Birmingham architects group acquired in £100m deal

LEADING architects and urban planning firm BDP is being bought by a Japanese group for more than £100m.

Manchester-headquartered BDP was founded as Building Design Partnership in 1961 and has offices around the UK - including one in Edmund Street, Birmingham, together with operations in Abu Dhabi, Canada, China and India.

In 2014 it reported operating profits of £2.3m on revenue of £65.2m and employed more than 800 people.

Its new owner is Tokyo-based Nippon Koei, a respected consulting engineer... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...

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