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providing timber buildings , such as chicken coops , pigsties , and small greenhouses for the agricultural sector . Leveraging this success , it expanded into other markets , manufacturing garden sheds for the domestic sector , for example . In the 1970s , Wernick entered the education and healthcare sectors , crafting smaller classroom and doctor surgery buildings with timber frames . Importantly , this decade also saw the birth of the company ’ s hire division , enabling it to rent out its timber buildings to the construction and education industries , among other sectors .
“ Upon acquiring a few businesses in the 1980s , we shifted our focus from timber buildings to steel framed modular buildings , which is more akin to what we manufacture today . From 1995 onwards , we become very acquisitive , beginning with the purchase of Hallam Hire . To date , we have acquired around 37 companies and experienced dramatic growth . Starting at £ 12 million in 1993 , our turnover reached £ 33 million ten years later and £ 80 million after another decade . These acquisitions turned a good-sized family business into a major player in the modular portable building industry and a nationally renowned brand . Over the last five years , we have doubled in size , and we now boast three hire businesses and three manufacturing businesses across 45 locations throughout England , Scotland , and Wales ,” he adds .
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To accommodate this remarkable growth and its 950 employees , Wernick is relentlessly investing in new sites and additional space , as Jonathan highlights : “ As demand for our products continues to rise , we require significantly more operational , storage , and office space to accommodate it . Therefore , our programme of depot and office upgrades
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