BT is creating 1,700 new apprenticeship and graduate jobs as it continues to equip young people with the skills and training needed to meet the challenges of the evolving jobs market. In the North West, BT is to create about 180 apprenticeship and graduate jobs.  The new recruits will be across the company’s sites in […]

Train wi-fi company Nomad Digital has promoted chief operating officer Reece Donovan to become its CEO after the revelation that Andrew Taylor was stepping down from the role. Mr Donovan has spent three years leading the firm’s global delivery and operational functions and Nomad has described his promotions as “part of an active succession planning […]

Manchester’s IT solutions provider King of Servers celebrated yet another record-breaking year in 2016 as sales revenue increased by 26%, reaching almost £3m by the end of the year. Their average monthly profits also increased by 160% from 2015 to 2016. King of Servers has high hopes for an even stronger 2017 as they have branched […]

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council revamps core IT in just two months with EfficientIP. EfficientIP, a provider of network services, was selected by Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, the local authority for the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, to deliver IT services to 4,100 active users while driving cost savings. Like most local authorities and government […]

Activ Technology, an independent provider of mobile, communications and IT services, has received the six-figure funding from FW Capital. The business provides its services to small and medium business across the North of England and Scotland. However, the tech company is now planning to expand its business geographically and hire 16 new members of staff. To […]

Sunderland telecoms and IT company CCS has been selected as one of the first companies to achieve the highest status in Vodafone’s new partner programme. CCS works with household names across the UK, and is the only company in the North East region to have been awarded the new Total Communications partner status, under the new Vodafone Partner Programme which […]

Data centre specialist Sudlows has completed the acquisition of Progressive Network Solutions, a provider of technical installation services. The Manchester-headquartered company claims the takeover of Progressive, which has operations in London, the Home Counties, Thames Valley and the Midlands, would strengthen its provision of infrastructure services across the South. Progressive was established in 2002 by […]

Unified communications solutions provider DXP has launched a new mobile service to bring all the features of landline and office PBX to mobile handsets. MobiX is a SIM – rather than an app – that allows any mobile handset to be a fully functional business phone system regardless of where the user is located. MobiX is completely integrated with […]

A Newcastle-based technology company is targeting further growth after securing a £500,000 investment. Activ Technology is an independent provider of mobile, communications and IT services to small and medium businesses in the Northern England and Scotland. Clients include Lumley Castle Hotel, MB&G and South Shields Community School. Based on Balliol Business Park, the company has been backed by […]

A number of small businesses and farms based in Eltofts, a rural area of North Leeds, enlisted the help of a local B2B telecoms provider to build their own private pure fibre network after suffering from staggeringly slow connections. Frustrated by the lack of options available from leading service providers to deliver fast, reliable broadband […]

Manchester-based cloud and managed hosting specialist UKFast has created 100 new jobs, despite Brexit uncertainty, with headcount rising across the firm’s associated brands from 250 to 350 in less than one year. CEO Lawrence Jones, a prominent Remain campaigner, insists that despite unanswered questions surrounding the triggering of Article 50, his firm and Manchester’s digital […]

Nomad Digital, an IT solutions provider to the rail sector, has been acquired by railway TravelTech firm Alstom. Alstom will purchase Nomad Digital from Amadeus Capital Partners, SEB Venture Capital and Deutsche Telekom Strategic Investments and other investors. The acquisition of Nomad Digital, which offers a range of applications and connectivity solutions to the rail industry, will help accelerate Paris-based Alstom’s […]

A major data centre campus is set to open in Newcastle that its owners boast is the largest of its kind in the UK. The venture has been formed by Noel Meaney, who has been involved in prior projects including Citadel100 Datacenters, euNetworks and Seafibre Networks, and he said the site had been developed in […]

Communications solutions provider DXP has been awarded Supplier Status under the new Crown Commercial Services Technology Products’ TP2 agreement. Designed as a single supplier agreement for the whole of the public sector, TP2 aims to simplify the purchasing process by offering a flexible and compliant route to market for all commodity technology requirements. Based in […]

Communications provider Daisy is to acquire one of the UK’s largest independent IT managed services businesses in a £165m deal. Alternative Networks has offices in London, Manchester, Surbiton, Buckinghamshire and Kent, with the board of Lancashire based Daisy stating that the acquired company represents a “strong, complementary fit”. The deal will value the entire issued and to […]