Growing Fylde firm nets Â£15m in projects

Ameon directors, Robin Lawson, left, and Mark Court

'‹One of the North West's success stories in the construction and building services sector has secured another raft of contracts worth in excess of Â£15m, as the company steers towards Â£50m turnover.

Blackpool-based building services engineering specialist, Ameon, has boosted turnover for 2017/18 with gains on a number of high-profile new developments in Manchester and Salford.

These include several prestigious projects for Manchester Life in New Islington and a handful of new developments and fit outs in New Bailey.

That includes the £2.4m contract to install all mechanical and electrical services for a block of 135 apartments at Plot A6, together with the fit out of new offices over four floors for global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, worth £2.5m.

The new contracts also include a £1.6m M&E fit out of international professional services company, Ernst & Young’s Manchester offices and work on three prestigious new Manchester Life residential apartment developments – Chalk Project, Flour Project and Blossom Iron; valued at over £9m.

The company, was formed in 1996 and has achieved steady growth. Managing director, Robin Lawson, said: “Although we have headquarters in Lancashire, regional offices across the North of England and a significant project portfolio in Manchester, we are now a truly national operator, which demonstrates our strength as a business.”