Acuity have advised Communicate Technology, a leading cyber security and network infrastructure specialist on its investment from Rockpool Investments

Communicate is based in Teesside and was founded in 2011 by Tony Snaith. Tony and the executive management team are re-investing alongside Rockpool and will be joined by Roger Flynn, who was appointed to the board as Non-Executive Chairman at the completion of Rockpool’s investment.

Communicate is an ISP with an established footprint of 30+ business parks and offices across the UK, with its own fibre network infrastructure, together with a dedicated Network Operations Centre (NOC) in Teesside and an in-house 24/7/365 Security Operations Centre (SOC) in Leeds, helping to protect clients against the most sophisticated cyber security threats.

Tony Snaith, CEO of Communicate, said:

“We were initially recommended to Acuity and then ran a selection process which they won after presentations from a number of advisors. The attention to detail of the entire team is to be commended and the production of the IM was highly detailed and demonstrated a complete understanding of our business and sector. The team expertly guided us through all the offers and Dan, Marcus and Debora were on hand at all times to deliver a truly exceptional service that we would highly recommend. I look forward to many more future interactions with the team.”

Dan Delooze, Vice President at Acuity Advisors, said:

“It was a pleasure to advise the Communicate team on their transaction with Rockpool and find a great partner to support the business on the next chapter of its growth journey. The team have built an outstanding platform providing a wide range of mission critical solutions to businesses at a time when high quality connectivity and managed services are vital to supporting success in an ever-changing digital environment. I thoroughly look forward to seeing where the team take the business next and wish them all the best for the future.”

Marcus Allchurch, Managing Partner at Acuity Advisors, said:

“Securing this fantastic outcome for Tony and the Communicate team with Rockpool further underlines Acuity’s position as the go-to advisor for Telecoms, Cloud and Managed Services businesses. I’m excited to see more success stories coming from the business as they go on to execute their plan.”