North IT services specialist razorblue is toasting record results after seeing turnover jump 32% to £9m.
The IT services provider – headquartered in Catterick, North Yorkshire, with offices in Newcastle, Wynyard, Leeds, Manchester, London and Edinburgh – is aiming for turnover of £20m, as rising numbers of clients also leads to new jobs.
Over the course of the financial year the technology group grew its headcount 30% to 120 staff, which includes doubling its sales and marketing team, as well as making 12 internal promotions. It now plans to create a further 25 jobs.
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Razorblue plans to recruit the additional team members in the next 12 months, to support its plans to continue expanding its nationwide coverage and adding more products and services to the current offering.
Chief executive officer Dan Kitchen said: “Our long-term strategy to put our customers first, constantly improving our service, evolving our product offering, and employing the most skilled technical experts – has paid off.
“This puts us in a strong position to continue to implement our growth strategy through geographical expansion over the coming months.
“We have made particular investment in our 24/7 offering this year, with more and more clients demanding access to our services around the clock.”
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Over the last four years razorblue has seen turnover increase by 128% and is on target to reach its goal of £20m turnover by 2023. Operating profit also grew significantly, from £548,000 to £800,000.
The company works with more than 500 businesses across the 海角视频 through its seven offices, providing a wide range of services including managed IT support, connectivity, cloud solutions and software development, bringing in over 50 new clients in the last year
Finance director Rachel Atkinson said: “Having joined the company in January 2016 when the turnover was £1.8m, the growth it has achieved year on year and continues to do so is phenomenal. I’m really looking forward to seeing what the future holds and being part of the continued growth strategy.”