Annual review 2015–2016

UK and Ireland
Jon White
Managing Director
The UK and Ireland delivered a 14 percent increase in
revenue. Our core hub offices of Birmingham, Edinburgh,
Leeds, London, Manchester, and a new Cambridge office
underpinned our growth.
We experienced strong performance in infrastructure, as
major programmes were initiated or gained momentum,
and continued growth in real estate. Several key projects
across these sectors included the Borders Railway, Chelsea
Barracks, Chester Zoo and the Francis Crick Institute. We
also won a key role on Heathrow’s expansion programme.
Further investments in our data, analytics and BIM
expertise continued, and built on our operational excellence
and lean thinking capability. We also developed improved
tools for the management of major programmes for both
corporate and local authority clients.
In the year ahead, we expect real estate and infrastructure
to remain growth areas across the region.
Europe
James Dand
Managing Director
Europe saw strong growth overall, with exceptional
performance from Germany, the Netherlands, France and
Poland. Revenue for the region overall was up by nine
percent to £23.4m and profit was up by 75 percent to
£2m. Market share in our core markets has grown, and we
have built new capability in Spain. The oil and gas market
continued to be challenging throughout the continent,
while Russia’s geopolitical situation caused uncertainty
and some project disruption.
Our global clients continued to require more of our
expertise. We have been working on major programmes
with Daimler and Zurich Insurance. We also secured
prestigious new wins with the European Patent Office,
Schiphol Airport and Frankfurt Airport.
Our focus for the year ahead will be on building on our
high standards of delivery, increasing domestic market
share in our core markets, accelerating the growth of our
infrastructure business, and supporting our talented
people to deliver great outcomes to our clients.
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