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 14 » A PR 2016 » CL EARVI E W- UK . C O M 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