Kelway Buys Dixons Retail’s Public Sector Equanet Business

Kelway has acquired the non-trade and public sector business of IT services provider Equanet from Dixons Retail. The deal marks another step in CEO Phil Doye’s ambition to make Kelway a half-billion-pound turnover business. Terms of the deal were undisclosed.

The deal will enhance Kelway’s public sector capabilities and extend the firm into the midmarket sector. The London-based company will also boost its customer base in the North of England.

Equanet branding

Equanet will initially continue to operate as a separate brand within the group but the Equanet brand is likely to be eventually retired, though no details on timings of such a move were given. Upon completion later this month, Kelway and Equanet will trade through integrated systems.

Kelway will bring its ServiceWorks suite of cloud services to the Equanet client base, as well as a new software offering created by combining both companies’ Microsoft Large Account Reseller (LAR) accreditations.

“By adding the Equanet business to Kelway we are further strengthening our differentiated customer proposition,” said Kelway founder and chief executive Phil Doye. “This acquisition reinforces our growth trajectory, which sees Kelway accelerating towards the landmark of becoming a UK technology company with half a billion pounds of turnover.”

Dan Laws, managing director at Kelway, said the benefits of acquiring Equanet are numerous, with “many interesting opportunities to build upon Kelway’s current proposition”.

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