Clear Group acquires specialist fire safety and compliance consultancy

Clear Group has acquired specialist fire safety and compliance consultancy Delco Safety.

Headquartered in Morden, Delco employs 19 staff and provides a range of services, including fire risk assessments, safety inspections and compliance consultancy.

Its clients include local authorities, councils, housing associations, property managers and commercial property owners.

Clear Group has acquired the firm as part of its strategy to expand its risk management division.

Mike Edgeley, group chief executive at Clear Group, said: “The acquisition of Delco reflects our strategy to grow Clear Group’s risk management division by adding specialist expertise in fire safety, an area of increasing importance for our clients.

”Delco’s strong reputation, robust compliance standards and complementary client base make it a natural fit for our group.

”Through combining tailored risk management services with thoughtfully structured insurance programmes, we bring value to our clients as a genuine risk advisor and help to enable their strategic success.”

‘Scale and support’

In combination, Clear Group and Delco will offer enhanced packaged risk management and insurance services to new and existing group customers.

Derek Andrews, director at Delco, said: “Joining Clear Group provides us with the scale and support to accelerate our growth and expand the range of services we can offer clients.

”We share a commitment to compliance, quality and client service and we are excited to bring our fire risk expertise into the wider Clear Group offering.”