A Manchester software business whose clients include Coca-Cola, the UK Parliament and AstraZeneca, has been acquired.
Working Time Solutions, which provides rostering and workforce management services, has been snapped up by Belfast-based Totalmobile for an undisclosed sum.
WTS has around 30 staff in Manchester and has been established for more than 25 years.
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Its clients also include Manchester Airports Group, Highways England and Unilever.
Totalmobile has more than 1,000 customers and 300,000 mobile-workforce users across the public services, property, facilities management, transport and infrastructure sectors.
Rob Crossman, commercial director at WTS, said: "We are delighted to be joining Totalmobile. The strong cultural, technical and market fit between the two businesses will deliver huge benefits for customers and employees.
"We’re looking forward to working with Jim Darragh and the team to bring a combined offering of Totalmobile and WTS to market and contribute to Totalmobile’s impressive ongoing growth."
Jim Darragh, chief executive of Totalmobile, added: "Managing operational resources efficiently is more important than ever to our customers as they battle staff shortages, sickness and absence.
"By bolstering Totalmobile’s rostering software and shift pattern capabilities, we can help organisations keep their services running smoothly, efficiently and with minimum disruption to the customer experience.
"In addition, the acquisition of WTS also strengthens our footprint in the North of England and provides additional opportunity to increase our profile across the entirety of the UK and Ireland as we look to continue our growth journey."
The corporate finance team at MHA Moore and Smalley advised the owners of Working Time Solutions on the sale to Totalmobile.
Its deal team was led by corporate finance partner Andrew Feeke and associate director Ian Waddingham.
Mr Feeke said: "This is a great strategic addition to Totalmobile’s stable of ‘software as a service’ solutions that help businesses operate more efficiently and effectively and look after their people.
"We’re delighted to have facilitated and supported this deal, helping the founding shareholders of Working Time Solutions to secure a bright future for the company and its staff as part of the Totalmobile family."
