Daisy has snapped up broadband provider XLN to expand its broadband and phone division.
London-based, XLN claims it has 100,000 small businesses with business broadband, phones and card payments for clients.
Becoming part of Daisy will create a division with upwards of 200,000 customers. It will extend Daisy’s own portfolio and enable it to offer the “widest choice of solutions” to the business market.
An upcoming analogue switch-off will mean UK businesses will need to shift to digital services, Daisy claims, putting it in an advantageous position to help customers make the transition.
Daisy chairman Matthew Riley said: “With so much investment across the UK to improve the fibre infrastructure, Daisy is now well-positioned to help unlock the enhanced speed, reliability and security that customers want in their offices and shops up and down the country. There is also a vast opportunity in the creation of jobs as we need more staff to help deliver that service.”
XLN Chairman Christian Nellemann said: “We have been highly successful in our support of small businesses since our launch in 2002. We have continually innovated in both products and services which has enabled the company to continue to grow. Therefore, we felt the time was right to hand the reins over to Daisy, who have a great track record of investing and enhancing the businesses they acquire; the business and our customers are in safe hands.”
