Clarion takes majority stake in UK firm

Clarion Consulting today announced that it had acquired a majority stake in UK consulting firm The Planning Loft.

Clarion Consulting today announced that it had acquired a majority stake in UK consulting firm The Planning Loft.

The Dublin-based IT and business consulting firm has acquired 51 per cent of the company for an undisclosed sum.

The acquisition will bring group turnover to €7 million and staff numbers to 75 at the company.

Clarion Consulting managing director Pat Millar said: "The move . . . gives us access to a market which is roughly ten times the size of the Irish one."

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