A US storage and data management firm has announced plans to open a huge new facility in the West Midlands next year. Iron Mountain, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, is launching a new one million sq ft operation on Symmetry Park in Warwickshire. It will be the company’s first campus in the UK, spread across four buildings, and joins its other smaller operations in Kettering and...
Telecoms firm BT has announced a major recruitment drive at its base in Birmingham which will create 460 new jobs in the city. The roles will cover a broad variety of fields and be based at its new West Midlands regional hub in Three Snowhill which opened last year. The specialist posts will come under its ‘Digital’ arm which is responsible for leading its digital transformation and creating...
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BT is creating 100 new jobs in Belfast as part of an expansion of its digital team in the UK and India. It will be filling vacancies in product management, software engineering, cloud, design, data, AI and machine learning and agile delivery in a move designed to ramp up its in-house digital capabilities. BT said its financial outlook will remain unchanged given the new jobs will replace...
Collapsed South West aerospace and tech company Electroflight has been sold off in its entirety, saving all jobs within the business. The Gloucestershire-based firm, which developed the battery for Rolls-Royce’s world-record-breaking all-electric aircraft, appointed administrators on Monday (July 11). On Friday, business advisory firm Milsted Langdon confirmed Electroflight’s assets were sold “as...
A North East digital agency is set to open a new base in the region to support its growing workforce after acquiring a web design firm. White Digital, a website development and digital marketing agency based in Darlington, has snapped up Design365, which has bases in Gateshead and Newton Aycliffe. The move will safeguard the future of Design365 and its four members of staff, following the...
A training provider that delivers tech and digital skills across the country plans to create at least 50 new jobs following a £1m move into new premises. Baltic Apprenticeships acquired Pioneer House in Darlington as its new head office – consolidating four previous locations on Aycliffe Business Park. The firm says the 175,000 sqft premises – bought with the support of a £435,000 Large Capital...
TalkTalk is back in the news after it emerged at the end of last week that the internet giant is facing a potential takeover deal from Virgin Media 02 that would value it at £3bn. The Salford-headquartered company has been in private hands for just over a year following a £1.1bn deal. TalkTalk was founded by Sir Charles Dunstone and was spun out of Carphone Warehouse in 2010. It’s facing a bid...
A global technology company has said it’s achieved 800% year-on-year growth since choosing Bristol as its European headquarters. Pax8, which moved into the West of England 18 months ago, has created a marketplace for IT professionals to buy cloud-based technology products and has achieved so-called ‘unicorn’ status, meaning it is now valued at more than $1bn. The company is expecting to create...
Hull-based digital infrastructure specialist Connexin has acquired Pure Broadband – in a second city swoop in a week. The undisclosed deal follows hot on the heels of the firm’s Wispa Broadband addition. It will see more than 15,000 new customers added, increasing its workforce to almost 150 people, making it one of the largest alternative network providers in the North. Pure, led by managing...