Company History

Wigginton is proud of its history and has grown to become a leading name in the industry. Trading today as a Principal Contractor that provides a range of Electrical, Mechanical, Fire Protection, Safety and Building Services in a variety of Sectors.

We believe in a trained and dedicated workforce delivering a quality service; efficiently, safely and respectfully.

Although we continue to grow as a company, we have not and will not lose the ‘small company values’ we live by.

In a world where the only constant is change, we plan to stay at the forefront of our industry and continue to deliver services successfully and reliably.

COVID PANDEMIC - Essential Works (including fire safety works) continue in many boroughs across London and Greater London with extra precautions, policies and training in place.

Wigginton celebrated over 50 years registration with NICEIC, providing certified works as a trustworthy and reliable Contractor.

Partnerships with Emergency Services and Healthcare Institutions in London and around Greater London begin. Mechanical aspects of works increase alongside Electrical.

The business remains true to its roots, still carrying out a lot of work with Local Authorities and Housing Associations to provide electrical upgrades to people’s homes.

Wigginton’s client base expands to include more multi-year frameworks with Councils,  Local Authorities and Housing Associations in London, Greater London and surrounding areas.

At this time, company services included: electrical & mechanical installation, upgrades, testing and commissioning.

Expansion of electrical upgrade works to Social Housing Stock of local councils.

Wigginton also continued to work on station refurbishments, lighting upgrades and new escalators for London Underground.

In the early years of the millennium, Wigginton’s size and the scope of projects markedly increased to include commercial as well as residential schemes.

Company Offices moved from Neasden to current, freehold premises in Greenford. This is now Wigginton House.

It was after this purchase that WG Wigginton Group Limited was incorporated.

At the turn of the millennium, Wigginton, under the leadership of Paul Keyland, identified the importance of works in occupied premises for local authorities and social housing.

Since the change of ownership, the company maintained steady growth, offering a wider spectrum of general engineering services, while still providing the high standard of personal service that came with the Wigginton name and its client base.

Paul Keyland (who started as an apprentice in the late 1970s) acquired the company.

In his mid-30s, this was quite the achievement. Paul took over from the second generation of the Wigginton Family, at Mr Wigginton’s retirement.

After a long period of organic growth, the company diversified to provide specialist  electrical services (including planned preventative maintenance, repairs and upgrades) to the Rail Network and London Underground.

(P Keyland, our Managing Director, who was an Apprentice at the time) won the ECA Edmundson Regional Apprentice of the Year Award, 1982. 

Operation of the company was inherited by the next generation of the Wigginton Family.

Works predominantly focusing on providing electrical services and maintenance to schools, public buildings and local authority housing. Around London and greater London.

WG Wigginton became one of the first contractors to be NICEIC accredited. (NICEIC was only established a year earlier, 1956)

In this period the company focused operations on local government works, working on both new build and maintenance projects in and around Greater London.

WG Wigginton incorporated as a limited company, with offices set up in Neasden, West London.

WG Wigginton became a member of the Electrical Contractors Association (ECA)

In these early years the company provided labour-only services on larger electrical works around West London.

The genuine family-run business survived WW2, and again, helped to rebuild the local community.

WG Wigginton Ltd established by the Wigginton Family.

After WW1, an increasing demand for electrical trade professionals and contractors led to the creation of the company in West London.