Ainscough Group is the trading name of the companies owned and/or financed by the Martin Ainscough family. The Ainscough Group began formation late in 2007, following the sale of Martin Ainscough’s previous business Ainscough Crane Hire Ltd. Alongside his two brothers James and Brendan, Martin grew Ainscough Crane Hire to be the largest crane hire company in the UK, employing over one thousand members of staff and owning more than five hundred cranes, before the firm was ultimately sold in October 2007 for over two hundred and fifty million pounds. Since 2007, the group has invested and evolved to cover a wide range of industries from land and property, to finance, industrial services and leisure facilities.