August 20, 2004—Kroll Inc., the global risk consulting company, recently announced that Kroll Background Worldwide Limited (KBW), its London-based international background screening subsidiary, has acquired FPR Limited (FPR), one of the United Kingdom’s leading pre-employment screening companies. This acquisition solidifies KBW’s position as the foremost background screening company in both Europe and in the United Kingdom.
Kroll Background Worldwide’s business in the U.K., which includes both local and international employee and vendor background screening, is currently conducted by Kroll PRM, a Kroll company located in Brighton. As a result of the acquisition, Kroll PRM and FPR will be merged into a single operating entity, which will conduct business under the name “Kroll FPR.” FPR’s former owners, David Spencer-Butler and Michael Whittington, will join the new company as managing director and operations director, respectively.
Based in East Grinstead with more than 80 staff, FPR was founded in 1992 by Spencer-Butler, following a number of years service in the financial services industry at board level. In addition to employment screening, FPR’s services include Reference Bank, an outsourced solution for reference provisioning and Employment Verifications System (EVS), an on-line employment verification software solution.
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