Computers & Electronics 2016 - Company News Summary

Prime Document, the Bury-based provider of outsourced document management services, has undergone a management buy-in backed by Maven Capital Partners.
16-Jun-2016

Cyan Holdings has acquired Connode Holding, the Swedish supplier of wireless communication solutions to the UK Smart Metering Programme, for £6.8m.
15-Jun-2016

LaSalle Investment Management has let three offices totalling 18,000 sq ft at Langley Quay in Berkshire to Adjuno, Atos IT Services and Muller Martini.
15-Jun-2016

ResQ is to set up a business support call centre at Seaham in County Durham, with the creation of 1,200 jobs over the next three years.
14-Jun-2016

Cloudwick Technologies is to set up a new headquarters for its US-based data management business in Glasgow, with the creation of 58 jobs.
13-Jun-2016

Sitel is to open a new 23,000 sq ft customer care centre at Earlsdon Park in Coventry by the end of July, with the creation of 400 jobs.
13-Jun-2016

Aberdeen City Council is considering plans to transform Glover House in the Bridge of Don into a £2m research centre for future technologies.
07-Jun-2016

Encore Personnel is expanding its network of nine offices with a new site in Derby, and is also looking to create 50 new jobs this year.
06-Jun-2016

Kainos is looking to expand the workforce at its IT business, which currently has 480 staff in Belfast, to more than 1,000 this year.
02-Jun-2016

Giacom World Networks, the Hull-based cloud communications firm, has undergone a management buy-out backed by LDC for undisclosed terms.
31-May-2016

Edge Testing Solutions is planning to expand the 150-strong workforce at its Bellshill-based software testing business with 20 new jobs this year.
31-May-2016

Pinnacle Technology Group has acquired Adept4, the Warrington-based provider of cloud IT services with 46 staff, for an initial £4.5m.
31-May-2016

ARM Holdings has acquired Apical, the London-based imaging technology firm with about 100 staff and a technical centre in Loughborough, in a £242m deal.
19-May-2016

Macildowie is seeking a suitable site for the relocation of its Nottingham-based recruitment office and 40 staff from Archer House on Castle Gate by mid-2018.
18-May-2016

CoreRFID, the Warrington-based radio frequency identification systems firm, has undergone a management buy-out with backing from Enterprise Ventures SME Loans.
18-May-2016

Claranet has acquired an 8,600 sq ft office at Birchwood Boulevard Business Park in Warrington for its hosting and network services business.
16-May-2016

Xpertise Recruitment is planning to treble the 17-strong workforce at its Derby-based digital recruitment business over the next 18 months.
16-May-2016

Xchanging, the London-based business solutions firm, has been acquired by Computer Sciences Corporation of the US in a £480m deal.
09-May-2016

IntroNovo has acquired RMS Managed IT Security, the Kettering-based IT security firm, from Pinnacle Technology Group for a nominal sum.
04-May-2016

Midwich Group is looking to raise £75m in a flotation on Aim to fund the expansion of its Diss-based audio visual products business.
04-May-2016

Learning Pool has sold a majority stake in its Londonderry-based online training business with 80 staff to Carlyle Cardinal Ireland.
04-May-2016

Frank Recruitment Group, the Newcastle-based recruitment firm with 700 staff, has been acquired by TPG Growth of the US in a multi-million pound deal.
03-May-2016

Reward Gateway is to relocate its London-based employee engagement business to a 5,800 sq ft office for up to 85 staff at Tottenham Court Road.
03-May-2016

Contechs is to create 50 jobs at its design and engineering recruitment office in Warwick, taking its total workforce to more than 950.
28-Apr-2016

UKFast has secured funding of £40m from the Royal Bank of Scotland for the expansion of its Manchester-based cloud infrastructure business.
21-Apr-2016

Babington has sold a majority stake in its Derby-based apprenticeships and skills training business to private equity firm RJD Partners for £22m.
21-Apr-2016

Synectics Solutions is to expand the 300-strong workforce at its Burslem-based IT solutions business with at least 25 new jobs this year.
20-Apr-2016

Zoopla Property Group is to acquire Property Software Holdings, the Brackley-based property software solutions firm, for £75m.
20-Apr-2016

Valuechain is to create ten jobs at its Preston-based software business, having acquired Tricorn Systems of Farnham for undisclosed terms.
14-Apr-2016

Central IT Support is planning to expand its West Midlands-based IT business with an unspecified number of new jobs over the next year.
14-Apr-2016

Advanced is planning to create 1,000 jobs at its Slough-based IT business over the next 18 months, including 400 at its new office in Birmingham.
13-Apr-2016

Noonan has acquired London-based security solutions businesses The Shield Guarding Company & TSG Security, taking its total headcount to more than 14,700.
13-Apr-2016

Osirium Technologies is raising £8.8m in a flotation on Aim for the expansion of its Berkshire-based cyber security software business.
12-Apr-2016

Maintel is to acquire Azzurri Communications, the Surrey-based communication services firm with 500 staff and five sites, for £49m.
11-Apr-2016

Smart421 is to expand the 250-strong workforce at its Ipswich-based IT applications business with 100 new jobs over the next four years.
05-Apr-2016

Oncam is to relocate the European headquarters of its technology business in London to a 6,500 sq ft office at Building 4 on Chiswick Park.
05-Apr-2016

