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tale of family strength and industry expertise.“ The inspiration came from a personal place of sadness after my mum passed away at the age of 60. At 29, I wanted to give my dad, who was also 60, a new focus for the next 20 years,” Mark shares.“ Both of us had extensive experience in the telecoms industry, with my 12 years and my dad’ s nearly 40 years. After spending about 12 months preparing, we left our jobs and began trading in June 1998, becoming fully operational by October 1998.”
As the demand for digital transformation began to skyrocket, CASS saw significant growth and soon became one of the UK’ s leading telecommunications infrastructure companies, forming partnerships with some of the biggest names in the industry. Mark elaborates further:“ Over the past 27 years, we have specialised in installing fibre-optic networks and backbone infrastructure for telecom providers, supporting the growing demand for broadband and internet services
▼ Mark McKinney- founder of CASS
We are leveraging our 27-plus years of infrastructure expertise to expand into the solar energy sector, offering turnkey solutions for EPCs
for businesses and homes. We provide fibre-optic networks that enable telecom companies to offer mobile, broadband and Wi-Fi services. Our services cover both residential and business installations, ensuring that customers have the necessary fibre connections to support their PCs and broadband needs. We offer full turnkey solutions, including building boxes and chambers, laying underground tracks and clearing blockages in existing networks. Our major customers include Openreach and Virgin Media, through Tier 1 suppliers, as well as City Fibre, Glide, Full Fibre, Gigaclear, Airband, and other small outlets.”
Following the business’ success thus far, Mark is excited to unveil CASS’ latest endeavour:“ We are leveraging our 27-plus years of infrastructure expertise to expand into the solar energy sector, offering turnkey solutions for EPCs. We have partnered with a leading solar farm mounting systems manufacturer to provide a full-service offering, covering everything from design and logistics to installation and project management.
“ We are committed to expanding our capabilities across both telecoms and renewable energy,” he continues.“ In telecoms, we continue to scale our operations, delivering high-quality infrastructure projects while investing in innovation, efficiency, and workforce development to support the industry’ s evolving needs. In renewable
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