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Our story:
A reputation of consistency
and trust, 50 years in the making.

Malcolm Hughes was founded in 1977, as a single surveying practice. Since then, it’s grown into one of the largest Chartered Land Surveyors in the UK, with teams working nationwide across England, Scotland and Wales.

Our growth didn’t happen by accident. It came from bringing together some of the country’s most established surveying names, one relationship, one project, and one merger at a time.

Four businesses, five decades, one story.

Each business built its own reputation long before joining Malcolm Hughes, working across different regions and disciplines for decades. Here’s how they came together to form the practice we are today.

1975

Longdin & Browning founded

Established in 1975, Longdin & Browning built a reputation for large-scale topographical surveys, particularly in the highways sector and for the Environment Agency.

1977

Malcolm Hughes founded

Malcolm Hughes began life as a single surveying practice, laying the foundations for what would become one of the largest Chartered Land Surveyors in the UK.

1985

Loy Surveys founded in Scotland

Loy Surveys was established in Scotland, building a strong regional reputation that would see it complete more than 10,000 surveys over the following decades.

2006

Loy Surveys joins the group

Loy Surveys became part of the group, bringing decades of Scottish survey expertise and a growing track record with it.

2014

Longdin & Browning joins, Ogilvie Geomatics formed

Longdin & Browning joined the group, while Ogilvie Geomatics was formed the same year to build a presence across London and the South East.

2017

Malcolm Hughes becomes part of the Ogilvie Group

Malcolm Hughes joined the Ogilvie Group, gaining the backing of a larger, established group while continuing to operate as a specialist geospatial surveying practice in its own right.

2018

One name: Malcolm Hughes

All four businesses were brought together under a single name, Malcolm Hughes, unifying decades of separate expertise into one nationwide surveying practice.

Today, our history shows up in the work: on the Mersey Gateway Bridge, on the Glasgow Subway, and on infrastructure projects across Defence, Transport, Energy and the Public Sector, where clients need a partner who’s done this before and knows exactly what the work demands.

50 years isn’t just a headline.
It’s the reason we can take on the projects other firms can’t.

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Build a meaningful career with Malcolm Hughes.

We’re always looking for people with the right skills and attitude to join our nationwide team. If you want to work on high-profile projects that make a measurable difference to lives and landscapes, browse our open vacancies.

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Private healthcare

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