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Newcastle's Opal IT sets sights on scaling up following £600k windfall

Newcastle-headquartered Opal IT has expanded to larger premises and taken on new staff following a raft of new business.

The multi-platform IT solutions provider has won more than £600k of new business in the last six months.

Working with firms in the education, financial, legal, creative and digital sectors the business says it now aims to grow its £2m turnover by 20% year-on-year.

Andrew Metcalfe, managing director of Opal, said: “We have a proven track record of offering unique, multi-platform solutions for those who need to integrate Apple and Microsoft products within their business.

“Opal has had an extremely strong first half of 2016, with new business coming from clients such as schools and other education providers who need help to integrate, deploy and manage multiple devices within their IT infrastructure.

“We’re also working with some prominent names in other sectors, including an international packaging company, a private co-educational prep school in Edinburgh and an international creative agency based in Edinburgh with offices in the USA.

“We have recent examples where we’ve deployed thousands of devices across individual sites and we’re in a unique space due to our deep understanding and experience of Apple and Microsoft products.”

Opal, which intends to recruit additional engineers and technical sales staff to its growing team in the autumn, provides a wide variety of services and specialises in the creation, integration and maintenance of multi-functional, multi-site virtual networks.

Andrew continued: “We completely understand how the wrong IT advice can cost a business both time and money and our long-term relationships with clients reflects this.

“We try to give the best advice to clients based on their current needs and their expected growth in the next 3-5 years.

“Having a flexible, robust IT infrastructure is vital for business continuity. We manage this IT infrastructure so that our clients can get on with the day-to-day task of running their business.”

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