| Type | Private limited company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Information technology, Consulting |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Headquarters | Birmingham, UK |
| Key people | Sir Peter Rigby, Chairman & Chief Executive James Rigby, UK MD |
| Revenue | £2.041 billion |
| Employees | ~6,000 (2007) |
| Parent | Specialist Computer Holdings |
| Subsidiaries | ETC Interchange Interface Solutions IT247 IQ Sys SCR |
| Website | www.scc.com |
Specialist Computer Centres (SCC) is an information technology services firm, mainly catering for very large companies and public sector bodies. Headquartered in Tyseley, Birmingham, UK, it is Europe's largest privately owned technology company in terms of revenue and is Hewlett-Packard's largest European partner.[1] Its main competitors are Computacenter and Morse Group.
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SCC sits under the umbrella of Specialist Computer Holdings (SCH), entirely owned by Sir Peter Rigby (founder, chairman and CEO). SCC has a number of sister companies within SCH, including Specialist Computer Recruitment (SCR) and three distribution companies: Enhanced Technologies Corporation (ETC), Interchange and ISI. A fourth, GlobalDis, was closed in March 2006.[1] SCC operations are split between the UK and Europe.
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.[2]
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.[3]