{"id":18723,"date":"2026-10-21T08:39:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T08:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=18723"},"modified":"2026-10-21T08:39:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T08:39:05","slug":"new-chair-and-ceo-for-harley-haddow-as-bgf-invests-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=18723","title":{"rendered":"New chair and CEO for Harley Haddow as BGF invests \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <\/p>\n<p>Investor John Devine with new CEO Marc McLuskey at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (pic: supplied)<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">BGF has invested several millions to take a minority stake in Edinburgh engineering consultancy Harley Haddow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The partnership will support the company\u2019s next phase of growth both organically and through acquisition following the opening of three offices in England over the last four years. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The company has promoted director Marc McLuskey to chief executive while experienced scaleup adviser Charles Layfield will join as non-executive chair through BGF\u2019s Talent Network. Mr Layfield has executed more than 30 acquisitions during his career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">With a portfolio spanning the public and private sectors, Harley Haddow\u2019s cultural and heritage projects include the BAFTA HQ and V&amp;A in London, SWG3 in Glasgow, and ongoing involvement in the renovation of the glasshouses at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, as well as the redevelopment of Port Hamilton for Lloyds Banking Group.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">It has also expanded its service offering through the acquisition of specialist consultancy Pillar Fire, and grown its team to nearly 200.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Mr McLuskey said:\u00a0\u201cBGF\u2019s minority investment model will allow us to accelerate our growth ambitions while ensuring Harley Haddow remains independently managed, with our existing leadership team, culture and values firmly in place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">John Devine, an investor at BGF, said:\u00a0\u201cHarley Haddow combines 75 years of engineering expertise with the ambition and momentum of a high-growth business. The team has built a strong national platform whilst maintaining the culture, technical quality and client relationships that differentiate the business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daily Business Bulletin:\u00a0Subscribe here for our free morning bulletin of breaking news<\/p>\n<p>           \t            #chair #CEO #Harley #Haddow #BGF #invests #Daily #Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investor John Devine with new CEO Marc McLuskey at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (pic:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[17496,272,585,3116,23377,306,23382,23381,23378,1471,23379,23380],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18723"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18723\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}