Growing digital consultancy creating another 100 jobs

A digital and IT consultancy says it has seen rapid growth through the pandemic as companies and organisations accelerated digital transformation plans.

Leeds-based Answer has seen its revenues leap 40% and has also announced plans to recruit over 100 new roles in the next two years.

The company is working with the London Medical Imaging and AI Centre for Value-Based Healthcare to pave the way for AI-enabled hospitals and the future of patient care.

The project will see new Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms built and used to support clinicians with faster diagnosis and treatments, personalised therapies, and effective screening across a range of conditions and procedures.

Answer says it is supporting the development and delivery of the NHS Integrating Care Programme, working with NHS Digital.

The NHS Integrating Care Programme is joining up IT systems across health and social care. It is designed to enable improved care decisions because authorised health and social care professionals will have immediate, secure access to accurate health and care information.

Answer is also leading digital transformation in the financial services sector. It is supporting RPMI, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Railways Pension Trustee Company Limited (RPTCL), providing new digital services to over 500,000 customers.

Gary Parlett, founder and managing director of Answer, said: “Since our move to employee-ownership, Answer has gone from strength to strength.

“We have put our people at the centre of everything we do, and it means that we have great people doing work they are passionate about. It’s driving rapid growth across the health, financial services and wider commercial sectors.

“We are continuing to invest in training our team and building a culture that attracts the best talent in the country. The additional 100 roles we are creating are just the start of our plans for the business.”

The company is currently expanding its Academy, which over the last six years has fast-tracked young people in digital skills in software development, integration, test automation and project management.

Over half of the staff at Answer Digital are alumni of the Academy, which was set up to nurture the next generation of talent for the company.

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