Sydney Green & Sons
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Sydney Green & Sons was a civil engineering contractor from Oxfordshire in England, which built sections of British motorways, notably the M2 in Kent, M5 and the M40, mostly in the Home Counties.[1][2]
It was formed by Colonel Sydney W. Green OBE on 19 February 1948.[3]
The company floated on the London stock exchange in January 1959.[4]
The company was bought on Monday 6 November 1967[5] for around £2.8m, and operated as a subsidiary.
In 1973, the company made a £904,000 loss, and the parent company withdrew from civil engineering.[6]