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of the larger international contractors. The end of building controls in 1954 allowed Wimpey to re-enter the private housing market. It did so in a substantial way through its regional structure, becoming the country's first national housebuilder; by 1972, Wimpey was building private houses at an annual rate of 12,500, some three times the rate of its nearest competitor.
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between four joint managing directors, and the regions rather than the centre were the dominant force. Unlike some of the newer housebuilders, Wimpey's housing was mixed in operationally with its construction business. Volumes declined and, by the end of the 1980s, private housing sales were down to around 5,000 houses per year.
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was appointed to head Wimpey in 1982. The company then had over 40,000 employees and annual revenue of £1 billion, divided between a large number of
British subsidiaries. Over the next ten years, Chetwood set out to convert these into three principle divisions, Homes, Construction, and Minerals, the
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construction (concrete made without sand) in both high and low rise housing; this technique was particularly valuable amid a shortage of bricks and several other standard building materials. It was also expanding its building and civil engineering divisions, particularly overseas where it became one
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construction to produce new homes. Throughout the 1950s and the following two decades, Wimpey's building and civil engineering divisions expanded substantially, not just domestically but internationally as well, to the point that the firm became one of
Britain's larger international contractors. A
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By 2002, there were four brands: Wimpey Homes, McLean Homes, McAlpine Homes and Laing Homes. Under the leadership of the current chief executive, Peter
Redfern, (who was then head of housing), the operations were merged, and ‘Wimpey Homes’, ‘McLean Homes’ and ‘McAlpine Homes’ were replaced with
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Godfrey Mitchell retired as Chairman in 1973, he remained a director and a dominant figure in the company's operations until his eventual retirement from the Board in 1981 following his 90th birthday. Operational control was diffused
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Despite the company's initial attempts to change this trend, private housing had remained contractor dominated by this time. A major turning point came in
November 1995 when the Board announced a radical solution: Wimpey was to transfer its construction and minerals divisions to
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505:‘George Wimpey’ under a new three-dimensional purple and orange squares corporate identity. Laing Homes was retained due to its more upmarket status and its greater brand recognition. This brand disappeared in June 2008, as a result of the merger with
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in 1934, he set up a unique ownership scheme wherein the charitable Tudor Trust held about half of the firm's shares. This arrangement had considerable benefits to the business, making it less beholden to other
245:, Wimpey contributed to the war effort through the construction of numerous airfields, factories, and other facilities to meet Britain's needs. After the war, the company secured substantial work from various
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until 2008/09, when George Wimpey and Taylor Woodrow merged.
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in 1913, the business was acquired from the Wimpey family by
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aim being to create divisional autonomy and responsibility.
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and Walter Tomes as a stone working partnership in 1880 in
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and making Wimpey a difficult target for a potential
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1272:Grant, Tina; Derdak, Thomas (1995).
1237:"Annual Report and Accounts 2007/08"
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1577:. George Wimpey. 2001.
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1655:The Story of Tarmac
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