Electronic security solutions provider Secom Plc has strengthened its competitive edge in the UK financial sector through the acquisition of high profile retail banking security specialist Capital Q High Security Services Limited.
For the foreseeable future, Essex based Capital Q will operate alongside Secom’s High Security Services division, which recently won a substantial electronic security contract for one of the UK’s major banks.
Minoru Takezawa, Managing Director of Secom Plc, said that the recent acquisition is a major boost for Secom: “Capital Q is a reputable security company and, like Secom, it emphasises provision of a quality service to its customers – hence the ‘Q’. The operation is very professional and the team has a wealth of expertise in this sector. Capital Q fits in extremely well with our existing High Security Services division.”
Capital Q founders Jeff Daniells and Terry Darrant – who between them have more than 70 years’ experience providing electronic security services for banks – remain at the helm of the company. Since its incorporation in 1995, the company has grown significantly and its highly trained workforce designs, installs and maintains intruder alarm and CCTV systems for a major banking group throughout the UK, including the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
Secom has become one of the most significant electronic security solution providers in the UK through a combination of organic and acquisitive growth. “Much of this success is due to our quality service ethic, which remains at the core of our growth into specialist market sectors.” Minoru commented.
