Having acquired the Aitchison Raffety business in September 2025, Graham + Sibbald has now completed the full integration of both businesses as of 1st April 2026 following a successful period of trading alongside one another. The combined business now operates from 26 offices nationally and employs over 400 staff. The synergies across the combined operating platform were captured from the outset and have resulted in exceptionally strong trading for the last financial year despite some challenging market conditions.
In order to move forward with the next phase of our ambitious strategy we have realigned our business structure to support the next phase of growth. This sees a newly created Strategy Board overseeing the day-to-day management and operation of the business and reporting into the Management Board which includes our Chairman and external partner, Foresight Group. Divisional Boards have now also been established for all services lines to provide focus on the growth of those areas on a national basis as well as operational boards to ensure the business is supported in meetings its objectives.
In addition, we are delighted to announce a number of promotions across the business at all levels and across multiple service lines and offices. This demonstrates our commitment to provide a strong career path for all our staff, and the benefits of having a multi-disciplinary service model to serve our clients needs. This sees 26 staff moves up to Senior Director, 8 new Directors, 13 promotions to Senior Associate, 11 new Associates and three promotions to Senior Surveyor. Promotions cover a range of service lines across Automotive + Roadside, Architecture, Commercial Agency, Asset Services, Healthcare, Valuation Services, Hotels + Leisure, Building Surveying, Residential, Business Rates and Planning + Development.
CEO, Les McAndrew said “I am delighted to announce this latest round of promotions. As a business we are a people-led firm with a strong commitment to developing our staff and providing opportunities for them to develop their careers.
This recognises the fantastic contribution these members of our team and the wider business as a whole has made to delivering exceptional results for our clients over the last 12 months which has been rewarded by strong levels of growth across all regions.
We have developed a solid platform for further growth and structured our business accordingly to take advantage of those core markets and geographies where we see strong prospects to expand our market share.”
