{"id":42682,"date":"2025-08-01T11:20:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T10:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=42682"},"modified":"2025-08-01T11:20:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T10:20:18","slug":"civil-engineering-giant-m-group-completes-telent-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/08\/civil-engineering-giant-m-group-completes-telent-acquisition.html","title":{"rendered":"Civil Engineering Giant M Group Completes Telent Acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Civil engineering firm <a href=\"https:\/\/mgroupltd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">M Group<\/a>, which was itself acquired by private equity firm CVC (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/06\/cvc-confirms-deal-to-acquire-uk-street-works-firm-m-group.html\">here<\/a>) in 2024 and also harbours a telecoms (broadband and mobile) focused division, has today announced the completion of their deal to acquire rival UK and Ireland focused technology, telecoms and street works firm <a href=\"https:\/\/telent.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telent<\/a> for an undisclosed sum.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The original agreement was announced in April 2025 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/04\/big-move-as-uk-civil-engineering-giant-m-group-acquires-telent.html\">here<\/a>) and at the time M Group said this would make them \u201c<em>even better placed to tackle the evolving challenges of the ageing infrastructure across the UK and Ireland<\/em>\u201c. The deal also expanded M Group\u2019s reach into several adjacent markets, including the public sector, defence, emergency services and education.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>PICTURED:<\/strong> Left &#8211; Andrew Findlay, CEO of M Group. Right &#8211; Jo Gretton, CEO of Telent.<\/div>\n<p>The hope is that bringing Telent into the M Group family will \u201c<em>strengthen longstanding relationships with shared customers<\/em>\u201c, including Transport for London (TfL), National Highways, Network Rail, <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-65\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"virgin media\">Virgin Media<\/a> \/ <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-68\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"o2\">O2<\/a>, <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-145\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"BT\">BT<\/a>, <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-43\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"ee home broadband\">EE<\/a> and <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-46 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"openreach\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.openreach.co.uk\">Openreach<\/a> etc.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Andrew Findlay, Chief Executive of M Group, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether, we are greater than the sum of our parts. 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