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Rok
Industry Construction
Founded 1939
Defunct 2010
Fate Administration
Successor Balfour Beatty
Headquarters Exeter , UK
Key people
Stephen Pettit, ( Chairman )
Garvis Snook, ( CEO )
Number of employees
4,000 (2010)

Rok plc was a British construction company, based in Exeter . Rok went into administration in 2010.

History [ edit ]

The company, which began as Exeter Building Contractors Ltd, was formed in 1939 to take on government contracts at the start of the Second World War . [1] This company became EBC Group, and was relaunched as Rok in 2001, with the slogan The Nation's Local Builder . [2]

Rok's largest acquisition was in 2006, when they bought Inverness-based Tulloch Construction for ￡31.3 million, with Tulloch's 875 staff transferred to Rok. This included The Corrie Group, Tulloch's engineering, plumbing and electrical division. [3]

Rok went into administration in November 2010, after reporting a ￡3.8 million loss for the first half of the year. [4]

Rok's affordable housing and construction businesses were bought by Balfour Beatty for ￡7 million. Balfour Beatty said the businesses and 381 employees would become part of Mansell, its regional construction business. [5]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Building firm Lemmeleg sold to Rok" . Yorkshire Post . 7 July 2005 . Retrieved 10 February 2018 .
  2. ^ "Nation's local builder Roks on with 54% operating profit rise" . Citywire. 14 August 2007 . Retrieved 10 February 2018 .
  3. ^ "Highlands construction firm sold" . BBC News . 27 September 2006 . Retrieved 12 May 2012 .
  4. ^ "Rok enters administration" . BBC News . 8 November 2010 . Retrieved 12 May 2012 .
  5. ^ "Balfour buys Rok businesses for ￡7 million" . Reuters. 19 November 2010 . Retrieved 10 February 2018 .

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