Inside GCH

News, milestones and stories from across the Group

From acquisitions and investments to the people and innovations driving our businesses forward — this is what is happening inside GCH.

GCH acquires Thurston Group — handshake with workers and modular building, Yorkshire

Acquisition

GCH Acquires Thurston Group, Saving More Than 200 Yorkshire Jobs

December 2025

Thurston Group

Wakefield, Yorkshire

GCH Corporation completed the acquisition of Thurston Group in December 2025, securing the future of one of the UK's most respected modular building manufacturers and preserving more than 200 jobs across its Yorkshire operations. Thurston, with a 55-year heritage supplying the healthcare, education and commercial sectors, joins the GCH portfolio as its twelfth subsidiary.

“Thurston is a respected UK manufacturer of modular buildings with a strong heritage and deep sector expertise,” said Cassie Hutchings, Founder & CEO of GCH Corporation. “We are committed to stabilising and investing in the business, and we look forward to supporting its next phase of growth.”

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Stackright and Newspace modular buildings

Subsidiary News

December 2025 · Stackright & Newspace

Stackright and Newspace Unite to Form National Modular Platform

Two of GCH's modular businesses have formally integrated, creating one of the UK's largest independent producers of modular buildings and portable accommodation — with capacity to manufacture and deploy over 5,000 units per year from facilities in the North and South of England.

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Partnership

January 2026 · Dent Steel

Dent Steel Partners with Leeds Beckett University on Government-Funded Innovation Programme

Dent Steel Services has entered a 30-month Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with Leeds Beckett University, funded by UKRI through Innovate UK. The programme will embed data-driven warehouse management and digital transformation to strengthen Dent Steel's position in UK defence and infrastructure supply chains.

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Nathan Younger with ADM Pressings cobot welding robot, Newcastle

Innovation

September 2025 · ADM Pressings

ADM Pressings Invests £65,000 in Cobot Welding Technology

ADM Pressings has taken a significant step forward in manufacturing automation with a £65,000 investment in collaborative robot (cobot) welding technology. The investment — led by young manufacturing engineer Nathan Younger as ADM's Cobot Champion — delivers greater precision, consistency and speed across batch production, opening new sectors and capabilities for the Newcastle-based business.

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“Every business in this group is run by someone who knows their industry better than we ever could. Our job is to give them the stability, the capital and the confidence to do what they do best — and then get out of the way.”

Cassie Hutchings — Founder & CEO, GCH Corporation