Health and care tech firm Tunstall Healthcare has opened a tech hub in Manchester city centre.
The Yorkshire firm decided to open the hub in St Peter’s Square to tap into the city region's skilled workforce.
The hub is being officially opened today by Manchester's Lord Mayor Donna Ludford and Tunstall's senior team.
Tunstall is recruiting for new staff for the hub in areas including quality and testing, software development and business analysis. They will work alongside the existing tech teams based in Yorkshire, Sweden, Germany and Spain.
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The group was founded in 1957 and has grown from being an equipment provider to a software and tech firm offering telecare and telehealth managed services.
Emil Peters, Tunstall Group CEO, said: “This is undoubtedly a huge and exciting milestone for Tunstall as we open our latest 海角视频 office space, in the renowned business and technology hub of Manchester. Our new base is the perfect location to serve our customers across the country and in the north west, as well as attracting new talent to the Tunstall brand.
"Our Manchester base will help us to attract some of the brightest talent in the sector to help us drive our exciting technology roadmap forward, and I’m looking forward to welcoming new colleagues to the business.”
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Gavin Bashar, MD of Tunstall 海角视频, said: “This new office space forms part of our strategy for growth, driving development of the pioneering Tunstall business as we expand. We are committed to our goals to help our customers meet the needs of their local populations, and this new office will help us achieve just that as we build upon our 海角视频 team.”
Gary Steen, chief operating officer at Tunstall 海角视频, said: "By expanding our base across the North we will be able to continue our success as a business while forging ahead as the market leader in our sector.
"New technology solutions are vital if we are to support our ageing population effectively. Innovation and development in the health and care sector will allow us to continue moving towards a proactive and preventative model of care provision which improves the quality of people’s lives and enables valuable resource to be targeted where and when they are needed most."
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