Caulmert bolsters planning skills with Crowley Associates acquisition
The North Wales-based multidisciplinary consultancy hopes the purchase will aid its growth plans to double turnover to more than £7.5m over five years.
Caulmert has more than 50 employees based in offices in St Asaph, Bangor, Altrincham, Nottingham, and Kent.
By acquiring Crowley Associates, the firm now has a Sheffield presence.
Crowley will continue to operate under its brand, with its four staff being retained as part of the deal. Founder Susan Crowley will become Caulmert’s director of planning, earning a seat on the company’s board.
There, she will work with Caulmert’s leadership team to grow the business and aid clients with the firm’s expertise in engineering, environmental concerns, planning, and building information modelling.
Also on the board are Caulmert managing director and founder Mike Caulfield, director Donna Milne, director of engineering Paul Saville, business development manager Ffrancon Williams, and company secretary Harry Caulfield.
When asked why she chose to accept Caulmert’s offer, Crowley said: “The timing was right, and this was simply too good an opportunity to pass up on.”
She added: “I’ve known Mike for a long time, we worked together for a period back in 2015, and I love the idea of seeing where we can go as one bigger, stronger unit.
“The combined skill set of the Crowley Associates and Caulmert teams will make it easier to respond to opportunities as the world of planning evolves to promote, with ever greater conviction, development that treads far more lightly on the environment, and where we can expect cleaner energy and waste and water management systems/solutions that meet the best technical standards.”
For his part, Caulfield said the Crowley acquisition showed that it was “a fantastic time” for the company.
“We at Caulmert are looking towards a bright future and this news will only help accelerate our plans and objectives,” he said.
Caulmert and Crowley Associates are no strangers to each other, company-wise. The two organisations were already working together on Bala Lake Railway Trust’s plans to extend its railway 1,200 metres so that it goes into the town centre.
