EC Harris in major global expansion after Saudi win

摘要

EC Harris is to expand in Saudi Arabia and has bought a consultant in China as it launches a major push into emerging markets. It will grow its Saudi Arabian office more than sevenfold after it won a place on the country's new nuclear energy city. The newly acquired Chinese consultant has offices in Shanghai and Beijing. In the last financial year to 30 April 2010, just under half of EC Harris' revenue came from outside the UK, but it plans to boost that to three quarters over the next three years, focusing on Asia and the Middle East. The overseas push comes after a difficult financial year, when revenue fell from £328m to £270m and it lost almost one in five employees.