Engineer and contractor's turnover it boosted by 拢27m to 拢194m.
and contractor T Clarke has boosted its turnover and profit and a flurry of acquisitions in the last year.
Posting preliminary results for the year ending 31 December 2005, the firm grew its turnover from 拢157m to 拢194m. Pre-tax profits rose from 拢7.8m to 拢8.6m.
T Clarke's 拢5.8m acquisitions of made during the year for a combined value of 拢5.8m Included Smith Contracting Services (subsequently renamed SCS 好色先生TV Services Ltd.) in January for 拢4.1m; and Waldon Electrical Contractors Ltd in May for 拢1.7m.
Together the pair added 拢16m in turnover and 拢548,000 in pre-tax profits to the firm.
T Clarke's major completions included Cardinal Place, Victoria, and Bishops Square, Bishopsgate, and 199 Knightsbridge in London as well as Sainsbury Centre For Visual Arts, Cambridge
Its main new projects included 02 Millennium Dome, 201 Bishopsgate and Broadgate Tower, the Shell Centre, Waterloo, Bordeaux Quay, Bristol and RAF Croughton New Sub-Station.
Chief executive Pat Stanborough said: "T Clarke has continued to make encouraging progress during the year. Despite continued pressure on margins, the business is well set."
Stanborough said that he expected margins to recover during the year.
