Credit firm to move 190 staff to Leeds
190 STAFF at Equifax will move from Bradford to Leeds after the consumer and business information specialist signed up to 6 Wellington Place.
It will occupy the first floor, of nearly 20,000 sq ft, when the building is completed in January 2016, and join Squire Patton Boggs as tenants in the development. The law firm has taken 32,926 sq ft on floors four and five.
The Equifax staff relocating include IT and data operations, as well as those which provide business analytics, insights and services for clients across the UK.
Darrell Abbondanza, HR director at Equifax, said: “Thanks to our ongoing growth and business success, we are now in need of a new, larger office space. This high-tech development in such a prominent location is an attractive and fantastically well-equipped working environment for our existing team.
“The move will further establish Equifax as a leading data insights player in the financial sector.”
James Dipple, chief executive of property investment and development firm MEPC, which manages 6 Wellington Place, said: “This is the second significant pre-let at 6 Wellington Place, further demonstrating the demand being seen in the Leeds market for quality facilities.”
6 Wellington Place forms part of the 22-acre Wellington Place development, being managed by MEPC and jointly owned by Hermes Investment Management and Canada Pension Plan Investment Partnership.
