SPIE Group Acquires Garside & Laycock to Grow UK Business

SPIE  has today announced the acquisition of Garside & Laycock  to further grow its UK business SPIE UK, develop its UK facilities management offering and expand its presence in the North of England.

LONDON, 31/07/2012 (informazione.news - comunicati stampa - elettronica)

   

With prestigious clients including the Royal Mail, Her Majesty's Courts Services, Lancashire County Council, University of Manchester and Greater Manchester Police, Garside & Laycock is an award winning company, specialising in the routine maintenance, reactive and refurbishment service industry within the government and commercial market sectors. Headquartered in Preston , Lancashire , the organisation employs 80 people and achieved turnover of £16M (€21M) in 2011.

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James Thoden van Velzen , CEO of SPIE UK , explains:    

Paul Garside , Managing Director of Garside & Laycock, says:                  

Legal: Mayer Brown, Colin Scagell
Finance: Mazars, Danièle Batude


Legal: DWF, Frank Shephard
Finance: Rothschild, David Weavers

About SPIE UK

SPIE UK provide multi technical and support services from initial mechanical and electrical design, through installation, testing, commissioning to long term maintenance and facilities management. SPIE Matthew Hall, SPIE WHS and SPIE Power & Nuclear UK represent the operations of SPIE within the UK. Together, they employ over 2,000 employees from 18 regional offices throughout the UK. SPIE UK achieved pro forma production of £305m in 2011.

About SPIE

As a European leader in electrical and mechanical engineering and HVAC services, energy and communication systems, SPIE enhances the world around us by helping local and regional authorities and companies design, build, operate and maintain more energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly facilities.

With 29,055 employees working from more than 400 locations in 31 countries, SPIE achieved pro forma production of €4.047 billion and generated EBIT of €218.2 million in 2011.

http://www.spieuk.com

http://www.spie.com