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What I Learnt This Month Liz Kentish
Want different results, then think differently!
RHINO EXPANDS WITH
COMPETITOR BUY-OUT A Midlands-based workspace interiors firm has bought out a nearby competitor to consolidate its standing in the region and strengthen its creative offering.
Rhino Interiors Group, with offices in Coventry and Birmingham, announced the acquisition of Derby- based Three Hundred & Sixty Degrees with an official takeover date of October 3rd 2018.
The Three Hundred & Sixty Degrees (360) team will join forces with Rhino, which will assume ownership of the brand and its assets. The business, which started up in 2003, will become part of the rapidly expanding Rhino Interiors Group, with founder and former MD Howard Barnes joining Rhino to head up its workplace design arm.
Rhino, which has been in business for 40 years, delivers a turnkey solution for office interiors, which includes workspace consultancy, design, fit- out and furniture.
The group has grown significantly over the past two years. In February, it opened a new office on
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Birmingham’s Colmore Row. Over the last 12 months, it has increased turnover by 50%.
Ben Wheatcroft, Managing Director at Rhino believes the acquisition puts the company in a strong position to compete on a national scale, while servicing clients more creatively, with an all-round richer and more polished experience.
“The opportunity to acquire 360 was a no-brainer for us,” he said. “It is a well-known name in the regional office fit-out market with very complementary skillsets and customer profiles.
“It is an opportunity to add the flair and creativity that 360 are renowned for, backed by the strong delivery capabilities of Rhino, which we believe will further support our ability to deliver inspirational office design and fit-outs across the UK.
“Being centrally based, we have the ability to service the whole of the country. This is more of a move to strengthen our design capabilities for the future and will allow us to compete at a much greater level than we have been able to before,” Ben added.
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In a recent meeting with one of our clients, during a coffee break, they remarked to me that over the years they had seen our business grow into one that has a global reach, and they felt the reason for this, is that we think and act differently.
When I reflected on this, the old saying about continually doing the same things over and over again and expecting different results popped into my head, because that’s what most people do.
When I started this business ten years ago, I had a very different focus on where it was going, and if I had kept with that focus the business would hardly have grown at all. Keeping an open mind to the possibilities and opportunities which are all around us has been the key to our business and my personal growth.
I’m not saying that it has all been easy, because it hasn’t, but if you continually put in the effort and bring in the right people to help and support you, then you have laid a strong base for your success. Have a plan but be adaptable because you will need to be!
I’m not just talking about business here, if you look at any aspect of your life, relationships, health, family, your job, if you’re not happy or want to improve any of these, the only person who can make that change happen, is you. By taking a different approach and finding people who can help and provide you with fresh ideas to stimulate your thinking, you will get those different results.
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