Bidwells has unveiled plans to double the size of the business by 2030.
The 185-year-old Cambridge-based property consultancy intends to hire an additional 200 to 250 people and inject significant investment into the business over the next six years.
Bidwells said the investment would be used to “diversify and deepen” the firm’s service offering in sectors and regions in which it is already well-established, such as science and technology, and expand its provision in other high-value sectors, such as natural capital, renewable energy and operational living across the country.
Nick Pettit, senior partner at Bidwells, said: “We believe that now is the time to be ambitious as a business that has been historically unafraid of venturing into new and exciting areas. We helped to establish Europe’s first science park – Cambridge Science Park – in the 1970s.
“More recently, we have invested heavily to double the size of our energy and renewables team over the past two years to create one of the industry’s most sophisticated service offerings. As such, this marks an exciting expansion into both new and existing areas for our business and will ensure we are well primed to capture growth in the built environment’s most high-value markets.”
Kelly Bream, COO of Bidwells, added: “This is a new chapter for Bidwells as we seek to diversify and deepen our service offering across existing and new areas of the business. It is an ambitious but considered expansion, and one that taps into markets across the real assets landscape that offer the highest potential for upside for both the partnership and its clients.
“Our expansion into the operational living markets represents our conviction in the long-term structural and demographic tailwinds driving investor interest in the sector, and will play a vital role in our growth strategy going forward. As a certified B Corp, sustainability will be integrated into every facet of this growth and our operations as a business more generally. We believe that this is not only the right thing to do but will pay significant dividends for Bidwells in a commercial sense as well.”
