{"id":4422,"date":"2019-03-27T18:01:27","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T18:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=4422"},"modified":"2019-03-27T18:01:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T18:01:27","slug":"wsp-swoops-on-major-planning-consultant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wsp-swoops-on-major-planning-consultant\/","title":{"rendered":"WSP swoops on major planning consultant"},"content":{"rendered":"

WSP is set to finalise a deal to buy one of the UK’s largest independent planning consultancies.<\/p>\n

The multi-professional consultant said the deal to acquire Indigo Planning, which employs around 90 staff out of offices across the country, would be completed next month.<\/p>\n

WSP has recently grown its planning team with a series of senior hires. The coming together of WSP and Indigo will collectively position the joint organisation as a top tier planning consultancy in the UK.<\/p>\n

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Mark Naysmith, UK CEO of WSP, said: \u201cWith the collective expertise of WSP and Indigo\u2019s planning specialists we will become one of the UK\u2019s largest planning consultancies, operating in the infrastructure, property, energy and environmental markets. <\/p>\n

“Our newly combined skills will increase the strength and diversity of our service offer for our clients across the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Indigo Planning\u2019s chief executive, Simon Neate, said: \u201cThis move represents the next phase in Indigo Planning\u2019s evolution and will create new and bigger opportunities for both our colleagues and our clients in the UK and internationally.\u201d<\/p>\n

Founded over 30 years ago, Indigo is a specialist town planning consultant, providing specialist planning advice on residential, retail, commercial, industrial, leisure, tourism, infrastructure, energy and regeneration among others.<\/p>\n

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