| Type | Private Company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Support Services |
| Founded | 2000 in current merged form; 1983 Lancashire Enterprises, 1964 ARM services |
| Headquarters | Farington, Lancashire, England |
| Key people | Alan Petersen, Chairman |
| Products | Outsourced and managed services for local authorities, government departments and utility companies. |
| Revenue | £1,200 million[1] |
| Employees | 14,000 |
| Website | www.enterprise.plc.uk |
Enterprise plc is a support services company based in Farington in Lancashire, England. Its core markets are local authorities and utility sectors.
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The Company was established in 2000 by way of a merger between Lancashire Enterprises (founded in 1983) and ARM Services (founded in 1964).[2]
In 2007 a management buyout backed by the 3i investment group took place and the group was removed from the London Stock Exchange.[3] On September 21, 2007 the company acquired the entire stock of Accord plc making it one of the UK's leading companies providing outsourced or partnered services to both the local authority and utilities markets.[4]
A full range of direct, infrastructure and facilities management services are delivered to local authorities across the UK and Enterprise has built a strong track record in the modernisation and transformation of public services.
The public sector business is focused on the delivery of local authority services through partnership, joint venture arrangements and traditional term contracts. It has relationships with over 60 local authorities.[5].
Enterprise was one of the first private companies to develop a full joint venture company with a local authority Liverpool City Council, 'Enterprise – Liverpool', delivering the full range of street based services throughout the City. Joint and Strategic ventures also exist with, amongst others, Manchester City Council, Liverpool City Council, Peterborough City Council, Wolverhampton City Council, Solihull MBC, City of London Corporation and the London Boroughs of Westminster, Islington, Ealing and Redbridge.
The company operates throughout the UK with over 100 offices.[6] The Head office is in Farington near Leyland in Lancashire and key offices are also located in London, Edinburgh, Manchester, West Midlands, Slough, Gloucester, Peterborough, Liverpool and the South West. The company also has operations and relations with local authorities across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Enterprise has two separate joint ventures with Defence Estates for work with the Ministry of Defence.[7]
Enterprise operates as a facilities and infrastructure service support partner to major utility companies in the water, gas, electricity and telecommunciation sectors. Key client include Severn Trent, United Utilities and Southern Water, BT, National Grid Transco and Eon.
In the water industry, Enterprise offers a wide range of services for the repair and maitnenance of both the clean and dirty water networks and all related asset and facilities management. Enterprise works with, or has worked with, all the major water companies in the UK.
In the power and electricity sector the company provides network maintenance services throughout the electricity distribution industry across the UK and in the gas sector the company provide mains and service replacements together with asset and facilities management.