The Access Group today announced the acquisition of Unleashed, a New Zealand headquartered organisation offering best
practice inventory management software for the manufacturing, wholesale and distribution markets across Australasia, the
UK, US and EMEA. The acquisition is currently going through all the necessary regulatory approvals and this process is
expected to complete successfully in the coming weeks.
The addition of Unleashed significantly advances Access’ market-leading solutions in these sectors in the UK and
building on the recent acquisition of Attaché, strengthens our position in the Asia-pacific region, specifically New
Zealand and Australia.
Unleashed was founded over 10 years ago by Greg Murphy when he recognised there was a need for more sophisticated
process management and intelligent data in the wholesale, distribution and manufacturing sector around the management of
supply, production, inventory and sales.
Since then Unleashed has grown to provide products and services to more than 4,000 customers across the UK, EMEA, US,
New Zealand and Australia. With their head office in New Zealand, Unleashed has a team of over 100 people across NZ,
Australia and the UK. With the acquisition of Unleashed bringing additional revenues of c£9.6m UK ($18.5m NZ) to the
division, Access ERP establishes itself as a leading provider of ERP solutions with revenues exceeding £83m.
This latest acquisition builds on the announcement earlier this month from the Access Group of significant year-on-year
pro forma revenue growth of 47%, leading to pro forma revenues of £315 million UK and pro forma adjusted EBITDA of £109
million UK for its fiscal year ended June 30, 2020 (“FY20”). These results continue 15 straight years of uninterrupted
profitable growth for the company.
Brendan Flattery, Managing Director, Access ERP commented:
“Our ERP business supports customers across online retail, warehousing, distribution, construction and manufacturing in
the UK, EU, Australia, New Zealand and the US with end-to-end Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). With the global ERP
market expected to reach $49.5bn* in the next five years, the addition of Unleashed into the Access portfolio gives us a
significant opportunity to increase our presence and potential across these sectors. Our integrated approach to
software, processes and data enables organisations across the globe to benefit from clarity and control of their
inventory, from source to sale. We are really excited to be welcoming Gareth, LMH and the rest of the Unleashed team
into the Access Group.”
Gareth Berry, CEO, Unleashed commented:
“Joining Access gives Unleashed a new level of expertise in the provision of integrated software solutions, an
acceleration of our product development and gives our customers the opportunity to explore a wider range of ERP and
business management solutions from a single provider.
We set out over a decade ago to give businesses the freedom to better make, manage and move products — We believe that
Good Products Matter and have championed consumer choice by building the best software with a great team to support our
customers to achieve their business potential.
Our story continues but in an enhanced way as part of The Access Group, and we are really excited to be joining Brendan
and the team as part of the Access ERP business.”About The Access Group
The Access Group is a leading provider of business management software to mid-sized UK organisations. It helps more than
35,000 customers across commercial and not-for-profit sectors become more productive and efficient. Its innovative
Access Workspace cloud platform transforms the way business software is used, giving every employee the freedom to do
more.
Founded in 1991, The Access Group employs more than 2,900 staff. For more information about The Access Group, visit www.theaccessgroup.comAbout Unleashed
Unleashed is cloud software that gives businesses the freedom to better make, manage and move products — by enabling
them to achieve complete clarity and control over suppliers, production, inventory and sales.
We champion Good Products. Products that are made, moved and sold by people that care — care about their craft, product,
provenance, production process and impact. Products that challenge the monopolies who have long dominated what we buy
and consume.
We pour all our energy into empowering businesses with software that gives them a choice. Choice to adopt a few
powerful, affordable cloud apps instead of an unwieldy, expensive or ineffective legacy system.
*https://www.marketresearchengine.com/reportdetails/erp-enterprise-resource-planning-software-market