The deal brings together two highly complementary businesses, enhancing Global 4’s capabilities in IT and managed services and expanding its offering to mid-market and enterprise customers across the UK. TMT has built a strong reputation for delivering resilient, business-critical IT solutions, making it a compelling strategic fit for Global 4 as it continues to scale its platform.
Drawing on its deep specialism in the technology and managed services sector, Knight Corporate Finance led the process from initial strategy through to completion. The Knight team shaped a targeted sell-side strategy, identified and engaged a focused pool of high-quality acquirers, and managed negotiations and workstreams to preserve deal certainty in a complex environment.
The transaction was led by Chris Collins (Director), Katie Horsfield (Associate Director) and Paul Billingham (Managing Director) of Knight Corporate Finance. Their sector insight, understanding of recurring-revenue models and experience navigating founder, management and sponsor stakeholders helped structure a transaction that aligns strategic, cultural and financial objectives for all parties.
The successful outcome underlines both the strength of TMT’s business and the clear strategic rationale for the combination, which positions the enlarged group for continued growth in the UK technology services market. In a climate where mid-market technology transactions remain relatively selective, this deal reinforces Knight’s role as a trusted adviser to UK IT and managed service providers seeking strategic exits, investment or scale opportunities.
Commenting on Knight’s role, Darren Scott-Healey, CEO of Tailor Made Technologies, said:
“We really valued the support and guidance throughout what was a complex transaction. The team did an excellent job identifying and engaging with the right buyer and managed the entire process in a calm, organised and highly professional way.
With multiple stakeholders involved, there were a lot of moving parts, but they kept everything on track, coordinated the different workstreams and ensured communication between parties was clear and constructive. Their hands-on approach and ability to keep momentum throughout the process played a key role in getting the deal successfully completed.”
Chris Collins from Knight Corporate Finance added, “We are delighted to have advised the shareholders of Tailor Made Technologies on its sale to Global 4. This is a truly transformational transaction, with TMT’s IT and managed services offering adding significantly to the Global 4 story and cementing Global 4 as one of the most exciting platforms in the Comms and IT space in the UK. We are excited to see how the business develops under the ownership of Global 4.”