Fox Group announce latest acquisition JJ O’Grady Limited
Fox has acquired Lostock Hall-based JJ O’Grady Limited to further extend its range of services.
Fox says the deal makes strategic sense as they look to grow the business further.
Established in 2006, JJ O’Grady Limited offers infrastructure and highways maintenance works, including street lighting. It has a track record of working with local authorities, housing developers and civil engineering contractors. Under the terms of the deal JJ O’Grady Limited will continue to trade under its own name as JJ O’Grady Civils.
Fox Director John Flood says: “The acquisition makes perfect strategic sense for our business as JJ O’Grady Limited adds a number of different services and different customers, including local authorities.
“It has an excellent reputation, and we believe it has a great deal of potential to grow. That’s our aim, to want to continue to build and grow the business by taking advantage of synergies across the wider Fox Group.
“In practical terms it’s a deal that makes solid business sense. We will be able to offer clients a more complete solution from site preparation through to highways and street maintenance. Our focus is on providing a single source solution for local authorities, housebuilders, infrastructure, construction and civils contractors.”
Founder Seamus O’Grady will stay in the business, the firm will continue under its existing brand, and day-to-day operations will be carried out from its base at Lostock Lane, Lostock Hall.
John Flood added “We would like to thank our non-executive director, Owen McLaughlin, for his support through the acquisition process.”
In September 2020, Fox acquired Clive Hurt (Plant Hire) Limited to create the largest provider of haulage and plant hire services in Lancashire, with a 180-strong fleet of wagons and over 400 items of plant and machinery.
John Flood added “We will continue to look for other opportunities to expand our services.”
Visit the new JJ O’Grady Civils website here
ABOUT FOX BROTHERS
Established in 1932, Fox Brothers specialises in the supply and haulage of aggregates, recycled materials, muck-shift, earthworks and civil engineering projects.
Fox customers include housebuilders, infrastructure, civils and the wider construction industry. Its recent projects have included the Fairhaven-Granny’s Bay Coastal Protection Programme (Sea Defence work) and the M55 Link Road (linking Preston to the South Fylde).
In 2020 Fox increased the size of the fleet and it now consists of 8-wheel tippers, artics, low loaders, road sweepers and the new addition of moving floor trailers.
Fox operates from two locations in Blackpool. Its office headquarters is on the Whitehills Business Park. In 2019, Fox moved its Transport and Recycling yard to new premises at Squires Gate Industrial Estate, to facilitate the larger fleet.
