US tech firm opens Liverpool HQ
A US technology company has entered a joint venture partnership with a data centre operator after choosing Liverpool as its first UK base.
ConcertCare, based in Alabama, provides an e-consultation product to the health sector to help practitioners improve efficiency and patient outcomes.
It has partnered with AIMES, based at Liverpool Innovation Park, and is now set to open an office in Liverpool’s Alder Hey Innovation Centre.
ConcertCare’s chief executive Tanveer Patel first made ties with the city during a trade mission to the US led by city mayor Joe Anderson last year, which resulted in a twinning agreement between the two cities.
Ms Patel has since visited Liverpool twice – most recently during the International Festival for Business – and with support from the city region’s inward investment agency Invest Liverpool chose Liverpool for the firm’s UK headquarters.
Ms Patel said: “The inevitable uncertainty which accompanies an overseas expansion was completely removed for us by the support of the Invest Liverpool team who have introduced us to a range of potential partners and customers.
“We are delighted to have entered into the new partnership with AIMES, which is an internationally recognised pioneer and innovator in the data and cloud computing arena.”
Ms Patel added: “Our choice of Liverpool is a direct consequence of the Liverpool delegation’s visit to Alabama last year and of the twinning agreement. The Invest Liverpool team and the mayor’s office presented a compelling rationale as to why we should choose Liverpool as our UK base.
“We’re a rapidly growing business and anticipate doubling our staff numbers year on year. We’re currently running at a headcount of 60 but plan aggressive investment and growth over the next five years. Liverpool can and will play a key role in that.”
Prof. Dennis Kehoe, chief executive of AIMES, said: “We are very excited to be entering into a collaboration with a company which offers expertise and experience complementary to our own.
“We believe there are significant new business, research and development opportunities for our joint venture both here in the UK and overseas, capitalising on our combined strengths in software development, data management and cloud computing services.”
AIMES’ customers include Everton FC, Atlantic Container Line, SPHERE, Liverpool Heart and Chest NHS Foundation Trust and the Federation of Small Businesses.
