Website www.scc.com Founder Peter Rigby | Revenue 1.55 billion GBP Founded 1975 | |
Type Private limited company Industry Information Technology,
Data Centre & Cloud Services Key people James Rigby, Chief Executive
John Bland, MD of UK Sales
Mike Swain, MD of Services Europe
Tracy Westall, MD of Corporate Services
Peter Whitfield, European Finance Director
Paul Everatt, CIO Number of employees ~5,000 (SCC EMEA, 2015) Headquarters Birmingham, United Kingdom Motto People do business. We make it work. Parent organizations Rigby Group, Specialist Computer Holdings (UK) Limited Subsidiaries SCC SA, M2 Digital Limited, SCH SAS, Multivendor Service S.r.l., Kavanagh Ltd. Profiles | ||
SCC is Europe's largest independent Information Technology services business, with over 2,500 customers in more than 50 countries. SCC plans, supplies, integrates and manages IT for leading public and private sector businesses across Europe. The business operates from 75 locations in the UK, France, Spain and Romania.
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Company structure
SCC is the technology division of Rigby Group PLC, owned by Sir Peter Rigby (Chairman), a £2bn international business with six key divisions: technology, hotels, airports, aviation, property and financial services.
SCC is headquartered in Birmingham, UK.
Company history
In 1975, Sir Peter Rigby, founded Specialist Computer Recruitment (SCR). An outsourcing operation, Specialist Computer Services (SCS) opened in 1980, followed by the creation of SCC in 1982. Throughout the 1980s, SCC offices were opened in numerous UK cities, including London and Edinburgh. The 1990s saw the beginning of a new strategy - expansion by acquisition not growth. SCC has staged regular takeovers since 1995 (see below for full list), the most recent being the acquisition of Citrix reseller IQ Sys Limited.
In 2002, Peter Rigby was knighted for his contribution to IT and business in the Midlands.
SCC published figures of £2.041 billion turnover for 2008, making SCC the largest privately owned business in the West Midlands and 15th largest in the UK overall. Further acquisitions saw turnover increase to £2.48 billion in 2011.
Formerly registered as a subsidiary of the holding group SCH, the company previously operated alongside a sister company - Specialist Distribution Group (SDG) - which was sold in 2012 to Tech Data. Since the sale all technology operations have been consolidated under the SCC brand.