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| Focus Partners meeting with the MES Team |
Focus Consultants has acquired a controlling interest in Newark-based
sustainable building consultancy Midland Energy Services Ltd (trading as MES
Building Solutions).
The move will strengthen the sustainable development
services already provided by Focus, and increase the number of professionals
working on the team.
It follows an announcement last year by Nottingham-based
Focus that the organisation planned to further develop the group’s structure as
it built on more than 20 years of experience.
The existing MES management team will remain and MES will be
run separately for the foreseeable future, said Focus Consultants partner Kevin
Osbon.
“We see this as an exciting opportunity to work in
partnership with MES to help both businesses grow,” said Kevin. “MES original
founder and owner of the business Alex Hole will remain as CEO, and we are
looking forward to pooling our resources to provide extended services to our
clients in terms of the sustainable building services that we offer.
“Focus Consultants views the arrangement as a partnership,
which will allow us to undertake joint initiatives to support our clients.”
Focus, which is based at Phoenix
Business Park, Nottingham, and has branches in London, Leicester, and in Boston
and Aubourn in Lincolnshire, offers a range of services in the fields of
funding and regeneration, energy, project management and chartered surveying.
Its sustainable development department provides services such as low carbon
refurbishment support, Code for Sustainable Homes assessment,
energy/sustainability statements for planning, low carbon funding advice and
BREEAM assessments.
As
well as a range of eco-sustainability services, the team at MES will bring ‘rights
of light’ expertise to the group, providing a major new service for Focus to
offer clients and a cross-selling opportunity that dovetails with the current
offer, added Kevin Osbon.
The
acquisition of MES, for an undisclosed sum, is expected to bring a combined
turnover of more than £5 million for 2016/2017 for the Focus group, and with
the addition of 12 skilled staff, will create a team of almost 60 across all
offices.
MES is
based in Beacon Hill Office Park, Newark, and specialises in environmental
consultancy work.
CEO Alex
Hole said: “MES will continue to operate as a separate company. However, our
clients will be able to benefit from this association with Focus Consultants as
we will also be able to offer even more of a ‘one-stop’ construction solution
through our sister organisation.
“I will
continue to lead the MES team and other personnel within MES stay the same. We are
excited about the opportunities this brings and look forward to being able to
continue to provide our clients with the high quality, honest and diligent
service we are renowned for.”
The partners at Focus were advised on the deal by Duncan
James of Shakespeare Martineau and Collin Franklin from Franklin Underwood.
For more
information about Focus Consultants, visit www.focus-consultants.co.uk For more information about
MES, visit www.mesbuildingsolutions.co.uk
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