Morrison Facilities Services


Morrison Facilities Services was a United Kingdom-based company that specialised in providing facilities services to private businesses and central and local government bodies. The core area of the business was repair and maintenance of social housing. It was a subsidiary of Anglian Water Group until acquired and merged with Mears Group in November 2012.

History

Morrison Construction was founded by the Morrison family in 1948 in Tain, Scotland. In the 1980s, 80% of the company was sold to Charter Consolidated, with the Morrison family retaining 20% of the ownership. In 1989, the Morrison family repurchased the 80% of the business sold to Charter Consolidated earlier that decade, and also acquired the businesses of Biggs Wall and Shand Construction. In 1994, Morrison Construction plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange.
In September 2000, Morrison Construction was purchased by AWG Plc.
In March 2006, the construction division of the business was sold to Galliford Try. The remainder of the business was split into two divisions, Morrison Facilities Services and Morrison Utilities Services, and, in March 2008, AWG sold the Utility Services division to two private equity firms, Cognetas and Englefield Capital for £235 million.
In 2012, AWG sold Morrison Facilities Services to Mears Group for £24m. In the year ending 31 March 2012, Morrison reported turnover of nearly £291 million and an operating loss of £7.6 million. In 2013, Mears said it turned Morrison FS fortunes around.