PARTNERS: CHAMBER EXECUTIVE CLUB
Wayne Thomson (left) and CEC member Dan Robinson
Good Food listing IT investment: Dr David Hardman (left) and Richard Carty Datacentre opens in Aston
Midlands-based IT services provider Netshield has opened a new datacentre facility at Birmingham Science Park Aston (BSPA). The facility – the company’s third – will house more than 12,000 servers. Netshield commercial director and Chamber
Executive Club member Richard Carty said: “The new datacentre at BSPA provides a centrally located addition to our datacentre network which already includes facilities in Aldridge and Nottingham. This is a significant step for the business, and Birmingham and the Science Park are the ideal location.” The new datacentre has created four jobs, with two further two technical staff to be added later this year.
Its opening comes a few weeks after the company announced other new jobs at its Aldridge head office. Mr Carty said: “We have secured a significant number of new contracts since the start of 2011. This has helped boost our turnover for the last 12-months and we are well on the way to realising a 25 per cent increase in turnover for this financial year.” Science Park chief executive officer Dr David Hardman said: “Such investment into Birmingham’s digital economy is to be welcomed and BSPA looks forward to working with Netshield in the future as it continues to grow.” More than £600 was raised at the opening of the
datacentre from a charity raffle for Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
on menu at No 9 A Chamber Executive Club member has become a tasty new entry in the new edition of the Good Food Guide. Dan Robinson’s Stratford
restaurant No 9 Church Street is one of 19 new entries in the 2012 edition of the guide. Dan, is a protégé of controversial TV chef Gordon Ramsay, and has worked at a number of top restaurants, including Claridge’s, before opening No 9 with fellow chef Wayne Thomson. Dan also owns Robinson’s
Catering, which began as one man and his van selling sandwiches to local businesses. Today, the catering business has 10 employees and provides a wide range of services to the corporate sector.
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