Business tech firm continues on acquisition trail

Business technology specialist The Access Group has expanded with the acquisition of a provider of volunteer management software to hundreds of charities and public sector organisations.

It has taken over Surrey-headquartered DutySheet, trading as Assemble and DutySheet, which will be incorporated into its non-profit and education division.

DutySheet supports more than 10,000 public sector, charity and educational organisations in the UK and Ireland.

Last year, The Access Group, took over Derby-based Isys Interactive Systems, which supplies management software solutions to a range of industries, from waste management, aggregate and material sales to dairy and food services.

Speaking about the firm’s latest acquisition, Simon Baines, managing director of Access Non-Profit and Education, said: “The acquisition of DutySheet Ltd proves once again our dedication to supporting our customers in making a greater impact on their causes, offering end-to-end solutions that improve their core mission and operations, whether that’s greater awareness-raising, increased donations and other fundraising activity, better relationships with their volunteers, or more efficiency.

“Access’ strategy is to continue bringing new and innovative products to market, and the Assemble and DutySheet solutions are a natural fit within our expanding product set.”

Ben Hayes, co-founder of DutySheet Ltd, said: “Having met the team at Access we believe we have found a company with a similar ethos to our own and see exciting times ahead for our customers and all the team at DutySheet Ltd.

“We know that the organisations and volunteers that we support will benefit greatly from the broader range of connected solutions they will now have at their disposal through the integration of Assemble with Access Workspace for Charities.”