In Brief: Wi-Fi; Paragon Data Services; Spencer Rail
PARAGON Data Services is embarking on a recruitment drive as a result of securing £1m of new business in East Yorkshire and London.
New contract wins with East Riding College, Kensington and Chelsea Leisure Centre, along with expanding its current work with retailer JD Sports, has seen the company step up its search for new team members to meet demand.
Iain Bland, managing director of the Hull-based business, said: “We’ve secured quite a number of new contracts and we’re expanding to meet demand, with another £700,000 of contracts in the pipeline. We’re adding another ten staff if the right people come along, and they will all be based in Hull.”
Paragon Data Services has recently celebrated 15 years in business and has invested £15,000 in a new customer service management system. The company is set to do £3m of business in 2014 and has aspirations to increase turnover to £5m in the next few years.
The company employs 30 people and has offices in Hull, Newbury and London. Paragon Data Services supplies services including network and data cabling, wireless networks, business telephone systems and Induction loops.
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AN ESTIMATED 95 buildings in Leeds and Bradford will be transformed into free wi-fi hotspots.
Leeds City Council’s central library in Calverley Street, more than 40 libraries across all points of the city and another 40 community and children centres, as well as locations such as Armley Industrial Museum and John Charles conference suite will offer the wifi service. In Bradford, free wifi will be on tap at City Park, Shipley, Keighley, Laisterdyke and Silsden libraries.
The programme is part of a £150m Government investment to transform the digital capability of UK cities, making them even more attractive places to live, do business, visit and invest in.
Digital economy minister Ed Vaizey said: “The digital landscape of the UK is undergoing a period of tremendous improvement and is all part of the Government’s long term economic plan. For business, visitors and the UK public, accessing wi-fi in our cities is absolutely vital. I’m delighted this government scheme is on track. These free hotspots will be instrumental in making UK cities even more attractive as places to not only do business, but to visit as well.”
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RAIL infrastructure firm Spencer Rail has launched a new charter in a bid to provide industry leading performance.
Hull-based Spencer has put together the Supply Chain Partners Charter to acknowledge its commitment to working collaboratively with its supply chain businesses to provide industry leading quality whilst managing the collective social, economic and environmental impacts.
All 30 of Spencer’s supply chain organisations signed up to the charter.
Noble, commercial director at Spencer Rail, said: “The Supply Chain Partners Charter provides us and our supply chain partners with a clear vision of how we operate; it gives us criteria by which to evaluate our performance across a number of areas.
“I am delighted that all 30 of our supply chain partners have agreed to follow these guidelines in a bid to constantly deliver the best possible service and, in turn, raise the standard of project delivery across the rail industry.”
