{"id":322050,"date":"2025-08-06T08:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T08:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/322050\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T08:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T08:37:10","slug":"avove-expands-its-operations-into-northern-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/322050\/","title":{"rendered":"Avove expands its operations into Northern Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Avove, an infrastructure and engineering services provider, has announced its expansion into Northern Ireland, through the acquisition of Jacopa Ireland, a specialist in the water and wastewater solutions industry.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Avove said the move marks a significant milestone in its growth trajectory, bringing its expertise and solutions to a new market and working in a joint venture to provide service excellence to Northern Ireland Water. The acquired business will be known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avove.co.uk\/avove-ireland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Avove Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Avove\u2019s Executive Chair, Mark Perkins,<\/strong> <strong>stated:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-45965\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mark-Perkins-.jpg\" alt=\"Avove\u2019s Executive Chair, Mark Perkins \" width=\"188\" height=\"188\"  \/>Avove\u2019s Executive Chair, Mark Perkins<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to welcome Jacopa Ireland into the Avove family. Their expertise, culture and passion align perfectly with our values and mark a significant milestone in our growth strategy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this acquisition we look forward to collaborating with Northern Ireland Water and combining the strengths of the Jacopa team with the experience and capability of Avove to provide a thoughtful approach and exceptional service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Avove\u2019s Head of Strategic Projects, Ben Hawkins,<\/strong> <strong>commented: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s another really exciting step for us, and a significant addition to our growing capability. We\u2019ve been incredibly impressed with how the team operates from the outset and so this acquisition feels like a great fit.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kieran Madine, Frameworks Manager at Jacopa Ireland, commented:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving spent my entire career in the water and wastewater sector, I\u2019m delighted and excited by Jacopa\u2019s alignment with Avove. This partnership opens tremendous opportunities as we join forces with a dynamic, innovative, and forward-thinking organisation. Avove\u2019s business model, focused on delivering cutting-edge and sustainable solutions for the water industry in Ireland, aligns perfectly with our vision for growth and excellence.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Avove, an infrastructure and engineering services provider, has announced its expansion into Northern Ireland, through the acquisition of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[41585,5168,6084,1144,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-322050","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-civil-engineering","9":"tag-construction","10":"tag-infrastructure","11":"tag-northern-ireland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114980916037198293","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}