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IT consultancy moves to bigger premises  with more staff and eyes up London

IT consultancy moves to bigger premises with more staff and eyes up London

INDEPENDENT information technology consultancy firm Economit has moved to a bigger base and taken on new staff as business continues to grow.

 

 

Formed in September 2011 by entrepreneurs Mike Donoghue and Nick Gall to give independent and impartial advice to businesses and other organisations the company moved to St Michael's Studios in Queen Street, Derby, early in 2014.

But now the firm has taken a lease on larger premises, The Colour Shed, at Darley Abbey Mills, to cope with expansion.

The company's work focuses on providing digital transformation services which include everything from IT infrastructure and networking to mobile technologies and unified communications, all strategically integrated with saving costs and improving process efficiencies in mind, hence the name Economit.

Since it started the company has achieved savings of more than £1.5m for clients – mainly in the leisure, professional services, and distribution and manufacturing sectors across The Midlands.

But now the company is looking to offer its services further afield and taking on new staff for the challenge.

“Although we are a Derby-based business we are actively pursing a presence in London, including an office base for local staff,” said Mike.

“There's a vast untapped market in London for the services that we provide and as independent and impartial consultants we are best placed to fill the gap,” added Nick.

The company felt it wanted a dedicated place of its own, because after 18 months it had outgrown the Queen Street offices.

It started the move to Darley Abbey last year but has only just recently completed renovation work, along with owners Pattern Properties.

This had to be done sympathetically because The Colour Shed is one of the outbuildings of Walter Evans Cotton Mills which ceased production in 1969. It is a listed building in the village conservation area and part of the Derwent Valley Mills UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is thought the name derives from being a dye house.

Before leaving the previous office, Economit recruited two new staff – Charlotte Clifford as project co-ordinator, and Rob Marshall as principal consultant who can go into companies as an IT director.

Since moving the company has recruited Nick Briars as head of project delivery.

Now the company is looking to take on an associate consultant and an apprentice administrator.

As part of  its growth and development the company recently achieved ISO 9001, a quality management standard accreditation.


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