Our History
Rydal Group was founded in November 2008 by Steffan Dancy. By 2009, we moved into our first offices and recruited 4 staff members, including Steve Watkins – now our Operations Director. By 2013 we launched the partner model for both mobile & fixed services. A year later, due to high demand, Rydal Group entered the VoIP market. Now in 2023, we are one of the leading business Communications, IT, Energy and Security providers.
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Timeline
2008
2008
November
Steffan Dancy incorporated Rydal Communications – from home
2009
2009
October
Moved into first offices to cater 4 members of staff
2010 – New Staff
2010
January
Recruited 4 staff members including Steve Watkins (now Operations Director) & Mark Worraker (Key Account Manager) – our first recruitment drive.
2011
2011
January
An established mobile airtime dealer looking for SMB clients across the UK – Major household and enterprise brands.
October 2011
October
We moved into bigger serviced offices on the same business park. Recruited more staff members making a team of 8.
2012
2012
January
We moved into the fixed line & broadband market. The success we had in delivering mobile airtime meant our clients were asking us to look after these services for them.
2013
2013
January
Launched our partner model for both mobile & fixed services
June 2013
June
Moved to our Werrington Peterborough offices – 2000 Sq FT and recruited another 8 members of staff this year – total 16.
2014
2014
July
Due to the demand we entered into the VoIP market
July 2014 – 2
July
We acquired the office next door to gain more office space, as our staff total grows to 20.
July 2014 – 3
July
Recruited our own engineering team
2015
2015
January
Partnered with Ericcsson LG and Pragma distribution for Business Telephone Systems
June 2015
June
We break phone system installation records as a new partner for Ericsson LG and Pragma distribution
2016
2016
January
Recognised as one of O2’s leading Approved Partners for 2016
Feb 2016
February
Won ‘New Reseller Of The Year’ with Ericsson LG. Demonstrating our success with their Cloud and on premise phone systems
June 2016
June
Launched Rydal Utilities offering energy brokerage and LED lighting – www.rydalutilities.co.uk
2017
2017
June
Won Best Customer Service Award at the Comms National Awards 2017
2018
2018
April
Short listed for the Best Place To Work and Best Sales Team at the Comms Dealer Awards.
April 2018
April
Finalist at SME Cambridgeshire Business Awards 2018 – Service Excellence
2018 November
October
Win Best Customer Service Award – Talk Talk Business
Oct 2018
October
Won Best Partner of Year award at the Ericsson LG GLOBAL conference in Croatia
2018 November
November
Rydal celebrates 10th Anniversary!
2019 February
2019
February
We move into our new office in Peterborough City Centre
2019 March
2020
March
Rydal wins Fastest Growing Reseller
2019 September
September
#Nine Customer Service Finalists – Comms National Awards
2020 March
September
Rydal takes measures to assist businesses in adapting to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 September
September
Rydal maintains safe and efficient operations during the COVID-19 outbreak.
October 2020
October
Rydal achieves ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certifications
November 2020
November
Rydal joins the G Cloud-12 framework as a Crown Commercial Supplier
2021 January
2021
January
New Phone System – Curo IP
2021 July
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July
We hit 2500 Curo IP users!
2021 August
August
Agenda IT client base acquisition
2021 October
October
Paul Aplin joins our team as the Commercial Finance Director
2021 October
October
New Member of the Year – Network Group Awards
2022 March
2022
March
Providing help to the people of Ukraine during a challenging time by offering free mobile and landline calls
April 2022
April
We complete the acquisition of IT company BrokenStones
2022 May
May
Shortlisted for the Reseller of the Year Award – Comms Business Awards
May 2022
May
We are finalists for two awards Reseller People & Culture and the Apprentice Champions – Channel Champions Awards
October 2022
October
Rydal Group acquires NDG Technology
Jan 2023
2023
January
Our team grows to 80 Employees
2023 Jan Black Bear IT & Krypton
January
We acquire two IT companies in 1 month – Black Bear IT and Krypton IT
Jan 2023 – Simon
January
Simon Cornwell joins Rydal as the Group Sales Director
2023 March
March
Rydal joins Norfolk County Council School’s Framework
April 2023 – NBG Award
April
Won Team of the Year award at the Network Group awards
2023 April – Lichfield New Office
April
Rydal’s Lichfield team moves to a larger office to accommodate growing demands
May 2023 – Security awards
May
Shortlisted for SME of the Year award at the British Security Awards
2023 May – Channel Champions
May
Shortlisted for Reseller Technical Support & Engineering Team award at the Channel Champions Awards
June 2023 – Blue Sky
June
Rydal acquires Blue Sky Group customer base
2023 June – SME News
July
Rydal Group wins Most Trusted IT & Communication Company 2023 award at the SME News
August 2023 – New Website
August
Rydal launches a new Group website
2023 September – Curo Analytics
September
Rydal Group releases Curo Analytics platform for our communications customers
October 2023 – Terra Award
October
Win Reseller of the Year 2023
2023 October – SSAIB Accreditation
October
Rydal Security achieve SSAIB Accreditation
November 2023 – Rydal 15th Birthday
November
Celebrating 15th Birthday of Rydal Group
2023 November – Sort IT Acquisition
November
Rydal Group acquires Sort IT
December 2023 – Rydal Group invests in Guru Technology
December
Rydal Group’s strategic investment in Guru Technology
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