Swift Fire & Security are delighted to announce that Marlowe plc have acquired Hentland Limited headquartered in Bodmin, Cornwall.
Hentland will now join forces with Swift Fire & Security as Marlowe plc continues to build a market leading fire life safety and security service provider.
Hentland was founded in 1937 and operates nationally providing a comprehensive portfolio of mechanical and electrical fire protection services to over 1,800 customers covering the; leisure, logistics, healthcare, food, public service and retail sectors. Hentland’s services are highly complementary to those offered by Swift.
The Board believes the merger of Swift and Hentland will:
- Significantly expand the scale of Marlowe plc’s fire division, offering synergy benefits and providing additional critical mass and route density in geographical regions that are attractive to the Group
- Materially increase the Group’s customer base and recurring revenues with the addition of large blue-chip organisations to which the Group can cross-sell other services
- Extend Marlowe’s market position to one of the five largest providers of fire protection services in the UK and create an enhanced platform for further buy-and-build activity
Hentland will retain its current corporate integrity and all 100 members of the team will be staying with the business post the merger. The partnership with Hentland and the acceleration of our buy and build strategy means yet more and more career development opportunities for committed and ambitious team members.