{"id":7058,"date":"2025-08-06T07:46:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T07:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=7058"},"modified":"2025-08-06T07:46:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T07:46:50","slug":"ex-kier-director-joins-stepnell-to-grow-specialist-units","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/ex-kier-director-joins-stepnell-to-grow-specialist-units\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Kier director joins Stepnell to grow specialist units"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"907\" data-end=\"1051\">Stepnell has brought in former Kier and Osborne construction director Mike Smedley to lead expansion of its specialist business arms.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1053\" data-end=\"1297\">Smedley joins the regional builder as strategic director, charged with turning divisions like Step Energy, Lawford Bespoke Joinery, plant and fleet, and concrete repairs into stand-alone business units.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1053\" data-end=\"1297\">He will also oversee the development of a new CCTV arm at the Rugby headquartered group.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1053\" data-end=\"1297\">\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"127094\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fawkesandreecepartner.co.uk%2F%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mclaren gif.gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"1299\" data-end=\"1410\">The move is part of Stepnell\u2019s wider plan to grow its service-led offering and broaden its reach across the UK.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1412\" data-end=\"1612\">Smedley brings more than 30 years\u2019 experience from senior roles at major national contractors including Kier, Geoffrey Osborne, and most recently Brymor Group, where he was southern managing director.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1718\" data-end=\"1733\">Smedley said: \u201cThis is an exciting opportunity to drive the growth of Stepnell\u2019s wider business portfolio. My aim is to help shape these services into self-sufficient, stand-alone units with strong management structures \u2013 capable of delivering outstanding service and commercial performance nationwide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1718\" data-end=\"1733\">\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"163817\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.constructionenquirer.com%2Fdirectory%2F%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/enquirer_directory_mpu.gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"1718\" data-end=\"1733\">\n<p data-start=\"1718\" data-end=\"1733\">\n<p>from Construction Enquirer https:\/\/ift.tt\/aW9SPMl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stepnell has brought in former Kier and Osborne construction director Mike Smedley to lead expansion of its specialist business arms. Smedley joins the regional builder as strategic director, charged with turning divisions like Step Energy, Lawford Bespoke Joinery, plant and fleet, and concrete repairs into stand-alone business units. He will also oversee the development of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-7058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-construction-enquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7058"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7059,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7058\/revisions\/7059"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}