Lifeline Ambulance Service has purchased UK-based Evolved Medical Ambulance Services for €1 million.
Lifeline is based in Leixlip, Co Kildare and employs over 10 staff and had a turnover of €7 million last year. It provides ambulance services under contract to the Health Service Executive.
Bristol-based Evolved has 138 staff and last year had turnover of £4.5 million (€5 million).
Lifeline managing director David Hall said the company planned further expansion in the UK both through the organic growth of Evolved and further acquisitions.
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He described the UK private ambulance market as a “highly structured and competitive sector in which we believe there are significant opportunities for growth and expansion”.