Babble has picked up Gateshead-based mobile services provider Corporate Wardair (CWL) and Chester-based telecoms and IT service provider Avandda in a double buy out.
The outfit has bought 27 companies since 2019, with 12 of those coming in the past year. The company said it wanted CWL and Avandda to bolster the mobile and comms.
CWL has a strong relationship with O2, which will extend Babble’s existing relationship with the carrier, serving 7,700 O2 mobile connections.
Avandda is delivering telco and IT services to a 320-strong customer base, and will bolster Babble’s position in the comms market and add more coverage of the North West.
Matt Parker, Babble CEO, said it was using M&A to add depth to the business and put it in a position where it could support a wide customer base.
“The challenges British businesses are facing make us more determined than ever to become a stronger partner for SMEs by continuing our growth,” he said. “CWL and Avandda are the latest part of this journey and will add scale to our mobile and comms pillars, bringing important expertise and benefits to Babble and our customers, as well as adding some fantastic new customers and mobile connections to our network.”
At the end of 2020, Babble got investment from Graphite Capital, and that has fuelled a lot of the M&A activity that has occurred since.
