Henry Brothers was founded in 1976 when Jim Henry set up a small construction business called H&K construction in Northern Ireland. Trading under this name for 10 years, in 1986 the business became known as Henry Brothers.
Recognised as a leading construction company with offices in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, Henry Brothers established its Midlands office in Nottingham in 2015. The Midlands team delivers projects up to £30m in value, working in partnership with clients across a range of sectors including education, defence, bluelight, health, custodial and commercial. It offers a personable, lean and flexible approach that sets it apart from its competitors.
Due to a reputation for high quality and complete customer satisfaction, the Midlands business has expanded across the country and in September 2022, a Northern office was opened in Central Manchester, with the business later being renamed as Henry Brothers Construction Ltd. Henry Brothers Construction has gone from strength to strength, with a turnover now approaching £50m.
Henry Brothers is making a real impact on the region, delivering projects such as the new Canopy workspace development in Leicester, created from a cluster of heritage buildings, and on site with the new Broad Marsh Community Diagnostic Centre in Nottingham and Global Conservation Centre at Twycross Zoo, amongst many others.
Henry Brothers has been appointed to a range of well-established national and regional public sector frameworks including Crown Commercial Service, Ministry of Justice, Pagabo, Procure 23, and Department for Education.
The Henry Brothers ethos is to work hard and get the job done. This practical approach ensures integrity, reliability, quality, innovation and sustainability for all partners and projects. Henry Brothers further seeks out opportunities where it can add value and offer something different to clients, this approach has led to the development of a specialism in complex schemes such as high security Ministry of Defence and bluelight projects, heavily serviced laboratory developments and exemplar sustainable schemes.
Henry Brothers has a target of reducing carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 and to be carbon free by 2050 in line with Government requirements. A ‘Journey to Net Zero Strategy’ has been produced as a guidance document to outline its action plan to achieve Net Zero targets. This long-term strategic plan focusses on elimination of emissions as a priority; and to only offset once all other avenues are exhausted.
At a project level, the Midlands team has vast experience of highly sustainable projects, including the successful delivery of a Passivhaus office extension for Loughborough University, one of only a handful of certified Passivhaus office buildings in the UK.
In 2024, Henry Brothers was honoured with a King’s Award for Enterprise for Sustainable Development, praised for its exemplary approach which resulted in significant benefits for the business, the environment and the wider construction sector.
This commitment to responsible business is further evident in the recent sponsorship of Switch Up in Nottingham, which provides life-changing support to vulnerable young people. This three-year partnership will provide the charity with much-needed funding to continue its positive employability programme as well as offering invaluable work placement opportunities to deliver long-term impact for the city’s disadvantaged young people.
To learn more about Henry Brothers, please visit https://henrybrothers.co.uk/
