Entrepreneur scoops £13m with Swift sale

A NORTH West fire protection and security systems company with sales of £21m and 270 staff natiowide, has been sold for £13m.

Swift, founded by managing director and sole shareholder Nigel Jackson, has been acquired by AIM company Marlowe, which counts former Conservative Party treasurer Lord Ashcroft among its backers.

Swift, which was founded in 1982 and is headquartered on Broadway in Salford, designs, installs and maintains fire protection and alarm systems.  In the year to May 31 it generated revenues ... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...