Case Study
Leading Fire and Security firm sold to Marlowe plc
CASE STUDY Leading Fire and Security fi rm sold to Marlowe plc Hentland Limited provides managed Fire and Security solutions for the commercial and public sectors throughout the UK and Eire. A family business, founded in 1937, Hentland distinguished itself through solid experience, expertise and a consistently high standard of client care. The Shareholders had a clear strategy that, through signifi cant investment in the Company’s infrastructure and processes, transformed it from an owner-driven business into a successful, profi table culture-driven business. Having grown the business successfully, the main shareholders, father and son Mark and Chester Bidmead, planned to pursue other business interests outside the UK and decided to put the business up for sale. They appro