2010
Recent 2010 additions to the Group's Assurance Division include
Meridian Services International (Meridian), specialists in conducting payment scheme logical and physical security audits, as well as offering global strategic advisory services for card manufacturing, data preparation and card personalisation.
The acquisition of
SDLC Solutions just weeks later widened the Group’s assurance capabilities by providing a complementary range of software testing services, including business analysis, project management, test resourcing, network and application performance analysis, functional and non-functional testing, test automation, software testing and tools training.
2009
In 2009 NCC Group reorganised itself into two main complementary Divisions; Escrow, which trades under the NCC Group Escrow and
Escrow Europe brands and Assurance, which at the time included the
NCC Group Advisory,
Secure Test,
NGS and
Site Confidence brands.
2008
Having already established an office in
Germany, NCC Group expanded its European opperations in 2008 by buying one of the leading providers of Escrow solutions in EMEA,
Escrow Europe. Later that year
Next Generation Security Software (NGS), a highly specialised Software Security provider was also added to the fold.
2007
In 2007 NCC Group continued to grow, both organically and via the acquisition of
Secure Test, a leading provider of independent penetration and security testing services.
2004 - 2006
The Company was admitted to trading on AIM on July 12, 2004. The flotation raised £38.1 million before expenses through a placing of 22.4 million Ordinary Shares and the Company’s market capitalization was £55.4 million. From 2004 to 2006, NCC Group grew 75% through the expansion of its Escrow customer base and the rapid adoption of Verification Testing services among its existing customer base.
During 2006, NCC Group went on to expand its footprint into the North
American market with the acquisition of two US-based Escrow businesses –
Recall Total Information Management’s Escrow division and Source
Harbor. The acquisition of
Site Confidence, the UK's leading web
performance monitoring and load testing company was also completed that
year.
2003
In April 2003, Rob Cotton led a secondary management buy-out and was appointed as Chief Executive of NCC Group Limited.
1999 - 2002
NCC Group Limited was formed in June 1999. The senior management team was strengthened in March 2000 by the appointment of Rob Cotton as Finance Director, who subsequently assumed responsibility for the Escrow solutions division in July 2000. Under Rob Cotton’s leadership the Escrow Solutions division grew rapidly, becoming the Group’s principal activity and the major source of both revenues and profits.