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Infoserve accelerates expansion

An online business search company in the Tees Valley is creating up to 120 new jobs as it looks to realise its ambitious growth plans.

Morton Palms-based Infoserve Ltd is creating the new jobs with the help of a £249,000 Grant for Business Investment (GBI) from Regional Development Agency One North East.

The company, which already employs over 100 people, offers online marketing guidance to a growing portfolio of small and medium businesses across the country.

It specialises in local search, which combines specific business sectors with particular locations – offering a wide range of online business directories, enhanced business listings, website design services and the local search facilities on Yahoo!Local.

To support the expansion, Infoserve is expanding into floor space above its current premises at Pioneer Court which will be home to a new specialist sales team working to help SMEs efficiently manage their online marketing campaigns.

Mark Riley, sales director of Infoserve, said: “Looking for businesses in paper directories and phonebooks has become a thing of the past as more and more people are turning to searching the internet. It has become second nature to us and not something we ever really stop to think about, but SMEs are only just starting to understand how important it is to have an effective online presence.

“Search engines are becoming much more sophisticated in interpreting what we are looking for, but crucially, they are beginning to present local search results if you are looking for general goods or services. This means if you’re a local business, ensuring that you appear in these search results should be a number one priority and we’re here to help with that.”

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