Fox Brothers said that the acquisition of JJ O鈥橤rady, based in Lostock Hall, south of Preston, would enable it to offer customers a more complete offering.
Established in 1932, Fox specialises in the supply and haulage of aggregates, recycled materials, muck-shift, earthworks and civil engineering projects.
JJ O鈥橤rady Limited, in business since 2006, specialises in utilities and highways maintenance works, including street lighting. 聽Its client base includes local authorities, housing developers and civil engineering contractors. 聽It has seven employees and fixed assets of 拢518,000.
Under the terms of the deal JJ O鈥橤rady Limited will continue to trade under its own name and operate from its base in Lostock Lane, Lostock Hall. Founder Seamus O鈥橤rady聽 will stay in the business.
JJ O鈥橤rady is Fox鈥檚 second acquisition of the past year. In September 2020 it took over Clive Hurt (Plant Hire) Limited, based in Leyland. That deal doubled the size of the Fox business, to annual turnover approaching 拢50m, and created a combined fleet of 180 wagons and more than 400 items of plant and machinery. 聽[See our previous report here.]
Of the JJ O鈥橤rady purchase, Fox director John Flood said: 鈥淭he acquisition makes perfect strategic sense for our business as JJ O鈥橤rady 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鈥檚 our aim, to want to continue to build and grow the business by taking advantage of synergies across the wider Fox Group.
鈥淲e 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.鈥�
He added: 鈥淲e will continue to look聽 for other opportunities to expand our services.鈥澛�
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