Daisy Group

Daisy Group Limited is a British business-to-business (B2B) provider of IT, communications and cloud services to UK organisations. Today, Daisy Group has two subsidiaries: Daisy Corporate Services and Daisy Communications.[1] Their head office is in Nelson, Lancashire, and they also have a number of other offices throughout the UK, including Birmingham, Bristol, Farnborough, Glasgow, Horsham, Leeds, London, Manchester, Nottingham, Reading, Romford, Sevenoaks and Wakefield.[2]

Daisy Group
TypePrivate Limited company
IndustryInformation Technology
Founded2001 (2001)
HeadquartersNelson, Lancashire, England
Key people
  • Matthew Riley, Founder and Executive Chairman
  • Neil Thompson, CEO
Websitedaisygroup.com

History

The Daisy Group was founded in 2001 by Founder and Chairman Matthew Riley, who aimed to disrupt a monopolised business market and target an under-resourced business community with the benefit of being bound to no single network or supplier.

From a small start-up, the business experienced rapid organic growth and was named the fastest growing technology business in the UK in the 2005 Sunday Times’ Tech Track.

In 2009, the business floated on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market (AIM). In December 2014, Daisy once again became a private company[3] in order to embark on its next stage of growth.

Acquisitions

The following businesses (or certain assets from) were acquired by Daisy Group and integrated within their business:

  • Vialtus,[4] AT Communications (ATC), Eurotel, and Redstone[5] (2009)
  • Data and telecoms companies:  BNS,[6] Murphx,[7] SpiriTel,[8] Outsourcery,[9] Telinet,[10] and Worldwide (2010-2012)
  • IT companies: Net Crowd,[11] Indecs,[12] Layer 3,[13] and Daisy Data Centre (2013-2014)
  • IT company Damovo UK[14] and Managed Service Provider Phoenix IT Group (2015)[15]
  • Managed Services: Alternative Networks (2016)[16]
  • Cyber Security specialist: ECSC (2023)[17]

References
  1. "Daisy Group Website". Daisy Group. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  2. "Daisy Corporate Services Office Locations". Daisy Corporate Services. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  3. "Daisy Group Incorporated Date on Companies House". Companies House. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  4. "Daisy dials up £204m reverse takeover | TheBusinessDesk.com". North West. 1 July 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  5. "Daisy adds Redstone Telecoms to chain of recent acquisitions". telegeography.com. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  6. Britton, Nick (18 February 2010). "Daisy acquires BNS Telecom". Growth Business. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  7. Jackson, Mark. "UK Broadband ISP Supplier Murphx Acquired by Daisy Group". ISPreview UK. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  8. "Daisy Group buys SpiriTel". Manchester Evening News. 10 November 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  9. "Outsourcery in £12m sale of mobile division". Manchester Evening News. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  10. "Daisy acquires Telinet and Ipitomi assets". www.channelweb.co.uk. 4 April 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  11. "Daisy Group buys The Net Crowd". MoneyWeek. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  12. Dungay, David (28 October 2013). "Daisy go on Acquisition Hunt". Comms Business. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  13. "DAISY ACQUIRES LAYER 3 AS LOSSES GROW". Lancashire Business View. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  14. "Daisy Group acquires Damovo UK". IT Pro. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  15. Roue, Lucy (27 May 2023). "Daisy Group in £135m swoop for Phoenix IT Group". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  16. "Lancashire Business View". Lancashire Business View. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  17. Kleinman, Mark (31 March 2023). "Daisy founder Riley swoops on listed cybersecurity provider ECSC, Sky News". Sky News. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
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