The Merit Journey

2002

Merit Holdings Limited incorporated.

First major contract wins with Diamond Light, Domnick Hunter, Newcastle University and Chiron Vaccines.

2003

Offsite technologies integrated into project delivery.

2004

Glasgow office opened.

2005

Start long-term repeat client work with semiconductor client, Newport Wafer Fab.

2006

Contract win – Cleanroom Installation CENAMPS.

2007

Contract win – Halley VI British Antarctic Survey.

2008

Contract win – Plastic Logic.

North East Business Awards 2008 – Regional Finalist Company of the Year Award

2009

Start long-term repeat client work with Synergy Health (now STERIS).

2010 – 2011

Deliver four Centralised Sterile Services Department across the UK for STERIS including two live hospital environments.

2013

Contract win – Harrods’ K-Section Refurbishment Project.

2014

Win CIBSE Award for Harrods’ K-Section Refurbishment Project.

2015

London office opened.

Complete concept design for GSK for their Stevenage site.

2016

Contract win – suite of projects ‘Places Portfolio’ for GSK in Stevenage.

Contract win – Rolls-Royce.

2017

Contract win – design and build new Krios Cryo Electron Microsope Laboratory for Francis Crick Institute.

2018

Crowned winners of the overall Company of the Year award at the North East Business Awards.

Contract win – Project Partner Framework Francis Crick Institute.

2019

First entirely offsite manufactured project – Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult.

Contract win – UK Battery Industrialisation Centre.

In the top 5 Highest Climbers of the Journal’s Top 200 2019 list.

7th Fastest Growing Large Business in the North East and 18th Fastest Growing Business overall in the North East – Ward Hadaway’s Fastest 50.

New Kings Cross office opened.

2020

Zero Carbon Emissions 2020.

Merit launches Merit Health.

Merit launches FlexiPOD.

Merit Offsite Factory expansion to 270,000ft²;.

New Newcastle Head Office.

Shortlisted for Best Use of MEP and POD Technology ‘Offsite Awards’.

2021

New sterile services department designed and built using FLEXI POD® solution for Northumbria Healthcare

£66m contract awarded to design and build UK’s first CAR-T Cell Therapy Manufacturing Facility

£30m contract awarded to deliver new ADC Manufacturing Facility for Piramal.