History
The Company was established in 2000 by way of a merger between Lancashire Enterprises (founded in 1983) and ARM Services (founded in 1964).
In 2007 a management buyout backed by the 3i investment group took place and the group was removed from the London Stock Exchange. On September 21, 2007 the company acquired the entire stock of Accord plc making it one of the UK's leading companies providing outsourced or partnered services to both the local authority and utilities markets.
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