Edmund Nuttall
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| Industry | Construction |
| Founded | 1865 |
| Headquarters | Camberley, United Kingdom |
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Key people
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Stephen Fox (CEO) |
| Owner | Royal BAM Group |
| Website | www |
BAM Nuttall Limited (formerly known as Edmund Nuttall Limited) is a construction and civil engineering company headquartered in Camberley, United Kingdom. It has been involved in a portfolio of road, rail, nuclear, and other major projects worldwide. It is a subsidiary of the Dutch Royal BAM Group.
The company was founded by James Nuttall Snr in Manchester in 1865, to undertake engineering works associated with infrastructure developments, such as the Manchester Ship Canal, which opened in 1894 and the narrow gauge Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, which opened in 1898.
In the 1900s and 1910s James Nuttall Snr's two sons—Sir Edmund Nuttall, 1st Baronet (1870–1923), who was made a baronet in 1922, and James Nuttall (1877–1957)—built the company into a nationwide business. In the 1920s and 1930s the company was run by Sir Edmund's son, Sir Keith Nuttall, 2nd Baronet (1901–1941), who served in the Royal Engineers in the Second World War. Other members of the family also involved were Sir Keith's brother Clive Nuttall (1906–1936) and their cousin (James Nuttall's son) Norman Nuttall (1907–1996) In 1941 Sir Keith's shares were inherited by his eight-year-old son, Sir Nicholas Nuttall, 3rd Baronet (1933–2007). During the Second World War the company was one of the contractors engaged in building the Mulberry harbour units.
Folklore has it that in 1962, during the mortgage crisis, Lady Nuttall called in the General Manager of the then Abbey National Building Society and placed a £2 million fixed deposit, with instructions to ensure that any Edmund Nuttall staff were to be assured a mortgage whilst moving from one contract to another. Once staff joined, they remained more or less lifelong with Nuttall, they were extremely well treated and looked after, especially in adversity.
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