Bovis
Builders, of London
1897 The partnership of C. W. Bovis and Co was dissolved.
1908 C. W. Bovis and Co was acquired by Sidney Gluckstein, as a small builder and decorator in St Marylebone, London
1923 Viscount Bury (later Lord Albemarle) joined the board of directors
1926 In a failed libel case, Samuel G. Joseph, a managing director of Bovis, stated he was also managing director of Nox, a company owned by Bovis. [1]
1927 Proposal to build the extension of the Strand Hotel had been accepted[2]
1928 Bovis (1928) Ltd was incorporated as a public company to take over Bovis Ltd[3]
1930s Bovis considerably enhanced its public reputation through a novel contractual arrangement called the "Bovis System", which played a vital role in winning the firm a constant stream of new clients.
WWII Bovis Public Works Ltd was formed to carry out work unsuited to the "Bovis System".[4]
1946 Bovis Public Works Ltd was renamed Gilbert-Ash Ltd[5]
1949 Private company. Incorporation of Bovis Holdings Ltd.
1959 Main subsidiaries of Bovis Holdings Ltd included Bovis Ltd, Gilbert-Ash Ltd, Leslie and Co Ltd, Yeoman and Partners Ltd, Audley Properties Ltd, Compactom Ltd and Constructional Units Ltd
1961 Building and constructional contractors, specialising in industrial buildings, factories, stores and processing plant. [6]
1962 A new subsidiary, Bovis Holdings Plant Ltd, was set up to manage the group's equipment[7]
1965 By this time there were more than 105 Bovis System contracts underway, of which 25 were for Marks & Spencer, more than ever before. Bovis Homes was formed as a separate business focusing on the private housing market.
1967 Bovis Homes acquired Frank Sanderson’s Malcolm Sanderson Developments and the much larger R. T. Warren. Frank Sanderson rapidly expanded the business through acquisition, including the quoted Page Johnson and Varney Holdings.
1973 Bovis Homes had become the second largest housebuilder in the UK.
1974 The secondary banking crisis adversely affected Bovis Holdings’ banking subsidiary, and the Group had to be rescued by P&O.
1996 The company had won the fourth largest amount of Lottery-funded construction work[8]
1997 Bovis Homes was de-merged from P&O and floated on the London Stock Exchange, becoming Bovis Homes Group PLC. The flotation severed links with Bovis Construction; P&O retained Bovis's operations in Florida and Germany.
2019 Acquisition by Bovis Homes PLC of Linden Homes and Galliford Try Partnerships from Galliford Try PLC.
2020 The group was renamed Vistry Group PLC .
See Also
Sources of Information
- The Times, Jun 03, 1959
- [1] Vistry Group history