company traded as lse rps industry environmental consulting upstream oil and gas and renewable energy consulting founded 1970 headquarters abingdon oxfordshire uk key people brook land chairman alan hearne ceo revenue 572.1 million 2014 1 operating income 50.4 million 2014 1 net income 33.3 million 2014 1 number of employees circa 5 000 2014 2 website www.rpsgroup.com rps group plc lse rps is a multinational energy resources and environmental consultancy company headquartered in abingdon oxfordshire . it advises clients on the built and natural environment across diverse economic sectors both public and private . it is listed on the london stock exchange . contents 1 history 2 services 3 references 4 external links history edit rps was started in 1972 as rural planning services 3 with founder michael boddington as its first chief executive . 4 it was first listed on the london stock exchange in 1987 . 3 in the 1990s it expanded into scotland and ireland . 3 more recently it has expanded into europe north america and australia . 3 it acquired ashdown environmental limited in 2001 an environmental consultancy specialising in noise and air quality and acquired mc o sullivan consulting engineers in ireland in 2002 . 5 it acquired hydrosearch an energy consultancy in 2003 . 6 it acquired burks green in 2006 an architectural and civil engineering consultancy based in newark on trent nottinghamshire . 7 it bought metocean engineers in 2007 an australian practice . 8 in 2008 it acquired r.w. gregory a planning practice 9 geocet an environmental consultancy 10 rudall blanchard associates a health & safety practice 11 oceanfix a hydrographic surveying practice 12 and paras a london based advisory group . 13 in january 2013 it acquired petroleum institute for continuing education inc. peice a calgary based training organization . 14 services edit rps group offers the following services 15 planning and development consulting energy consulting and training environmental management consulting asbestos consulting air quality consulting including stack emission and ambient air quality modelling and monitoring acoustic and vibration consulting ecology consulting cultural heritage consulting geotechnic and flooding consulting transport planning and highways design occupational health occupational health laboratory including drugs and alcohol trace element testing and immunology . references edit a b c rps group plc results for the year ended 31 december 2014 . rpsgroup.com . retrieved 3 april 2015 . rps about us a b c d rps . rudi.net . retrieved 3 april 2015 . hearne a.s. 1977 the impact of major new roads on agriculture economic and procedural aspects phd thesis at the university of aston in birmingham see acknowledgements and ch8 p 191 introduction 1.1 a s hearne is the ceo of rps group plc ; edwards angela & alan rogers 1974 agricultural resources an introduction to the farming industry of the united kingdom london faber and faber see list of contributors and ch 11 pp245 268 and ch12 pp 269 292 ; economic forestry group november 1973 newsletter forestry house great milton oxford ox9 7pg sector review p. 37 yvette essen 25 september 2003 . market report vodafone s ring of confidence for blue chips . telegraph.co.uk . retrieved 3 april 2015 . merger by acquisition of burks green by rps group plc rps buys metocean engineers for 33.3 m rps buys r.w. gregory for 10.1 m city a.m. business with personality . cityam.com . retrieved 3 april 2015 . rps group buys rudall blanchard associates for up to 6 million pounds rps group rps . advfn.com . retrieved 3 april 2015 . rps buys oil and gas consultancy rps buys rival paras for up to 6.4 mln pounds . reuters . retrieved 3 april 2015 . rps to buy petroleum institute for continuing education quick facts rps group services external links edit rps group retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rps group & oldid 741648952 categories companies based in oxfordshirecompanies established in 1972engineering consulting firmscompanies listed on the london stock exchange navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 september 2016 at 20 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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