UK-based business process outsourcer (BPO) Parseq has acquired The Tall Group, a secure print, payment, and online solutions provider and merged operations with offshore IT services provider Column Software Solutions as owner Parabellum Investments looks to scale the business.

Parseq is a UK BPO with a 40+ year history that often goes ‘under the radar’ when we look at the sector. The integration of India-based Column provides access to much needed offshore technology capabilities so vital as the sector migrates towards digital business process services. The merger follows hot on the heels of the acquisition of the Tall Group earlier this month, which boosts the firm’s scale to more than 520 staff across 12 locations in the UK, Bulgaria and India. The Tall Group operates from three sites in Runcorn, Hinckley and Lisburn and counts UK banks and other blue chips among its clients.

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