Mon, 06 Jan 2025 | BUSINESS SALE
Private equity backed consultancy Contollo Group has continued its growth drive by acquiring Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health (MEP) Engineering services ESP.
Established in 1997, Engineering Services Partnership (ESP) has four main offices in Croydon, Peterborough, Manchester and Edinburgh. The company offers specialist engineering expertise across a wide range of sectors, notably banking, critical facilities, data centres, retail, industrial & logistics and commercial.
Its clients include major supermarkets such as Sainsbury's, clothing retailer Primark, building supplies group Wickes and Imperial College London.
Knutsford-based building consultancy Contollo Group, which is backed by NorthEdge, has a strategy to acquire about seven businesses across the UK over the next three years as part of its ambitious growth programme.
Last February it made its first acquisition buying Manchester-based cost and project management consultancy Abacus. In April it bought engineering consultancy TACE and in November snapped up mechanical and electrical consultancy MBA Consulting Engineers (MBA).
Following the ESP acquisition Contollo Group now has over 160 employees with further acquisitions set to follow this year.
Ruth Percival, CEO of Contollo Group, said: "This partnership will allow us to combine the extensive strengths and sector experience of ESP with the expertise and existing MEP capabilities of the Contollo team. ESP is a forward-thinking, innovative company with an exceptional blue chip client portfolio. We are looking to evolve the group with further acquisitions in 2025, continuing to partner with excellent businesses which share our vision to become a leading consultancy in the built environment, bringing together smart people to deliver smart buildings."
Philip Graham-Clare, Managing Director at ESP, said: "We're incredibly excited about the opportunity to be part of the Contollo Group. This transaction combines our strengths and enables us to deliver additional services, increased capacity, and even greater efficiency and sustainability for our clients, something we're very passionate about."
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