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educated about the fire safety standards they need to comply with, and the Grenfell tragedy has driven much higher standards across the industry,” Harvey shares.“ Accreditations are now very important to prove competence when working in our customers’ buildings, and we’ re fortunate that Ventro is the most accredited fire safety business in the UK.”
Through strategic acquisitions, Ventro has solidified its presence to provide extensive geographic coverage across the UK.“ Starting off as a core base of one integrated company, acquisitions have been an incredibly important part of Ventro’ s growth journey so far,” Harvey explains.“ We recently acquired Dorset Fire Protection, which has given us a strong engineering base across the South of England. There are several more acquisitions in the pipeline, not aimed at extensive growth for the sake of it but to better serve our customers. Each acquisition either adds a new capability or service to our portfolio or strengthens our geographic footprint.
“ In terms of geography, we moved to covering the whole of the UK in 2016, and we’ ve been strengthening that footprint ever since. Acquisitions are a great way to achieve this, as they come with a team of experienced engineers ready to take on projects and maintenance contracts. This not only increases our response times to customers but also enables us to expand our technical expertise across different areas of compliance, such as electrical, security, air safety, and water compliance.”
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Another key milestone in Ventro’ s growth journey has been a recent investment from private equity firm, KLAR Partners( KLAR).“ We’ d been looking for a private equity partner to turbocharge our growth for some time, and we were very glad to partner with KLAR earlier this year,” Harvey says.“ Many of KLAR’ s portfolio companies are involved in field service management, so they have
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