One of the UK’s leading workplace interiors companies, the Eastlake Group, has strengthened its Burdew brand by acquiring the assets of Wakefield-based furniture manufacturers, Greenwood and Wood’s manufacturing facility. The acquisition will allow the Eastlake Group to build on its growing success as it moves towards reaching a turnover projected to be £40m in 2008. Staff numbers currently stand at 180. (more…)
One of the UK’s leading workplace interiors specialists, the Eastlake Group, is celebrating five years of commercial success this August.
Formerly Georgesons, the company was taken over by David Eastlake in 2003 and has gone from strength to strength with targeted turnover projected to be £40m in 2008 and staff numbers currently standing at 180. (more…)
Workplace interiors specialist eastlake commercial interiors (eci), has recently been tasked with the interior design of a brand new, welsh themed office for one of the world’s fastest-growing design, engineering and management consultancies. eastlake commercial interiors (eci) were given the challenge to create a new and dynamic interior workspace for WSP with the additional challenge to complete the project in only five weeks. (more…)
Leading workplace interiors specialist, the Eastlake Group, celebrated its biggest ever month of orders in April 2008, taking in over £8m. This massive figure more than doubled their record month for 2007.
Clients who helped to push the record figure over the £8m mark include the engineering consultancy, WSP, a major financial pensions + investments group and a major international bank. (more…)
The eastlake group has increased staff numbers working out of its head office in East Kilbride by 10 in the last quarter, taking total staff numbers to 180.
In addition to taking on new staff across all businesses within the group, others have been given new roles within the business. Emphasis has been placed on increasing the strength of eastlake’s Major Accounts team, which looks after the organisation’s key client including BP, Scottish Media Group and Aegon.
Workplace interiors specialist, the eastlake group, has announced a major expansion for its Manchester operation. The expansion will see the Middleton-based team expand from 12 to 18, with a projected turnover increase of £4m to £6.5m.
eastlake group has welcomed three new appointments to its Cardiff Bay based team. Michael Richards joins as a senior business development consultant, Danny Grace joins as a Sales Administrator while Samantha Mead joins as a new designer, as part of the company’s continued expansion plans.
Year end sales reflect success of year for top workplace development group
Leading workplace development company, the Eastlake Group, is celebrating its most successful year yet as 2007 comes to a close.
The company, acquired by CEO David Eastlake in 2003, has gone from strength to strength since the MBO, this year securing two of their highest sales months ever with £3m revenue in both October and November – a record for the business. (more…)
Leading workplace solutions specialist, the Eastlake Group, has followed its UK expansion by opening its first premises in the USA.
The Group, which expanded in the UK earlier this year with the acquisition of a Leeds based manufacturing company, opened their US offices in December 2007. The move is to support the organisation’s major expanding client base of blue chip organisations in America. (more…)
New board member appointed following increase in staff appointments
East Kilbride based organisation, eastlake commercial interiors (eci) - a part of the Eastlake Group, has strengthened its board with the appointment of Julie Low as major accounts director.
This appointment come as the Group boosted staff numbers with eight new members joining across four of the organisation’s offices in the last three months. Julie has been with the company for a number of years, has contributed significantly to its recent success, and will continue to focus on bringing in and managing major accounts for the business.
The Group, which underwent an organisational restructure earlier this year, has experienced an extensive period of growth over the last two years - including two major acquisitions in Leeds and Belfast. This growth period has resulted in a tripling of staff numbers and turnover which now sees the company employing almost 170 staff with a turnover of £34m targeted for 2007.
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Top workplace innovation experts eastlake commercial interiors (eci) and Milliken Carpet have joined forces to give Glasgow businesses the chance to learn from Philip Ross - expert and consultant in emerging technologies and their impact on the workplace.
Philip, founder and CEO of the Cordless Group is a consultant, commentator and researcher on technology and workplace futures and has pioneered research into the impact of new technologies on work, the work process and workplace. He has worked with organisations such as Ernst & Young, Allen & Overy, GlaxoSmithKline, Jones Lang LaSalle and Ericsson on future workplace concepts based on emerging cordless technologies. Philip has also spoken at conferences around the world and authored a series of papers and books on workplace, technology and design issues.
One of the UK’s leading workplace interiors companies, the Eastlake Group, has strengthened its offering to customers by acquiring the Leeds-based furniture manufacturers, Burdew Contract Furniture Ltd.
The £800,000 acquisition is the second for the Group since an MBO by David Eastlake in 2003, and is the Group’s first foray into the manufacturing sector.
Burdew was established in 1974 and currently employs 28 people at its Leeds based premises. The company, which produces low volume, high quality furniture for many high profile clients such as the Commonwealth committee, last year reported a turnover of £2.8m and a profit of £150k. The Eastlake Group was a customer for over five years before the acquisition took place.
The Eastlake Group, formerly Georgesons, was subject to an MBO by David Eastlake in 2003. Since then, the organisation has gone from strength to strength, trebling turnover and number of staff. The Group carried out its first acquisition, of Belfast-based office interiors company CM3, last year. (more…)