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The consultant engineer announced that it had received an unsolicited approach on 20 June, but talks broke down on 13 August. The mystery bidder is understood to have been Dutch rival Arcadis and experts estimated the sale price to have been in the region of 拢200m.

Haynes said: 鈥淭here was wider trouble in the equity and debt markets, but when you鈥檙e paying for a company such as ours you have to pay significantly for it. In the end it was not my call; they decided not to go ahead.鈥�

In the company鈥檚 results for the year ended 30 June 2008, it revealed the cost of fending off the approach was 拢300,000.

Overall, its results were proof that the company, whose largest market is transport and infrastructure, has so far been immune to the credit crunch.

Pre-tax profit was up 26%, from 拢13.4m to 拢16.8m, which included a 拢4.2m write-off of goodwill after buying transport consultant Savell Bird & Axon and Irish consultant engineer PH McCarthy during the year.

Turnover grew 28%, from 拢221m to 拢282m, of which 拢22.4m came from the acquisitions, and its order book was up from 拢280m to 拢300m.

Despite its recent deals, Haynes indicated that the rate of acquisitions would slow as a result of the economic climate. He said: 鈥淲e have to be extra prudent with our shareholders鈥� cash in the current market until values come down to appropriate levels.鈥� Despite the warning, he conceded he was currently in discussions with more than one target.

Haynes added that WYG鈥檚 success was also the result of its global expansion and this week it announced a deal worth 拢1.6m a year to provide development control services for the Dubai Waterfront scheme (pictured above).