Flood Angel owner grows with Arktek deal
11th April 2017

Flood defence specialist UK Flood Barriers, better known to the door and window industry via sister company Flood Angel, has acquired the flood defence division of Sunderland based Arktek for an undisclosed sum.

UK Flood Barriers CEO Frank Kelly said: “Whilst the flood sector has clearly developed over the past 10 years, it’s still ridiculously fragmented to the point of often being dysfunctional. The end customer is often confused and key sector players do little to the help the situation. I am, and always have been, committed to consolidating this disjointed approach and have  developed a long term strategic vision for UK Flood Barriers that will help me realise this objective”.

The Arktek Flood Defences team will operate under the newly formed ‘UK Flood Barriers Northern’ brand securing and delivering projects in the North East & North West of the England and Scotland.

Arktek Group Managing Director, Mark Bewick, said: “Since introducing the flood defence element to our business last year, it soon became clear that this was a potential massive growth area that could shape the Company’s future direction. Appreciative of the importance of certified quality standards we had already signed up to the Flood Professionals scheme so when we were approached by Frank about a potential company partnership, it was an obvious positive step as far we were concerned.”

Members of the existing Arktek team will move over to work for UK Flood Barriers Northern with additional appointments to be expected soon.

www.ukfloodbarriers.co.uk