Lagan Group

Building materials group Breedon has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire Belfast-based Lagan Group (Holdings) for £455 million. The largest of a series of takeovers for the rapidly expanding firm, the move is set to create a company employing nearly 3,000 workers.

Expanding building materials group Breedon has confirmed it is in talks to buy a major part of Northern Ireland’s Lagan Group. The Lagan Group is a diversified construction business covering quarrying, cement, asphalt and contracting.