KEY INFORMATION

Bouygues is a diverse industrial group with interests in construction, maintenance and property development, telecoms and media, energy and transportation.

The Group operates in over 80 countries around the world, employing over 145 000 people and generated sales in excess of £29 billion in 2008.

In the UK, Bouygues operates through a number of specialist subsidiaries focussed on specific markets or business activities. These include:

Bouygues UK – PPP/PFI and Design & Build

Bouygues (TP) – major civil works and infrastructure

Colas – road building and maintenance

Colas Rail – railway infrastructure and freight

David Webster Limited – communication and power networks

Ecovert Group – facilities management

ETDE Contracting – specialist turnkey project solutions

Warings – construction (south east England)

In the UK, Bouygues turned over around £1 billion in 2009, of which Bouygues UK contributed £210 million.

Bouygues UK employs around 500 staff and, overall in the UK, the Bouygues Group employs in excess of 6000 people.