Comms provider Babble expands in north west and south coast

Acquisitions of Concert and 5 Rings are the fifth and sixth made by Babble this year

Communications provider Babble has made its fifth and sixth acquisitions of 2021 by adding Concert and 5 Rings to the company's offering.

Concert offers communication services to businesses across Cheshire and the north-west and "further cements Babble's presence and customer base across the region", it says, while 5 Rings, which offers telecommunications solutions to SMEs, will "add scale to Babble Comms and materially build Babble Cyber" while expanding its "footprint onto the south coast".

Matt Parker, chief executive of Babble, said: "Our goal has always been to transform the way our customers work through the deployment of the right technology.

"Throughout 2021 we have completed a number of strategic acquisitions aimed to expand, deepen and strengthen our offering, allowing us to serve even more customers across the whole of the UK and beyond.

"Seeking out the UK's most exciting, innovative tech businesses, that utilise local talent to bring a local touch from local bases is highly valuable to us.

"We're delighted that the exceptional teams from Concert and 5 Rings are joining us on our journey to becoming the UK's leading cloud technology business."

Babble received private equity backing from Graphite Capital back in November 2020 and this year has also acquired cloud and managed services outfit 81G Blue, Newcastle-based MSP Activ, comms provider Sesui and Portsmouth-based Ultracomms.

It now has five hubs across the UK in London, the north-west, the midlands, the north-east and the south coast - with 200 staff located nationwide and supports over 3,500 organisations.