Clearview National April 2016 - Issue 173 | Page 14

INDUSTRYNEWS

Emergency response business acquired
»»EVANDER GLAZING & LOCKS
(Evander), the nationwide 24/7 emergency
response and repair provider of glazing and
locks, has been acquired by VPS, the vacant
property, site security and property services
specialists. VPS has acquired Evander from
Bridgepoint Development Capital (BDC) and
Lloyds Development Capital (LDC), who
have co-owned the business since 2011.

Headquartered in the UK, the VPS
Group leads the European vacant property
services market, providing a full suite of
specialist solutions across the complete
property lifecycle, as well as offering a wide
range of services covering remote sites and
occupied property. Its activities cover security
solutions (including its award-winning
SmartAlarm® product range), and property
management. Key customers include social
housing organisations and wide range of
commercial customers, such as property
managers, retailers, industrial, construction
and infrastructure companies. It has a
national network of 20 depots in the UK and
operations across mainland Europe including
France, The Netherlands, Germany, Spain and
Italy. VPS has more than 1,100 employees,
with 750 based in the UK.
Evander, headquartered in Norwich, is
the UK’s leading nationwide emergency
response glazing and locks business. Through
its national infrastructure of 19 depots and
297 engineers, it provides 24/7 response
and fulfilment services to both the insurance

and commercial sectors as well as direct to
consumers. Two thirds of its business comes
from the insurance sector and include the
largest domestic home insurers in the UK.
VPS Group CEO Mark Silver said,
“Evander’s excellent reputation for providing
responsive security services is a great fit to
our market-leading property security and
services business. With very similar customer
requirements and challenges, we are confident
that by working together we can expand both
our operational spread and develop into new
segments, as well as being able to enhance
our services offering to our shared customer
base.”
Rick Francis, CEO of Evander, added,
“The business will benefit significantly from
becoming part of a larger platform with
ambitious plans for growth in the sectors we
operate. It will allow us to accelerate the level
of innovation to the services we currently
provide and to extend a wider range of services
to our client base.”
www.vpsgroup.com

INSPIRE BRITAIN IN 2016
»»HIGH FLYING TRADE
fabricator Dekko Window
Systems has been included in
the 2016 edition of the 1000
Companies to Inspire Britain
report. The report is created by
the London Stock Exchange and
is an annual celebration of some
of the fastest-growing small and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
in the UK.
The selection criteria requires
companies to show growing
revenue over the past four years
and to outperform their sector
peers. During the four year
time period monitored by the
London Stock Exchange, Dekko
have grown from £6m to £11m
turnover, launched a raft of new
innovative products and moved
from their original 25,000 sq ft
facility in Bredbury into a stateof-the-art 55,000 sq ft factory in
Ashton-Under-Lyne, complete

with its own dedicated Residence
9 manufacturing area. It also
became one of the first companies
in the UK to invest in a SL4FF
Seamless Quad Welder from
Graf Synergy, allowing them to
manufacture PVCu frames with a
seamless corner weld finish.
Sales Director, Kurt Greatrex,
discusses: “1000 Companies to
Inspire Britain is a prestigious
report that recognises some of
the country’s most dynamic
businesses, and we’re very proud to
be included. It’s been an incredible
four years and we would like to
take this opportunity to thank
our customers for their loyalty
and support, because none of this
would have been possible without
them. We aim to build on our
success and keep getting better,
faster and stronger.”
The success story looks set to
continue for Dekko, with the

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fabricator preparing to launch
an exciting new product range
into the market. “The range will
be manufactured using the new
seamless quad welder and we
think it’s going to revolutionise
the PVCu market,” Kurt adds.
Established in 2008, Dekko
Window Systems are one of
the UK’s leading fabricators of
high-end PVCu and aluminium

windows and doors. They fabricate
Deceuninck, Kommerling,
Residence 9 and Reynaers, and
supply to installers nationwide.
Dekko recently launched Räum,
a new brand that encompasses
aluminium bi-folds and patio
doors and PVCu patio and slide
and swing doors.
www.dekkowindows.com