{"id":33944,"date":"2026-01-17T13:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T21:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/modular-firm-backs-new-chapter-for-merit\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T13:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T21:39:15","slug":"modular-firm-backs-new-chapter-for-merit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/modular-firm-backs-new-chapter-for-merit\/","title":{"rendered":"Modular firm backs \u2018new chapter\u2019 for Merit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-504865\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The main Northumberland based trading company <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2026\/01\/08\/offsite-specialist-merit-went-down-owing-suppliers-17m\/\" target=\"_blank\">Merit Holdings went under owing suppliers \u00a317m<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A new business Merit Industrialised Construction, which was established in November 2025, has acquired intellectual property, design systems and manufacturing know-how from the administrators Interpath.<\/p>\n<p>The new company is majority owned by Modulex Modular Buildings which is based in London and has its main factory in India.<\/p>\n<p>The CEO of Merit Industrialised Construction is Tony Wells who founded the original business.<\/p>\n<p>The new company said the directors \u201care acutely aware of the impact that the administration process has had on suppliers and other stakeholders connected to the former businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wells added: \u201cThe administration of the former businesses was a difficult outcome and resulted in the loss of a significant manufacturing presence in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMerit has been created to move forward positively, supported by strategic investment and international opportunity, with a focus on design, manufacturing and delivery excellence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMerit represents a new chapter. The business has been established with new investment partners, new governance and a refreshed operating model. This structure allows us to build on proven intellectual property while developing new capabilities for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/userphoto\/3.jpg\" alt=\"Grant Prior\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"photo\">\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-info -->\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2026\/01\/16\/indian-modular-firm-backs-new-chapter-for-merit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The main Northumberland based trading company Merit Holdings went under owing suppliers \u00a317m. A new business Merit Industrialised Construction, &#8230; <a title=\"Modular firm backs \u2018new chapter\u2019 for Merit\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/modular-firm-backs-new-chapter-for-merit\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Modular firm backs \u2018new chapter\u2019 for Merit\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-enquirer","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33944\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}