University of Wolverhampton is to invest £13m in improvements to its digital infrastructure, including five technology projects and an IT upgrade.
04-Apr-2016

Odro is planning to expand the eight-strong workforce at its North Lanarkshire and Cambridge-based technology business to about 30 over the next 18 months.
30-Mar-2016

Radius Payment Solutions is to open a new software office on Peter Street in Manchester, with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs.
30-Mar-2016

Virtual College is looking to expand the 140-strong workforce at its Ilkley-based online training business with an unspecified number of new jobs.
24-Mar-2016

Orange Bus, the Newcastle-based technology firm with 75 staff and an office in London, has been acquired by Capita for undisclosed terms.
24-Mar-2016

Ampliphae is investing £1.4m in a new cloud computing software business at the Northern Ireland Science Park, with the creation of 20 jobs.
21-Mar-2016

IT@Spectrum is to relocate its Hull-based office technology business and about 70 staff to the Bridgehead Business Park in Hessle later this year.
17-Mar-2016

Pinnacle Technology is to acquire the remaining 70% of Accent Telecom North, the Stockton-based telecoms reseller, for £0.6m.
16-Mar-2016

Four Recruitment is planning to double the workforce at its Bolton-based recruitment business and relocate to a larger office over the next six months.
09-Mar-2016

Terra Technology, the US-based forecasting software firm with an office in Bracknell, has been acquired by E2open for undisclosed terms.
09-Mar-2016

GP Strategies Training has acquired Jencal Training and its subsidiary business B2B Engage, the learning firms with offices in Bracknell and Greenwich.
09-Mar-2016

TP Systems is looking to consolidate its Stoke-on-Trent-based IT support business and 11 staff at a larger office at the Core building in Longton.
09-Mar-2016

Powa Technologies of London has sold its PowaTag and PowaWeb payment businesses out of administration through Deloitte, securing the future of 69 jobs.
07-Mar-2016

Concentrix of the US is to set up a European headquarters and call centre for up to 1,600 staff at the former Maysfield Leisure Centre in Belfast.
07-Mar-2016

Accenture is to create more than 100 jobs at its IT business on Cobalt Business Park in North Tyneside, having secured a £1.9m grant.
03-Mar-2016

Lumi Technologies has secured a £2m funding package from Clydesdale Bank for the expansion of its Hampshire-based technology business.
03-Mar-2016

Swift, the Salford-based fire protection and security systems firm with 270 staff, is to be acquired by Marlowe Holdings for £13m.
01-Mar-2016

KBC Advanced Technologies, the Surrey-based oil and gas software firm, is to be acquired by Yokogawa Electric of Japan for £180m.
18-Feb-2016

Hull Council is to consider plans for a £10m digital technology and mechatronics college for 600 students in Kingston Square by next September.
17-Feb-2016

Codemasters is to relocate its Birmingham-based video games business and 120 staff to a 9,000 sq ft office at the Custard Factory in Digbeth this spring.
16-Feb-2016

KF Training is looking to expand the 52-strong workforce at its Peterlee-based training business with an unspecified number of jobs.
15-Feb-2016

Be-IT Resourcing is looking to expand its Edinburgh-based IT and digital recruitment business with a new office in London by the summer.
11-Feb-2016

SGP Technology Group is looking to create 50 jobs this year, taking the total workforce at its Newcastle-based software business to more than 100.
09-Feb-2016

SPIE is to consolidate its three Lanarkshire-based technical services offices and 142 staff at One Rutherglen Links in Glasgow this April.
08-Feb-2016

St Ives has acquired a majority stake in The App Business, the London-based mobile software consultancy, for an initial £22m.
01-Feb-2016

True Potential has sold a significant stake in its Newcastle-based technology business to US-based private equity firm FTV Capital for undisclosed terms.
01-Feb-2016

Whispering Gibbon has secured a six-figure investment from Northstar Ventures for the expansion of its Newcastle-based 3D printing technology business.
27-Jan-2016

OneSource Virtual is planning to expand the 43-strong workforce at its cloud services centre in Derry with 290 new jobs by the end of 2017.
26-Jan-2016

Pinnacle Technology Group is to acquire Ancar-B Technologies and Weston Communications, the Leeds-based IT support services firms, for £5m.
25-Jan-2016

Anaplan has secured funding of £63m for the expansion of its US-based software business, which includes a research and development centre in York.
18-Jan-2016

Cellhire has acquired 0044.co.uk and dataroam.co.uk, the Warwickshire-based mobile voice and data products businesses, for undisclosed terms.
13-Jan-2016

EE is to consolidate its customer services in Darlington, as part of a multi-million pound refurbishment of its offices and call centre.
12-Jan-2016

Nicholas Associates has acquired Ashley Kate HR, the Nottingham-based HR recruitment firm with more than 30 staff, in a seven-figure deal.
11-Jan-2016

Cayan is to relocate its technology business at Belfast Harbour from Clarendon Buildings to an office of about 28,000 sq ft at City Quays 1.
07-Jan-2016

Clear Edge Search & Selection is planning to expand the 20-strong workforce at its Leeds-based recruitment business to 40 by the end of 2017.
06-Jan-2016

Chess has announced the acquisition of five further telecoms and IT businesses, including Go4, Tetcom, Powercit and Millennium Talk.
06-Jan-2016