Expansion for North West web specialist Ixis after major contract wins
A North West web specialist has doubled its workforce after winning a number of new clients including a global charity, a national planning consultancy and two leading local authorities.
Ixis, specialists in open source software Drupal, has just recorded its best financial quarter since the company was founded in 2004 and is on target to increase turnover by 30 per cent by the end of its financial year in August to £1.6 million.
New contracts for Ixis include a mixture of consultancy, support, hosting and development services for Turley, Basware, Amnesty International, The Donkey Sanctuary, Westminster Council, Times Education and Haringey Council.
The workforce at the Warrington-based company has grown from 9 to 18 with new members handlingtechnical, operational and administration roles.
Ixis were also recently appointed onto the latest version of the Government’s G-Cloud procurement framework - G Cloud 5, which allows the public sector to procure cloud products from a list of suppliers via an online store called CloudStore.
Chris Haslam, director and co-founder at Ixis said: “Having the right core team in place and further strengthening it with technically talented individuals has been essential to our growth and has allowed our company to secure more high-profile clients across a variety of sectors.
“It is the team’s passion and expertise in delivering agile development methodologies and robust hosting platforms which makes us the trusted Drupal agency to go to.
“One of our key business strategies is around the sustainability of our growth, hence during expansion we’ve also ensured client retention is a strong focus for Ixis.”
Ixis is developing plans to collaborate with clients to deliver long term value by investing in research and development.
Want your business, product or service to be seen regionally and nationally? Bdaily helps you get your story in front of the right audience, every day. Find out how Bdaily can help →
Join more than 55,000 subscribers by signing up to our daily bulletin each morning here.
Don't get caught out by employment law change
When literacy thrives, our businesses thrive too
Building a more diverse construction sector
The value of using data like a Premier League club
Raising the bar to boost North East growth
Navigating the messy middle of business growth
We must make it easier to hire young people
Why community-based care is key to NHS' future
Culture, confidence and creativity in the North East
Putting in the groundwork to boost skills
£100,000 milestone drives forward STEM work
Restoring confidence for the economic road ahead