Our headline strategy is to grow." So says Charles McBeath, managing director of engineer Ramboll UK and clearly not one to beat about the bush. His opening gambit is certainly to the point but is it realistic? It sounds like an unusually confident forward plan in the midst of a market full of bruised and cautious firms. But then Ramboll UK is a bit of an unusual case and has had more than a little experience in the art of growing over the last 12 months following the acquisition of fellow engineering firm Gifford last March. At a time when so many firms were downsizing and struggling to keep their heads above water, the acquisition created one of the largest engineering consultants in the UK almost overnight, instantly doubled the firm's size to almost 1,000 employees and pushed turnover from £35m in 2010 to £58m in 2011. And McBeath isn't stopping there. Next on the agenda are plans to use the group's new capabilities and resources to reach a revenue figure of £75m by 2015.
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