Industry | Construction, Consultancy |
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Founded | 1928 |
Headquarters | London, England |
Number of employees | 650 |
Website | sweettgroup |
Sweett Group, formerly known as Cyril Sweett, is an international physical assets management consultancy. It is part of Currie & Brown.
The firm was founded in 1928 by Cyril Sweett. The firm launched an initial public offering on the Alternative Investment Market under the name Cyril Sweett in 2007, raising £26m and valuing the business at £61m. [1] The Group initially expanded throughout the UK and then internationally, with the acquisition of a number of cost management and project management firms, including Burns Bridge, an Australian-based project management firm, [2] and in July 2010, Widnell, the biggest independent cost management firm in Asia. [3] The organisation was rebranded as Sweett Group in July 2011, [4] consolidating the Group's existing brands. [5]
The firm was acquired by the Jersey-based [6] Currie & Brown in August 2016. [7] The firm's old web site redirects to Currie & Brown. [6]
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