. His previous experience includes Accountancy and Works and Resource Planning Manager at the ACS Operations Centre. He looks after many of our clients including:

Standard Chartered Bank, Jones Lang Lasalle, Insightful Environments, Zaha Hadid, Mace Macro, Futurefile

Dave carries out all product Order Processing for all ACS clients and can create or update CAD drawings when required.

David has over 20 years experience within the industry and joined ACS in 2016 as our New Business Director.

To date he has bought in a number of new clients including Assmann, Soundtect, ST Skoleinventar and has helped create our new Design and Build service.

The longest serving employee of ACS, Alan has been with the company since 1992. His previous roles within our organisation include Project Management for and on behalf of Laing Management , plus to name some other important ACS clients he has supported GAM, K&N KMPG,British Library, whilst in recent years he has focused on Deloitte where we have staff working ( internally) permanently under Alans management control and guidance.

Paul joined ACS in 2006 heading up the Finance Department in his role as Financial Controller.

As well as previous accountancy roles at various companies he has also worked in banking and sales for a chemical company.

Billy joined ACS in 1992, he is one of the longest serving employees of ACS.

He has a vast experience in installation management and route planning.

Billy now runs the Resource and planning dept within ACS, he is responsible for allocation of ACS staff, vehicles and equipment for ACS’s daily work.

Billy Manages several clients for ACS including

Welltek, Sapphire Business Interiors, Quadrifoglio and Bisley

Dave joined ACS in 2018. His previous experience includes installations project manager.

At the ACS Operations Centre he carries out overseeing receiving, warehousing, and distribution operations.

Ensuring safety of staff and the effective and safe use of warehouse equipment.

Maintaining documentation and keeping accurate records of warehouse activities.

Maintaining awareness and knowledge of the condition and location of fleet vehicles.

Inspect equipment, tools, and machinery regularly, and oversee general maintenance as needed.

Julian has more than 35 years experience in the construction sector, working for well known names such as Faram, Bene and Herman Miller.

Julian has worked at ACS for 11 years managing many fit out projects and small works facility management.

Stewart joined ACS 15 years ago as the Project Supervisor supporting Walt Disney at their Hammersmith and other London sites. He reported to the Disney Facilities Manager and was responsible for planning and managing all internal moves at their London sites. From 2016 Stewart has been involved supporting other key ACS accounts including: The Bank of England, Cheval Properties, Primark, L’Oscar Hotel, Office Blueprint and Investec. This has included large moves of 400 people and large installations of FF&E. Stewart is qualified in Furniture Design, AutoCAD, First Aid and holds current CSCS and SSSTS.