Kelway acquires Repton

Kelway has snapped up Repton as it pursues its aggressive ambitions of hitting £250m revenues in three years.

The London-based enterprise and data centre infrastructure reseller becomes Kelway’s second acquisition this year – the mid-market specialist acquired storage reseller Panacea Services in February. The acquisition gives Kelway a combined turnover of £180m with no debt.

Founded in 1990 Repton has a £40m turnover with more than 70 staff. The firm is an IBM Premier Business Partner, Sun Executive Partner, Cisco Silver Partner and HP Gold Preferred Partner, in addition to partnering with VMware with expertise in enterprise networking, security, storage and virtualisation.

Greg Carlow, owner of Repton, said he will continue to manage the Repton business unit, which will operate as a Kelway Group company.

He said: “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 have 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 have 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.”

Phil Doye, Kelway’s chief executive officer, said: “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 infrastr uctures 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.”

The acquisition leaves Kelway with seven regional sales offices and over 350 staff.