Glasgow-based Kick ICT Group has acquired Paisley-based Consilium UK.
Founded in 2015, the deal is Kick’s eighth in seven years, as the business continues to focus on expanding its service offering.
The transaction, for an undisclosed sum, results in an expanded technical division within the group, extending the portfolio of IT products, services and support, while adding a presence in London.
Established in 1998, Consilium provides IT consulting, cloud and security services throughout the UK.
Consilium director Richard Abrams has been appointed head of technical services and joins Kick ICT, alongside his co-directors Stuart Beattie and David Hood, together with 25 former Consilium staff.
With the acquisition, Kick ICT will see run rate turnover increase to £25m, profit before tax to £4m and recurring revenues to £19m.
Kick ICT now employs 160 staff and expects numbers to increase further following the launch of the Kick Academy, a project aimed at recruiting and developing school leavers and graduates.
In 2021, the company received an £8.7m investment from BGF, with Geoff Neville appointed chair following an introduction via the BGF Talent Network pool of non-executive directors.
Tom O’Hara, chief executive of Kick ICT, said: “Kick has made excellent progress during the last year including integrating the three acquisitions we made in 2021 - the addition of Consilium sees us create an outstanding and unrivalled technical team and I’m excited about working with Richard, Stuart, David and the team.
“In addition, it’s great that our new customers will take us over one of our early milestone objectives of working with 1,000 customers across the UK.”
Abrams said: “We are delighted to be joining Tom, Alan and Jeannie and the team at Kick and are looking forward to delivering outstanding technical solutions to customers across the group.”
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