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Darnton EGS

A major national architectural and construction project management business was created in Yorkshire in October 2008.

Darnton EGS is the result of a merger between Darnton Elgee of Leeds and Essex, and Goodman and Suggitt (EG&S) of London, two long-standing practices.

The new company has a turnover of £6m and will have its headquarters in Leeds. It will operate throughout the UK and internationally. Both practices have major blue-chip clients from the retail sector on their books

Former Darnton Elgee management partner Alistair Hamilton has become Darnton EGS managing director and EG&S managing director David Suggitt is chairman.

Mr. Hamilton said: “This merger creates a major new national practice providing built-environment consultancy services with more staff, broader expertise and better geographical coverage.

Darton EGS will provide added value and great agility to meet our clients’ needs and better career opportunities for staff. Launching Darton EGS takes us into the critical size bracket among British architects with whom 85 per cent of UK architectural and project management work is placed.”

Mr. Suggitt said all parties are excited about what lies ahead. He added, “We have worked on significant projects as a relatively small practice for some time and have sought a step change by becoming part of a larger operation.”

The deal was brokered by accountants and business advisers JWPCreers and UK top 50 law firm Dickinson Dees LLP, both of York.

Alistair Hamilton said “We have been well advised by Tony Farmer, the corporate finance partner at JWPCreers, and by the legal team at Dickinson Dees.”

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