Greater Manchester-based property consultancy firm Walker Sime has acquired a chartered quantity surveying business in an effort to expand and “future proof” the firm.
Walker Sime has acquired Whitefield-based WCP, which has delivered high-profile projects including Surf Snowdonia in the Conway Valley.
Founder Des Walker said: “We’re really pleased to get the deal done and to welcome some excellent new colleagues into the business.
“It’s great news for our clients, too, and will ensure that we continue to develop Walker Sime into one of the Ƶ’s best independent property consultancies.”
The acquisition will see the number of Walker Sime employees rise to 91 across its three offices in Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds.
WCPs employees will transfer to the consultancy’s headquarters in Trafford Park, where core services include quantity surveying, project management, dispute resolution, commercial management, CDM consultancy and bills of quantities.
The acquisition, the latest step in the firm’s plans for growth, follows a series of internal promotions, including the appointment of Duncan Firth as managing director and Mark Parker as head of the company’s expanding project management division.
WCP director Robert Seger added: “Walker Sime saw this as a tremendous long-term opportunity to capitalise on the wealth of experience and synergies of both businesses and we’re looking forward to joining the team of one of Manchester’s leading construction consultancies.
“There’s a really strong cultural fit and a great chemistry and this felt like the next logical step in our development.
“Our clients will enjoy a greater depth of resource and additional services whilst our staff will benefit from a wider range of career opportunities.”
