Isis Concepts joins the RM Group

Isis Concepts, which creates inspiring learning spaces for schools, has joined the RM Group. Isis is a well-established supplier of specialist education interiors, with significant intellectual property – both in its unique furniture designs and its understanding of how the physical environment can help education.

The details of the transaction are all in this Stock Exchange announcement, so nothing more to say here. It is worth adding some colour to what “innovative education interiors and furniture” really means though. Click over to the Isis Concepts’ Web site and you can see a video clip from the BBC’s Working Lunch show. In it, Nick Topliss, Isis Concepts MD, explains how his concerns about his daughter’s handwriting led to an ingenious new chair design.

Some background to the market opportunity mentioned in the clip: Partnerships for Schools’ guidance for BSF new-build programmes suggests spening £1,000 per pupil (about £1m in total for a typical school) on furniture, fittings and equipment.