Accenture acquires IT consultancy Edenhouse

Birmingham-headquartered IT consultancy Edenhouse has been acquired by professional services giant Accenture.

Edenhouse helps clients in sectors including manufacturing, professional services and retail to improve their use of enterprise software SAP.

Edenhouse’s 220 strong team will now join Accenture’s UK SAP business group.

Paul Solomon, chief executive of Edenhouse, commented: “Being part of Accenture will provide amazing opportunities for our staff and our clients.

“We have similar shared values, including putting business outcomes at the heart of everything we do to deliver value for clients and leveraging our deep relationships with SAP.

“We’re excited to be able to bring the combination of our people, technology and industry excellence to take digital transformation to the next level for our clients.”

John Erik Ellingsen, intelligent platform services lead for the UK and Ireland at Accenture, added: “Now that Edenhouse is part of Accenture, we’re in an even stronger position in the UK to help our clients harness change and accelerate their transformational journeys.

“The global pandemic has increased demand for SAP’s cloud-based solutions and the additional skills we now have access to will enable us to rapidly meet the needs of our clients, helping them to progress more quickly on their path to value and become more sustainable businesses for the future.”