Elliott and Wraith merge

The combined business will operate from 46 locations nationwide with a hire fleet consisting of over 59,000 cabins, building modules, containers and toilets. The merger consolidates the Elliott Group and its divisionsincluding Elliott Hire, Elliott Modular and Elliott Loohire- as the UK’s largest supplier in the portable buildings sector.

The group is completed by Elliott Fastrack Construction-specialists in the design and construction of fast track buildings for the health and education sectors- and temporary safety fencing supplier Elliott Fencehire.

Elliott Group Managing Director, Paul O’Kelly said: “The Elliott and Wraith businesses are both leaders in the UK market for relocatable accommodation with similar business philosophies and comparable organisations. The businesses are broadly complementary in terms of products, facilities and organisation.

The merger will offer Wraith customers an enlarged product range, wider geographical spread and more localised Hire centres.”

Elliott and Wraith join forces with Algeco, Wraith’s sister company, to form the largest portable buildings supplier in Europe. Paul O’Kelly said, “The Algeco Group fleet consists of over 170,000 buildings supplied from 89 locations across nine countries so Wraith will be part of a large and internationally diverse group focused on portable accommodation with sites across mainland Europe”