The Linford Group was a

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company in England which specialised in the restoration of historic buildings. Its headquarters was in

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History

The company was founded as a family building business in 1877. It changed its name to ''F. & E.V. Linford'' in 1925 and again to ''Linford Group'' in 1970. The company often worked with the local community to build a suitable skillbase for potential future employees to be drawn from, recruiting from local schools and offering employee exchange programmes with other overseas businesses. During the early 2000s, it established a new training center for learning heritage restoration skills. It acquired metalwork restorer Dorothea Restorations in 2007, and the following year bought plasterwork business Trumpers. Amid the

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, the company opted to increase its presence in the homebuilding sector. During October 2011, it was announced that Linford Group was to be placed into

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as a result of a series of

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s that had been incurred.

Operations

The company was involved in the following activities: * Building * Renewal * Restoration

References

Construction and civil engineering companies of England Companies based in Lichfield Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1877 1877 establishments in England Defunct construction and civil engineering companies British companies established in 1877 2011 disestablishments in England British companies disestablished in 2011 Construction and civil engineering companies disestablished in 2011 {{England-company-stub