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Interserve: History & Companies

Interserve was a British construction and support services business based in Reading, Berkshire, which went into administration in 2019 and was formally wound up in 2022. In 2019 the group generated revenue of £2.2 billion and had a workforce of 34,721 people.

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Interserve topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Companies as prominent areas in the source structure around Interserve.

Related topics
165
Source areas
7
Connected nodes
172
Extracted relationships
205
Related term clusters
26
Bridge connections
172

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 86 topics
Overview · 33 topics
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) · 19 topics
Controversies · 15 topics
Notable projects constructed as Interserve · 8 topics
Corporate lobbying · 3 topics
Financial information · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
1884
Industry
Infrastructure - professional services, construction services, construction equipment hire and sale
Headquarters
Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Alan Lovell, Chairman
Net income
£(46.9) million (2019)

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Overview

History

Financial information

Corporate social responsibility (CSR)

Corporate lobbying

Controversies

Notable projects constructed as Interserve

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Advanced semantic analysis

How Interserve connects Entity context

The extracted context around Interserve shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Interserve → Alexander Limited, Allied, Archangel, British, Company, D-Day, Danube, Danube VI, Dardanelles, Dredging Company Limited, Dunkirk, England, English Channel, European, France, In June, In World War II, July, Lightering, Littlehampton Another extracted example is Interserve → Advantage Healthcare, BEST, Business Employment Services Training, Carlisle, CMC Construction Services, Costain, Dalmore Capital Fund, December, February, January, May, Mouchel, Newcastle, November, October, PFI, The Financial Times, The Oman Construction Company, UK, University College London. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Interserve

Top relations

related to Maritime origins – 1880s–1945 · 40
Interserve → Alexander Limited, Allied, Archangel, British, Company, D-Day, Danube, Danube VI, Dardanelles, Dredging Company Limited, Dunkirk, England, English Channel, European, France, In June, In World War II, July, Lightering, Littlehampton
related to Further acquisition activity – 2010s · 22
Interserve → Advantage Healthcare, BEST, Business Employment Services Training, Carlisle, CMC Construction Services, Costain, Dalmore Capital Fund, December, February, January, May, Mouchel, Newcastle, November, October, PFI, The Financial Times, The Oman Construction Company, UK, University College London
related to Financial difficulties – 2017-2019 · 18
Interserve → CEO, Debbie White, Department, EfW, EY, Glasgow EfW, HSBC, In February, March, Mark Whiteling, November, October, Pensions, Royal Bank, Scotland, September, Viridor, Work
related to Awards · 17
Interserve → Accidents, British Quality Foundation UK, Council, Distinction, Enterprise, Excellence Award, International Safety Award, Interserve ConstructionThe Queen's Award, Interserve Defence, Interserve Engineering Services, Interserve Industrial Services, Interserve Industrial Services Limited, President's AwardInterserve Construction, Prevention, RMD KwikformThe British Safety, RoSPA, Royal Society
related to Administration – 2019–2022 · 14
Interserve → Cabinet Office, Coltrane, EfW, Farringdon, Glasgow, HR, In June, Interserve Construction, Interserve Group Ltd, Interserve's, March AGM, November, Unions, Viridor
related to Notable projects constructed as Interserve · 13
Interserve → Acciona Agua, Atkins Water, Beckton, Capital's, Interserve Project Services, London, Spanish, TFL, Thames Water, Thames Water Desalination Plant, Transport, United Kingdom, Westminster Bridge
related to Operations · 12
Interserve → Citizen Services, December, FM, Following, In December, In March, Interserve Construction, June, Mitie, RMD Kwikform, Tilbury Douglas, United Kingdom
related to Accreditations · 9
Interserve → Environmental Management, International Organization, ISO, Occupational Health, OH, OHSAS, Quality Management, Safety, Standardization
related to ICO fine for 2020 data breach · 9
Interserve → Although, ICO, In October, Information Commissioner's Office, Interserve's, May, Mitie Group, Nonetheless, Tilbury Douglas
related to Alleged blacklisting · 8
Interserve → Employment Appeal Tribunal, Employment Tribunal, IIS, Interserve Industrial Services Limited, Interserve's, NECC, The Tribunal, UNITE

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Important terminology

company services group interserve's business construction 2018 2019 reported march tilbury financial management announced douglas said administration 2022 london plan

Interserve relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 205 structured relationships around Interserve. Examples in this analysis include Interserve → Area served → Worldwide and Interserve → Founded → 1884. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
InterserveArea servedWorldwide1.00infobox
InterserveFounded18841.00infobox
InterserveHeadquartersReading, Berkshire, United Kingdom1.00infobox
InterserveIndustryInfrastructure - professional services, construction services, construction equipment hire and sale1.00infobox
InterserveKey peopleAlan Lovell, Chairman1.00infobox
InterserveNet income£(46.9) million (2019)1.00infobox
InterserveNumber of employees34,721 (2019)1.00infobox
InterserveOperating income£(56.0) million (2019)1.00infobox
InterservePredecessorInterserve plc Tilbury Douglas plc Tilbury Group plc R M Douglas Holdings1.00infobox
InterserveProductsFormwork Systems, Joinery products1.00infobox
InterserveRevenue£2,241.7 million (2019)1.00infobox
InterserveSubsidiariessee Operations1.00infobox
InterserveTypeLimited company1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Interserve bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Services, Group and Announced. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Interserve
    • Services
    • Group
    • Announced
    • Reported
    • Business
    • March
    • Plc
    • Administration
    • Share
    • Company
    • Lenders
    • Would
  • interserve
    • Services
    • Group
    • Announced
    • Reported
    • Business
    • March
    • Plc
    • Administration
    • Share
    • Company
    • Lenders
    • Would
  • construction
    • Douglas
    • Services
    • Tilbury
    • Business
    • Rmd
    • Group
    • Interserve
    • Support
    • November
    • Uk
    • Company
    • Announced
  • specialist engineering contractors group
    • Tilbury
    • Interserve
    • Sold
    • Rmd
    • Services
    • Management
    • Limited
    • December
    • Share
    • Lenders
    • Reported
    • Plc
  • kier group
    • Tilbury
    • Interserve
    • Sold
    • Rmd
    • Services
    • Management
    • Limited
    • December
    • Share
    • Lenders
    • Reported
    • Plc
  • business services association
    • Services
    • Support
    • Construction
    • Facilities
    • Rmd
    • Uk
    • Company
    • Limited
    • London
    • Management
    • Announced
    • Group
  • notable projects constructed as interserve
    • Services
    • Group
    • Announced
    • Reported
    • Business
    • March
    • Plc
    • Administration
    • Share
    • Company
    • Lenders
    • Would
  • build uk
    • Services
    • Construction
    • Financial
    • Announced
    • London
    • December
    • Business
    • Interserve
    • Company
    • Reported
    • Sold
    • Company's

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Interserve, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Interserve with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Interserve — History · splits 86 ⟂ 87
Interserve — Overview · splits 139 ⟂ 34
Interserve — Corporate social responsibility (CSR) · splits 153 ⟂ 20
Interserve — Controversies · splits 157 ⟂ 16
Interserve — Notable projects constructed as Interserve · splits 164 ⟂ 9
Interserve — Corporate lobbying · splits 169 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Interserve

Nodes173
Edges172
Triples205
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011561
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Interserve to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Companies, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Interserve · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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