P Elliott & Company was founded in Cavan in 1942 and is a third-generation family business, which is under the innovative and dynamic leadership of Mark Elliott and Noel Elliott jnr.
Today the organisation is one of Ireland's leading property development and construction firms with a projected turnover in excess of €300 million for 2006.
The company directly employs 820 people nationwide (including labour-only subcontractors). In addition, the firm engages 2,284 people through its subcontractors on their project sites nationwide.
Products
Up until the 1980s, the company operated almost exclusively as a building contracting firm. The company now also operates in the field of general property development.
P Elliott & Co Ltd has five key subsidiaries: Woodskills Ltd, Steelskills Ltd, AMG Façades Ltd, P Elliott Interiors Ltd and Homemakers Ltd.
Customers
The firm's construction division executes main building contracts for public and private sector clients.
Clients include Allied Irish Bank, Bank of Ireland, McDonald's Restaurants, NUI Maynooth and Grosvenor Estates.
What vision prompted you to start up a business?
Our family business was founded by our grandfather Patrick Elliott. The business has always been a source of pride for the family and had always been the career path of choice for us.
What was the biggest risk you have taken?
All risk-takers measure their risks and, as such, perhaps they cease to become risks.
Every time a particular site or a property is purchased, a risk is taken. Maybe the biggest risk was the first one.
