GRANITE agrees deal to buy Continuum
Acquisition Announcement
The acquisition of Continuum, which has offices in Dublin and New York, will help boost GRANITE’s global reach and add more than 100 Continuum clients from across Ireland, the UK, US, South America and Asia. Continuum has expertise in strategy, user experience design, web development, high-volume e-commerce websites and search engine optimisation. Its clients include IDA, Tesco Mobile, Nissan and CPA.
GRANITE, which provides digital solutions in areas such as strategy, web design, web development, digital marketing, search engine optimisation, “pay per click” advertising consultancy and managed hosting to its more than 1,400 clients, is seeking to become the largest independent digital agency in Ireland.
It predicts the acquisition will grow annual revenues by at least 35 per cent to more than €10 million this year, with more than 90 people employed by Granite in total
About Continuum
Established 20 years ago, Continuum offered digital services such as strategy, user experience design, web development, high-volume eCommerce websites and Search Engine Optimisation. Their client base includes the IDA, Tesco Mobile, Nissan and CPA.
The agency specialises in Kentico web development and is an established gold partner.
Colin Meagle, Continuum CEO, said..“From beginning as a home attic start-up in 2002 to now joining the GRANITE Global Digital Agency, is something I am greatly proud of. We are excited about the many benefits this acquisition will bring to our clients and partners.
"We are very proud of this latest acquisition. Continuum, which is one of Ireland’s most successful and decorated agencies, has been on our radar for years and we have always admired their brand, ethos and work."
Conor Buckley
CEO - GRANITE
A solid approach to scaling
This announcement follows on from our recent acquisition of Dublin based Willows Consulting. We have also acquired 11 other Irish digital services businesses in recent years including Connector, Webtrade, MediaOne and Apps Made Easy.
Conor Buckley, CEO - GRANITE, added...
"These strategic acquisitions allow us to strengthen what we deliver to our existing clients and will undoubtedly aid us as we look to accelerate our expansion plans at home and abroad."
