Northern Irish M&E firm targets South East England

Grant Prior 9 years ago
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County Antrim based building services contractor the Harvey Group has opened a new office in Dunstable as part of its expansion plan across South East England.

Operations Director Herbie Watterson is keen to boost staff numbers
Operations Director Herbie Watterson is keen to boost staff numbers

The move follows a spate of contract wins in England and Harvey Group now has plans to boost staff numbers by more than a third.

Operations Director Herbie Watterson, said: “Over the past number of years we have won substantial business outside Northern Ireland and our new office which will initially accommodate up to 15 staff has been opened with a view to increasing our employment numbers beyond our current Group figure of 110 to around 150.

“In the past couple of years we have invested around £2m across the business and our GB expansion will bring the total invested to around £4m by 2018.”

Harvey Group currently has a turnover of £30m and a £20m order book so far for 2016/2017 including Luton Airport, a CAT A Office Fit-out in Fenchurch Street, (NHS) Healthcare works and Lynchill Academy in Reading.

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