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Watch: Insider's Business Briefing - 16th August
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15/08/2024
Phil and Dan discuss an office opening in Scotland, the sale of a European car park operator, revenue increases for a Northern Ireland energy business and a contract win for a construction firm in the North East.
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An office opening in Scotland, the sale of a European car park operator, revenue increases
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for a Northern Ireland energy business and a contract win for a construction firm in
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the North East.
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Welcome to this morning's Insider Business Briefing.
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Hi, good morning.
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We're going to take a look at some of the big stories this morning from our newsletters.
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I'm Phil Cunliffe, one of Insider's business editors.
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I'm Daniel Zambartas, digital staff writer.
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Well, good to see you, Dan.
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Good to see you.
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We're going to kick off, I think, with a story from Scotland.
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Yeah.
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So the Harris Partnership, they're an architectural practice headquartered in Wakefield.
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So they've launched plans for a new office in Scotland.
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They offer services including master planning as well as interior and graphic design.
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So they've got plans for a new office in Scotland, which would mark 40 years in the business.
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They've got offices in Manchester here, in London, central and southeast of England as
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well.
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And they're looking to secure some new clients in the northern border.
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So the recent projects you might have seen include the Stockport Interchange and also
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a new Premier Inn in York.
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And they also manage a portfolio of Aldi projects as well.
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So we might be seeing a few new Aldis in Scotland.
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Yeah.
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Well, that'll be exciting, of course.
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I want to highlight two owner-managed businesses, one in Northern Ireland and the other in the
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North East of England.
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One in Northern Ireland is Cameron Group, which is headquartered in Lisbon.
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They've increased their turnover according to their latest figures to £77.4M in their
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latest financial results.
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This represents a £20M increase in growth on the previous financial year.
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Cameron provides innovative and intelligent monitoring products and services for the electricity
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and rail sectors.
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And it's built a project backlog of over £50M, which will, according to the company,
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deliver revenues of around £90M in the coming year and significant profitability increases
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as well.
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So it's a really great story for Cameron.
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It's a great result for them, but also for the energy providers and for consumers in
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Northern Ireland as well.
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And Cameron, interestingly, were part of our Northern Ireland owner-managed businesses
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list.
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The top-performing 100 such businesses in Northern Ireland last year will be producing
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the 2024 list in October, and I'm sure Cameron will be part of that.
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I expect to see them there again, yeah.
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I think they will be.
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The other business, owner-managed business, the family-owned business in the North East
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that I want to highlight is T Manners and Sons, and they've been in business for over
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160 years.
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They're a construction firm, and they've just won a major contract with Durham County
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Council to deliver 500 homes in a £100M housing scheme.
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The contract will see them build those 500 homes, which will be a mix of bungalows and
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houses that will be affordable and secure tenancies.
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The Bishop of Auckland business has a really strong background in this type of area and
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this affordable homes sector, and I'm sure we'll be seeing more of those sorts of schemes
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coming on board, obviously because the government's a new commitment to housing, so we'll see
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how many of those are going to be built in the North East and, of course, across the
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rest of the UK.
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Dan, I think you've got to go from the North East to across Europe.
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Yes, so Kew Park, with a carpark operator, they've got about 4,300 facilities across
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Western Europe, Netherlands, France, Germany, but also plenty here in the UK, you might
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have seen.
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So, they've sold a minority stake to Intergo Holding.
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They've acquired a 12.5% stake in the company, and that deal will see Interogo become a long-time
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investor.
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So, Frank De Moore, the chief executive of Kew Park, he's described them as an ideal
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partner for their strategy going forward.
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The company is set to support their growth plans.
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Kew Park has already significantly expanded its electronic vehicle charging infrastructure.
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So far, they've installed about 5,600 units, and they're looking for over 10,000 by 2027.
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Yes, one wonders whether that's enough, I mean, across Europe, I suspect the demand
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will be significantly more than that, but I suppose they'll plan to roll those out as
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time goes on.
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For sure, yes.
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Yes, absolutely.
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Well, that's all it for us from Dan and me this morning.
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If you want to read more about those stories and all the other stories we have across the
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UK, go to insidermedia.com and you'll find everything there.
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That's it for us today and for this week.
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We'll be back next week for more business stories, so please join us then.
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From me and Dan, goodbye.
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