{"id":670945,"date":"2026-10-31T14:46:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T14:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/670945\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T14:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T14:46:18","slug":"mayo-firm-director-follows-in-fathers-footsteps-with-top-industry-role-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/670945\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayo firm director follows in father&#8217;s footsteps with top industry role &#8211; news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Foxford-based civil engineering contractor Wills Bros Ltd has announced the appointment of its Legal Director, Trevor Wills, as President of the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The appointment carries a special significance for the family-owned Mayo business, as Trevor follows in the footsteps of his father, Charles Wills, who held the same position in 2013.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Speaking about the appointment on its social media pages, Wills Bros highlighted the family connection and what it means to the company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cHis father, Charles Wills, held the same office in 2013, so this means a great deal to us as a family-owned civil engineering business with a long record across Ireland and the UK,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cPlease join us in congratulating Trevor. We look forward to seeing him bring his legal and industry experience to the role and speak up for the sector.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Trevor is a qualified solicitor who holds a first-class honours degree in Business Studies from Dublin City University (DCU) and an MBA from Trinity Business School.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Wills Bros, located along the N58 between Foxford and Straide, has been in business since 1972 and has expanded considerably over the last five decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The company had 150 employees in 2002, growing to more than 500 by 2022, the year it celebrated its 50th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In October last year, the Mayo company jointly secured a \u20ac265 million contract to construct the new West Apron Vehicle Underpass at Dublin Airport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Foxford-based civil engineering contractor Wills Bros Ltd has announced the appointment of its Legal Director, Trevor Wills, as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670946,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":["post-670945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}