‘It was always the plan ...’ Keltbray’s Brendan Kerr on selling infrastructure and what he’s going to do next

By Dave Rogers2024-11-14T14:10:00

The specialist contractor’s owner talks to Dave Rogers about going back to building, succession planning and why he never intends to quit

Brendan Kerr says the strategy was always to offload its infrastructure business. “First and foremost, it was set up to sell, that was always my plan.”

The business began in 2009 with the acquisition of Gamble Rail, gradually adding bits, such as the Aspire overhead line contractor, in 2010, launching an energy arm three years later and buying the highways division of collapsed building and civils firm NMCN three years ago. By the time it did sell infrastructure to private equity in August, the company had a turnover of close to £400m and employed 1,100 people.

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