UK revenue: £881m (+13%)
UK headcount: 1,782
A constant in the UK channel since it was founded by Sir Peter Rigby in 1975, this family-owned, Birmingham-based IT group remains a top-six UK player thanks to double-digit growth in its fiscal 2023.
SCC’s UK business saw revenues swell 13% to £881m in its year to 31 March 2023 (following a 7% rise in 2022). That growth was driven entirely by product resale, however, which it said reflected a post-Covid return to large enterprise IT, network and software growth related to digital transformation. UK services revenues fell back 1% to £208m.
Having acquired £90m-revenue reseller Vohkus in March 2023, SCC shifted gears in September when it snapped up 150-employee digital transformation consultancy Nimble. It also claims to be investing heavily in its hyperscale and cyber capabilities.
Adding in its French and Spanish operations, SCC’s group 2023 revenues hiked 24% to £3.3bn.
Oxygen ice-breaker: Despite now owning interests in airports, hotels, real estate and finance, Sir Peter Rigby recently stressed that technology remains “at the heart” of his wider Rigby Group empire.
