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The existing CEO of Connectus, Roy Shelton, will also become the CEO of the Connectus Group.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The businesses and their 60 employees will continue to operate from six sites across the UK and Ireland, with plans already in place to create further job opportunities across their commercial, delivery and support functions. The group&#8217;s HQ will also remain in Doncaster and the existing CEO of KTSL, <strong>Rob Marks<\/strong>, will become the non-executive Chair of Connectus Group.<\/p>\n<p>The merger follows a due diligence and legal process, which started last November. As a result of the deal, the Connectus Group expects to deliver revenues of more than <strong>\u00a310m<\/strong> in the current financial year ending March 2023, including &#8220;<em>significant and sustainable profits<\/em>&#8220;, which will help to accelerate their future growth.<\/p>\n<p>Some of their current clients include AIB, UCB, Unilever, the Peel Group, Sale Sharks and the National Police Air Service. Connectus has also deployed a gigabit-capable \u201c<em>full fibre<\/em>\u201d broadband and Ethernet network to serve a number of business parks in the North of England.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Roy Shelton, CEO of Connectus Group, said: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today is the start of an exciting new chapter for Connectus Business Solutions and KTSL and will present an opportunity for further growth and job creation.<\/p>\n<p>By bringing these two great organisations together and creating Connectus Group, we have significantly increased our technical capability, boosted our delivery resources and further deepened our pool of commercial experience. This is the third transaction in as many years for Connectus, having been forced to pause our ambitious merger and acquisition strategy due to the global pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Although that period presented challenges, it has also thrown up exciting opportunities for forward-thinking businesses like ours that can adapt quickly to the changing needs of our clients.<\/p>\n<p>This merger allows both businesses to work together on a shared vision, which is to deliver efficient, collaborative and sustainable services for our customers and staff and to execute revenue growth via a planned and controlled expansion programme.<\/p>\n<p>It also brings a greater scale, allowing us to bid for larger opportunities, increase our recurring managed services revenue and will allow us to leverage our sixty-plus members of staff in a more collaborative manner.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>End.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business focused UK ISP and Managed Service Provider (MSP) Connectus has announced that they&#8217;re merging with IT solutions firm KTSL to create the Connectus Group. 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