2 November 2009
Carillion completes sale of its environmental consultancy business, Enviros
Carillion has completed the sale of its non-core environmental consultancy business, Enviros, to engineering, sciences and project delivery firm, Sinclair Knight Merz. The sale generated net cash proceeds of £26.8 million, in line with the announcement made by Carillion on 12 October 2009.
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Notes to editors
Carillion is the UK's leading support services company with a substantial portfolio of Public Private Partnership projects and extensive construction capabilities. The Group has annual revenue of over £5 billion, employs around 50,000 people and operates across the UK, in the Middle East, Canada and the Caribbean.
In the UK, Carillion's principal market sectors are Defence, Education, Health, Facilities Management & Services, Rail, Roads, Building, Civil Engineering and Utilities Services.
In the Middle East, Carillion's principal market sectors are Construction and Facilities Management. In Canada and the Caribbean, the Group's main sectors are Health, Roads Maintenance and Construction.
Carillion's portfolio of equity investments in Public Private Partnership projects includes projects in the UK and Canada, particularly in the Defence, Education, Health and Transport sectors.
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