Razorblue hoping to find North East tech talent

Razorblue Group, an IT company with operations across Yorkshire has opened its first North East office.

The 10 year old company employs a workforce of more than 40 across its Catterick, Leeds and London bases and recently posted record results. The company plans to use the new base to increase turnover from £3.5m to £4.5m.

Based out of Teesside’s Wynyard Park, the move according to managing director Dan Kitchen, who went to school in the area, was “like coming home”.

Over the next 12 months Razorblue will employ ten staff at its 2,500 sq ft Wynyard office to work with clients Sports Direct, Wensleydale Creamery and Gale & Phillipson.

“At Catterick we experienced problems with recruitment and although we will keep recruiting in that area, we feel there are greater opportunities here to find new talent from Teesside and the other local universities,” said Kitchen.

“Although this is a new office, this is not new territory for us. We already have a large client base in Teesside and having a presence here will open doors to other local businesses.

“What we have to offer, I believe, gives us the edge over our competitors.”

Razorblue started life as a cloud hosting business but has gradually evolved.  It now offers expertise in managed it support, cloud, superfast connectivity, telecoms and bespoke business software.