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New Acquisition Fuels Expansion

Jan 23, 2025

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We are pleased to share that our investors,  Aliter LLP (Aliter) have confirmed the acquisition of Bates IT,  joining us as the second acquisition on the journey to create a leading national critical network infrastructure and ICT managed services business.

Established in 1961, Bates IT operates across the UK, delivering a wide range of ICT managed and support services to critical UK ICT infrastructure, with a core focus on customers in the private and public healthcare sector.

Simon Fieldhouse, Group CEO, said, “The team at Bates IT is a great cultural fit with ITM. Their highly developed specialist experience with long-established customer engagements in the healthcare sector opens exciting growth opportunities for the business.

This aligns with our intended development of a specialist healthcare practice within a nationwide critical network and ICT infrastructure service business, delivering an extended managed service portfolio to our customers. Importantly, the companies also share Bates IT and ITM Communications share a customer-centric focus on service delivery and are equally dedicated to their staff, investment in sustainability and compliance”.

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