I really appreciate that throughout the sale, they worked hard to make sure everything went through as smoothly as possible.”
Steve Thompson, outgoing Managing Director of Sterling Hydrotech
Sterling Hydrotech was founded in Chesterfield, Derbyshire in 1988. It employs approximately 40 staff and is one of the UK’s largest water treatment companies within the leisure industry.
As long-standing clients of Shorts, we had been discussing retirement planning options for some time with key members of the Shorts team.
When Marlowe plc approached us in Summer 2021 and made us the offer, this was the perfect opportunity to put those retirements plans into action, whilst also ensuring that the legacy we’d built up over 33 years was left in the safe hands of an established global brand. The acquisition provides attractive synergies with Marlowe’s testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) division and was immediately a perfect choice.
From the point of offer, through to completion, the team at Shorts were with me all the way. Adam Ames was my key point of contact, ensuring the process was kept on track, whilst the rest of the team was also on hand, providing the tax advice that we required, and always on hand to answer any questions that we had.
I really appreciated the hard work that the team at Shorts put in, ensuring that everything ran as smoothly as possible.
