Business for sale

Business description

This is a rare opportunity to acquire a small, well run independently owned construction company that works solely for the rail sector. They have worked in the rail industry for over 15 years and in that time have achieved a good name and reputation for their quality of work and their reliability.

The company normally works as a sub contractor with major construction companies such as Network Rail, Balfour Beatty, Amey, Lambert Smith Hampton, May Gurney, to name but a few. They do hold “Link Up” qualification which is audited by Network Rail to ISO 9001 standards. Without being audited and achieving the accreditation the company would not be allowed to work in this sector of the industry. The Link Up qualification is becoming more difficult to acquire as the rail sector is not looking for any new contractors.

The company has a wide ranging portfolio of skills as they are called upon to do a host of different civil engineering conracts. These include, Bridge Repairs, Station re-furbishment, Fencing, Level crossing works, Track access requirements, General maintenance and supply of Labour.

This is a well established and highly profitable business which has a continuous income stream from the rail sector. They have a team of time served and skilled tradesmen on board with a number of self employed sub contractors used for some of their larger jobs. The company takes on enough work to keep them fully occupied all year round with the prospect of extra work, should they wish to take it on. The business is easy to run and has their Link Up audit in place for 2011 ( awarded annually). The owners believe that they have taken the business as far as they can with their limited skills and there are great opportunities for new owners to grow this business.