Midmarket reseller Kelway has made yet another acquisition – this time it’s London-based IT solutions provider Repton Holdings.
The move follows Kelway’s acquisition in February of Panacea Services, which dramatically increased Kelway’s in-house service capabilities. The combined organisation now employs more than 350 staff and has a turnover in excess of £180m.
Founded in 1990, Repton has a £40m turnover, employs more than 70 staff and is an IBM Premier Business Partner, Sun Executive Partner, Cisco Silver Partner and HP Gold Preferred Partner. It was the first UK company to go to market with VMWare, and has particular expertise in enterprise networking, security, storage and virtualisation.
Repton’s background in enterprise and datacentre infrastructure will bolster Kelway’s portfolio, bolstering its product, consultancy and lifecycle solutions.
Greg Carlow, Repton CEO, will continue to manage the Repton business unit, which will operate as a Kelway Group company. Carlow comments: “This is fantastic news for Repton, our people and our valued customers. Kelway has a great reputation, both as an ambitious, successful and growing business and as a no-nonsense supplier of IT solutions. We’ve worked hard for the IT accreditations that will enable us to bring new enterprise IT capabilities to the Kelway portfolio. Our customers can look forward to the high levels of technical expertise they’ve come to expect from us, but can now take advantage of the additional solutions and services that make up the broader Kelway offering. This situation is that rare thing in business: a win-win situation.”
Kelway now has seven regional sales offices and employs over 350 staff. It is aiming for revenues in excess of £250m within three years.
“The acquisition of Repton represents a key step in fulfilling our growth ambitions and means we are now of the size and scope to rival any of the UK’s major IT providers,” says Phil Doye, Kelway’s CEO. “Like Kelway, Repton has demonstrated growth and profitability in a difficult market, and the combination of this success and Repton’s proven expertise with major enterprise IT infrastructures made them an ideal addition to the Kelway Group. We are delighted to be welcoming Greg and his team to Kelway, and look forward to growing all areas of our business together.”
