Swindon outsourcing company heads to Southern Hemisphere for acquisition

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Nicky Godding

Swindon-based outsourcing company Woven has acquired BYC Aqua Solutions, a fellow outsourcing company based in Cape Town, South Africa.

Founded in 2002, Cape Town, BYC Aqua Solutions specialises in outsourced quality, coaching and software. The company helps clients with contact centres improve their services and quality. BYC Aqua Solutions operates in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, Singapore and Indonesia.

Woven's Chief Executive Officer Cyril Molitor said: “Through this acquisition of BYC Aqua Solutions, we are expanding our global presence and capabilities. This transaction supports our strategy to grow through acquisitions of companies that present innovative and disruptive solutions. BYC Aqua Solutions brings decades of experience and will provide us with the strategic capabilities we need to scale our business and further develop our infrastructure.

“On behalf of the Woven leadership team, I would like to welcome Jackie Naughton and her team to the Woven family. Under Jackie’s leadership, BYC Aqua Solutions has established itself as a highly respected business with global reach. We look forward to working with Jackie and the BYC Aqua Solutions team as we continue to grow and execute on our strategy.”

Jackie Naughton, Chief Executive Officer of BYC Aqua Solutions, added: “Our team at BYC Aqua Solutions has worked hard to build a company with a stellar reputation as one of the best providers of Outsourced Quality Solutions. As part of the Woven family we now look forward to the benefits of strong organic growth, sustained by Woven’s commitment to our mission and value proposition. We are excited to be a part of the Woven family as we expand our portfolio, increase our geographic reach and continue to build our customer relationships.”

Woven's acquisition of BYC Aqua Solutions follows our recent acquisition of tPoint Solutions Limited. The acquisition of tPoint Solutions Limited augmented our commitment and ability to deliver a new service reality, underscoring our mission: People Powered by Technology.

Nicky Godding

Nicky Godding is editor of The Business Magazine. Before her journalism career, she worked mainly in public relations moving into writing when she was invited to launch Retail Watch, a publication covering retail and real estate across Europe. After some years of constant travelling, she tucked away her passport and concentrated on business writing, co-founding a successful regional business magazine. She has interviewed some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs who have built multi-million-pound businesses and reported on many science and technology firsts. She reports on the region’s thriving business economy from start-ups, family businesses and multi-million-pound corporations, to the professionals that support their growth and the institutions that educate the next generation of business leaders.