Our story

As an award-winning leader in the UK property and construction industry, The Eric Wright Group demonstrates a culture of excellence in civil engineering, construction, facilities management, property development, property management and Health & Care that ensures long-term relationships with our partners and clients.

The Group comprises a number of distinct companies and subsidiaries, each with its own specialist staff and a defined focus. We regularly collaborate to deliver outstanding results on bespoke plans. By leveraging the services of the whole group, your project will gain a seamless joined-up approach across all areas of expertise.

Stability and relationship longevity are at the core of the Eric Wright Group philosophy, which we achieve for the benefit of our staff, the local community and our returning clients. 100% of the shareholding in the Eric Wright Group is owned by the Eric Wright Charitable Trust, a charitable body that was established on principles of sustained employment and community regeneration. We achieve this through the reinvestment of time, money and resources. This arrangement provides a high level of stability for the companies in The Group and supports longer term commercial and charitable strategies. All profits generated by the Eric Wright Group are either reinvested in the Group’s business or distributed to the Trust for its charitable activities throughout the North West.

The principal trading companies are:

Eric Wright Group

Eric Wright Construction

Eric Wright Civil Engineering

Eric Wright Facilities Management

Eric Wright Water

Eric Wright Partnerships

Maple Grove Developments

Applethwaite

Key Milestones

• 1923       Brown & Jackson commence trading
• 1979       Eric Wright Construction Limited formed
• 1981       Maple Grove Developments Limited formed
• 1990       Eric Wright gifts 49% of his shares to the Eric Wright Charitable Trust
• 1991       Eric Wright Civil Engineering Limited formed
• 1999       Charitable Trust opens Water Park
• 2002       Eric Wright Facilities Management Limited formed
• 2003       East Lancashire LIFT partnership formed
• 2004       Applethwaite Limited formed (JV with Maple Grove & Robert Hughes Limited)
• 2004       Wigan LIFT partnership formed
• 2005       Eric Wright Learning Foundation opens
• 2007       Bolton, Rochdale, Heywood and Middleton LIFT partnership formed
• 2008       Robert Hughes Limited acquired by Maple Grove Developments Limited
• 2010       Eric Wright Civil Engineering acquires Site Electrical Limited
• 2011       Eric Wright Partnerships Division formed
• 2012       Eric Wright Construction launch new Special Projects division
• 2015       Eric Wright Health and Care established
• 2015       Eric Wright Learning Foundation Partners with Preston’s College
• 2016       Eric Wright gifts his remaining shares to the Eric Wright Charitable Trust – Eric Wright Group now owned 100% by the Trust