Expansion plans and adding value: Currie & Brown boss Alan Manuel points the way ahead

By Carl Brown2023-06-05T05:00:00

Currie & Brown is now owned by multi-national giant Dar Group and has ambitions to expand its turnover 50% by 2027 - here’s how

“Dar has the strongest balance sheet in the world, so there’s no limit. If we go and find opportunities and bring them to them, they will listen – whether its [acquiring] a £60m business or a £600m business,” says Alan Manuel.

The brand spanking new London offices for the Dar Group, in which Building meets the boss of its consultancy business Currie & Brown, certainly give the impression of a company not short of cash. The light and airy nine-storey “smart” building, designed by Perkins & Will (another Dar company), with its atrium and roof gardens and views over St Pauls, is certainly one of the more impressive venues for a Building interview.

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