Deal supports scale-up of a leading national provider of Network and ICT managed services to Critical National Infrastructure
Aliter has provided further capital to complete the acquisition of Serbus Limited (Serbus) to join the Group platform alongside ITM Communications and Bates IT.
Established in 2010, Serbus is recognised as a leader in the provision of best-of breed secure mobile communications, offering top level security, threat protection and compliance, to ensure day to day operations remain productive and uninterrupted, wherever its customers’ employees are working in the world. This includes high-profile government and military environments, as well as within multinational corporations, where protection of employees and intellectual property is key.
Serbus currently supports customers across the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), working closely with the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and a range of UK Government departments.
Based in Hereford in the West Midlands, Serbus now becomes part of the evolving Group in Aliter’s portfolio that currently includes ITM Communications, a leading UK provider of critical network and ICT infrastructure services and Bates IT, the specialist healthcare ICT provider.
Simon Fieldhouse, Group CEO, said, “This deal broadens the group’s existing credentials in supporting Critical National Infrastructure and the defence sector, adding enhanced capabilities and value to our existing customers. It also enables us to advance the launch of a stand-alone dedicated defence practice within the group. The extension of our services portfolio to include secure NCSC approved communications products and solutions provides a tremendous opportunity to extend our security pedigree and broaden our managed services footprint across existing customers in healthcare & UK Gov, whilst expanding into adjacent CNI verticals, such as emergency services, utilities, energy and datacentres.”
Serbus’s founders and directors, Sebastian Wiles and Russell Ticehurst, have a UK Special Forces background. Both are remaining with the business and will now work closely with Fieldhouse to drive further growth organically, whilst continuing to pursue a buy and build strategy.
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