Pictured above: (l-r) Andy Elwell - Managing Director, Carl
Sheppard - Director, Andrew Hall - Director, Tony Wehby - Director
and Simon Garland - Financial Director celebrate 40 years of Anglo
Holt Construction Ltd at their glittering gala ball
The champagne was flowing at Anglo Holt's 40th anniversary
dinner, held recently at the stunningly sophisticated Hagley Hall
near Stourbridge.
Anglo Holt, based in West Bromwich, invited along sixty of its
principal clients including Jaguar Land Rover, UK Mail, Gallan
Developments and IM Properties to celebrate forty successful years
in the construction industry.
The evening began with a champagne reception in the White Hall,
followed by an exquisite six course dinner, with a taste of
big-time gambling in the professionally-staged casino to
conclude.
Andy Elwell, managing director of Anglo Holt Construction was
delighted with the evening. He comments: "As a company we feel it
is a great achievement to have gained forty years in such a
rollercoaster industry. In a gesture of appreciation we were
determined to organise a thoroughly enjoyable gala dinner for those
clients who have supported us over this time."
The 1970's saw Anglo Holt as a fledgling construction company
based in Tipton, which had the drive and passion to succeed. Forty
years on it has retained its core integrity and values, and has
become a specialist business in the design and build of hotels,
automotive retail showrooms, bespoke logistics/distribution
centres, and in commercial retail and office property.
"An occasion such as this inevitably prompts reflection to those
early days in 1970 and the challenges that faced the directors in
an industry caught up in the boom and bust years that followed.
Thankfully the company was established on very solid foundations;
shrewd fiscal principals and a perceptive, customer-focused
approach which have served the company extremely well," adds
Andy.
"In the year in which we celebrate Anglo Holt's Ruby Anniversary
I am delighted to announce the award of our largest single project
in the company's history; the £23 million contract to build
the Hilton Doubletree Hotel, located opposite the world famous
Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham."
Anglo Holt Construction Ltd today employs 90 members of staff
and provides cost-effective solutions in the built environment for
brands such as Travelodge Hotels, Holiday Inn Express, Tesco, TK
Maxx, Argos and Bentley Cars.
Other significant current projects include the development,
design and construction of a 200 bedroom Travelodge Hotel at
Birmingham Airport, and the city's largest Travelodge which is part
of a £45 million mixed-use scheme in Upper Dean Street, a key
regeneration area identified in Birmingham City Council's 'Big City
Plan'.