Focus Group acquires Prism

West Sussex-headquartered Focus Group has acquired Cheshire-based Prism - a managed service provider specialising in SMEs.

The latter was formed in 2001 and has built organically into a team of 50 staff, servicing over 6,000 end users throughout the UK.

Its core capability is in the managed IT space, modern workplace and cyber solutions.

"The pace of innovation in IT and cybersecurity is accelerating in response to increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, so it’s crucial we continually evolve our capabilities to meet market demands" said Laurence Glen, IT director at Focus Group.

"Prism’s people, portfolio, ambitions and ethos provide the exacting combination of attributes we envisioned when we began our search, and the investment is set to significantly benefit our customers through an expanded range of services."

Ben Higginbotham, managing director at Prism, added: "We are delighted to be able to continue our next phase of strategic growth as part of Focus Group, where we believe we can harness their proven ability to scale in the technology space as well as being able to provide the opportunity for career development for our team.

"These were vital factors in our decision to partner with Focus Group and we are excited to see this progression."