Birse Group was a construction and civil engineering company based in North Yorkshire, England. It was acquired by Balfour Beatty in 2006 who retired the brand in 2014.
History
The company was founded by Peter Birse as the Birse Group in Doncaster in 1970.[1] It was floated on the stock market during 1989;[2] one of the results of which being that the German civil engineering company Bilfinger Berger acquired a 15% shareholding in the firm.[3] Peter Birse also held a considerable personal stake (at one point amounting to 14.1%) in the business, which he largely retained through to the 21st century.[2]