Planning consultant set for April deal completion

La Salle can reveal that Indigo Planning, one of the UK's leading planning consultancies, is set to be acquired by global engineering professional services firm WSP by the end of April 2019.

Businesses acquired: Indigo Planning Limited

Activities: Incorporated in 1986, the company has a HQ in London and offices across the UK including Leeds, Manchester and Dublin. They are primarily engaged in the provision of consultancy services for developmental land use and environmental planning.
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Purchaser: WSP

Activities: Globally, WSP employs approximately 48,000 people and in 2017 they increased their workforce by 5,000 from ten separate acquisitions. Their UK operation employs approximately 2,700 staff operating from a range of offices across the country, the company is one of the United Kingdom's major multi-disciplinary consultancies, with clients in both public and private sectors.

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Indigo Planning cheif executive Simon Neate commented"This move represents the next phase in Indigo Planning's evolution and will create new and bigger opportunities for both our colleagues and our clients in the UK and internationally.”

Mark Naysmith, UK chief executive at WSP, added: "With the collective expertise of WSP and Indigo’s planning specialists we will become one of the UK's largest planning consultancies, operating in the infrastructure, property, energy and environmental markets. Our newly combined skills will increase the strength and diversity of our service offer for our clients across the UK."