The Business Exchange Swindon & Wiltshire Edition 38: Aug/Sept 2018 | Page 6

BUSINESS NEWS
Excalibur celebrates MBO
and accelerates expansion
Leading telecoms and IT solutions service provider
Excalibur Communications, has undergone a
Management Buy-Out (MBO) supported with
significant funding from Santander Corporate &
Commercial.
The management team led by CEO Peter
Boucher will take majority ownership of the firm,
as part of the Swindon company’s five-year strategy
for growth. Former owner and CEO James Phipps
retains a minority shareholding.
Excalibur provides managed IT and telecoms
services to more than 4,000 SMEs in the south
and south west. The firm benefits from a strong
relationship with Vodafone and is one of its top five
distribution channel partners in the UK.
Part of Excalibur’s five-year plan is to grow by
acquisition and the management buy-out news
comes hand-in-hand with the announcement that
they have just purchased well-known Swindon
company Sensata. Bringing Sensata into the fold will
strengthen the IT side of the business with Sensata’s
specialism being design, installation and IT network
support.
Sensata founders Christopher and Janet Griffin
Purpol Marketing wins
place in Government’s
digital marketplace
Chippenham’s bid management
experts Purpol Marketing have won
five places on the Government’s digital
marketplace G-Cloud.
will remain involved with Excalibur and all staff will
join the team at Arclite House.
Excalibur CEO Peter Boucher said: “We welcome
Sensata into the business. It’s a proven company
and shares our passion for delivering a great service
to clients and going the extra mile to create IT
solutions specifically for SMEs. It’s a natural fit for
both of us and, as we grow, we also benefit from the
addition of great staff into the Excalibur talent pool.
“We have just had a record quarter of growth
in our IT business. This acquisition, in particular,
accelerates the growth and opportunities for us in
our home town, Swindon.”
INFINITY NATION DOES THE DOUBLE
Local digital marketing experts
Infinity Nation took the spotlight
at the recent ECMOD Direct
Commerce Awards in London,
scooping two high profile awards
for their client work.
The ECMOD Direct
Commerce Awards celebrate
the achievements of retail
businesses of all sizes and at all
stages of development. Infinity
Nation took away awards for Best
Gift, Gadgets, Hobbies and Home
Entertainment for their work with
Home Leisure Direct and Best
Digital Performance (B2C) for a
hamper.com project.
Infinity Nation founder and
managing director Al Keck said:
“We were up against some stiff
competition for both of these
awards and were in the company
of some great brands. However,
we were ecstatic to be recognised
at these national awards for
our hard work and the excellent
results that we achieved with our
clients.”
Based in Royal Wootton
Bassett, Infinity Nation work
with retailers to develop and
implement strategies to grow
their online sales through tools
such as SEO, PPC and email
marketing. Their clients include,
Boudavida, Prezola and Lombok.
In the past two years, the
business has more than doubled
in size and has recently won eight
awards for excellence.
@infinity_nation
G-Cloud is a UK Government
initiative created to help suppliers
bid better for local and central
government tenders. It forms part
of a strategy to move to one central
platform for all procurement
services. Buying services through
frameworks is faster and cheaper
than entering into individual
procurement contracts.
Purpol Marketing can now offer
professional services to suppliers in
five key areas:
• Bid Management / Bid writing /
Bid Sup