Home About Us Sectors Harper New Homes News Contact Us Menu Our History Founded during the reign of Queen Victoria by Joseph Harper, the Harper Group began life as J. Harper & Sons (Blackheath) in 1898. J. Harper and Sons is now part of the Harper Group but founder company and enlarged corporate body alike have the same good name for quality and reliability that grew from those early beginnings. A lot of Joseph Harper’s early work was on house building, and that took the company into local authority work on schools and roads as well as hospitals and public houses. In the 1950’s and 60’s, following the war, Harper Group were increasingly called upon to build houses and flats as well as industrial premises. The Harper name and the quality of work carried out by the firm continued to be prominent in the Midlands and opportunities came along to expand operations into other areas of the country. Small family firms in Leominster, Bristol and Salisbury were acquired and added to the company’s strength. It soon became apparent that the sheer volume of work, geographical distances and all the necessary and attendant administration called for structural changes in the Harper operations. So, in 1985 the Harper Group came into being and by 1990 the company’s turnover had doubled to £30 million. The group continues to expand and operates from its head office in the heart of the industrial Black Country, in Leominster (rural Herefordshire) and more recently, the South West in Tewkesbury. Principal group activities are construction and development in both the public and private sectors and projects built at the turn of the century testify to the quality and durability of schemes undertaken by the group. Amongst the group’s many prestigious projects are shops, factories, offices and thousands of homes built for local authorities, housing associations, national house builders and business expansion scheme companies. The group is also engaged in the construction and maintenance of new and existing educational and health care establishments and leisure amenities. With its professional staff and workforce, the group continually strives to improve its standards and efficiency and believes that it retains the flexibility needed to respond quickly and efficiently to the demands of current clients. The Harper Group has flourished over the last century with quality and dependability being the cornerstone of our success. As Harper Group moves forwards it will continue to “Build with Confidence”. Testimonials Connexus are delighted that phase 1 is now complete and that our Beattie Avenue residents can move in to their new homes. We have also been able to provide additional homes for households who were on Herefordshire Council’s Accessible Homes Registe… Read more Amanda KnowlesHead of Development Connexus Next Prev Archive November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 July 2018 April 2018 March 2018 January 2018 December 2017 September 2017 March 2017 Southern Avenue Leominster Herefordshire HR6 0QF Telephone: 01568 612925 Units 1&2 Bevan Industrial Estate Brierley Hill West Midlands DY5 3TF Telephone: 0121 508 6600 Unit 3 Ripple Court Brockeridge Park Tewkesbury Gloucestershire GL20 6FG Telephone: 01684 219973 Follow us on social media Linkedin Harper Group PLC is a company registered in England & Wales No: 1854872. Harper Group Construction Limited is a company registered in England & Wales No: 182455. J. Harper & Sons (Leominster) Limited is a company registered in England & Wales No: 782078. Registered Office: Units 1&2 Bevan Industrial Estate, Brierley Hill, DY5 3TF Copyright © 2021 Harper Group. site by the naked creative