Pensions and investment firm opens Colmore Square offices
Isio, the pensions and investment advisory business, has opened its first permanent office in Birmingham, completing the firm’s acquisition of a national network of eight offices.
Taking 10,000 sq ft of the No.1 Colmore Square building, the new office will be home to 130 Isio employees.
The company, which formed out of the management buy-out of KPMG’s pensions consulting unit, launched in March 2020.
While the design and build has been taking place, the Birmingham-based team have been using temporary office space but are now moving into their new home with neighbours including EY, Cushman & Wakefield and Shakespeare Martineau.
Matt Collinson, Isio regional lead for the Midlands, said: “Following lockdown, most businesses are going back into the office, but we are in the exciting position of launching the next chapter in our journey in the heart of Birmingham’s business district. We’re a people-focused business so it’s vital that we have a space to start seeing our teams and clients in person again.
“We’ve had all of our sites specially designed to offer a really flexible and modern approach to office working. The pandemic has proven that there are alternatives to being in an office five days a week so rather than just having traditional desks, we also have different zones allowing for team collaboration, quiet library space for more focused work and large open plan social areas.
James Craig, founder of Oval Real Estate which own the building, added: “We’re delighted to welcome Isio to No.1 Colmore Square and we’re confident it will be the perfect place for the team to grow their flourishing business. We offer lots of space to create safe and innovative working environments, but all centrally located with great transport links.”
The Birmingham office is one of the final Isio offices to open and joins Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Reading, Bristol and London as the regional hubs for the company.
