SCC (Specialist Computer Centres)

SCC
Company type	Privately held
Industry	Information Technology
Founded	1975
Headquarters	Birmingham, UK
Key people	Sir Peter Rigby (Founder) James Rigby (Chief Executive)
Revenue	£2.2bn
Number of employees	5,500
Parent	Rigby Group plc
Website	www.scc.com

SCC plc (formerly known as Specialist Computer Centres) is a UK-based multinational IT services and solutions^[buzzword] provider, founded by Sir Peter Rigby in 1975. It is the technology division of Rigby Group plc. SCC sells Data Centre Modernisation, Workplace Productivity, Networks & Communication, Security, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), and Innovation solutions^[buzzword] to public and private sector customers. The company has 65 offices in the UK, France, Spain, Romania and Vietnam.

History

SCC was founded in Birmingham, UK, by Sir Peter Rigby in 1975, as Specialist Computer Recruitment (SCR). In 1980, Sir Peter Rigby opened IT outsourcing business Specialist Computer Services (SCS) and combined the operations to create SCC in 1982. Having expanded into new cities across the UK throughout the 1980s, including London and Edinburgh, SCC began to accelerate growth through acquisition in the 1990s and has stages regular takeovers since 1995, the most recent being the acquisition of audiovisual specialist avsnet in November 2018.

Formerly registered as a subsidiary of holding group Specialist Computer Holdings (SCH), the company operated alongside sister company, Specialist Distribution Group (SDG), which was sold in 2012 to Tech Data. Since 2012, all technology operations have been consolidated under the SCC brand.

In 2014, Sentinel by SCC, the company's secure multi-tenanted cloud platform, became the first to achieve pan-government accreditation.

SCC now operates businesses in the UK, France, Spain, Romania, and Vietnam. The company previously operated in Germany, Belgium, Italy (all disposed 2009), and The Netherlands (disposed 2014).

SCC founder Sir Peter Rigby was knighted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 2002 for services to IT and business.

Mergers and acquisitions (2008-present)

2008: acquired Total Commerce Management Ltd (TCM) (sub £1m)
2008: acquired IT247.com Limited (sub £1m)
2008: acquired ISI and SLS (sub £1m)
2008: acquired Arés (£0.08m)
2009: acquired IQ SYS (£4m)
2009: disposed SCC Germany (sub £1m)
2009: disposed SCC Belgium (sub £1m)
2009: disposed SCC Italy (£10.5m)
2008: acquired Arés (sub £1m)
2010: acquired Kavanagh Systems (£5m)
2011: Acquired Recyclea (sub £1m)
2011: disposed SLS (sub £1m)
2011: acquired TSG (sub £1m)
2011: acquired LNA (£6m)
2012: disposed SDG (£222m)
2013: disposed B'Ware Maroc SA (sub £1m)
2014: acquired M2 Digital Limited (undisclosed)
2014: disposed SCC Netherlands (undisclosed)
2014: acquired Hampshire Data Centre (£12m)
2015: acquired Fluidata (undisclosed)
2015: acquired SIPCOM (undisclosed)
2015: acquired OnePoint Communications (undisclosed)
2016: acquired Flow Line Technologies (undisclosed)
2016: acquired Pyramid HR (undisclosed)
2018: acquired Hobs On-Site (undisclosed)
2018: acquired avsnet Limited (undisclosed)
2018: disposed SIPCOM (undisclosed)