CloudClevr has acquired Flow Automated Intelligence from SCC, adding a digital transformation business to the group that brings approximately £8 million in additional revenue and around 90 employees. Flow AI has operated for more than 20 years in document services, business process automation and information management, serving private and public sector customers across the UK.

Although structured as an acquisition from SCC, the transaction keeps Flow AI within the wider Rigby Group, as SCC is privately owned by Rigby Group while CloudClevr was established with majority investment from its specialist investment arm, Rigby Technology Investments. CloudClevr was established in 2023 and built through the integration of NGC Networks, 4Sight Communications, Bamboo Technology Group and Twisted Fish IT; its own turnover and EBITDA are not publicly available.

The deal marks CloudClevr's first acquisition since completing the integration of its four founding businesses into a single operating model earlier this year, having previously indicated a plan to make one or two acquisitions annually over the next three years. Flow AI will form the foundation of a new Digital Transformation Practice, CloudClevr's fourth specialist practice, built around AI and Automation Services and Data Services, alongside its existing work in IT, security, communications, collaboration, customer contact, connectivity and mobility.

Steve Harris, Chief Executive Officer of CloudClevr, said: "Flow AI is exactly that kind of business. It brings established expertise in automation, document services and information management, but more importantly it gives us a strong foundation from which to build our wider Digital Transformation capability across automation, data and AI." Flow AI will initially continue operating as a separate entity, retaining its brand, leadership and customer relationships during a phased integration.

The structural driver is CloudClevr's shift from a single-brand integration phase to a deliberate acquisition strategy targeting capabilities that sit adjacent to its core managed services contracts, rather than expanding through organic growth alone.

For the sector, this reflects private equity-backed MSPs increasingly bolting on document and automation specialists to capture business process work that runs alongside core technology spending, particularly in regulated industries and public services.

Source: konsulteer.com / itbrief.co.uk / iteuropa.com / itchanneloxygen.com