Lawrence Jones in Ernst & Young Awards | 14 May 2012 |
Lawrence Jones, CEO of web hosting and cloud specialist UKFast, has been shortlisted in the regional heats of this year's Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards. The awards ceremony is in June. | ![]() |
Business bosses shortlisted for Ernst & Young awards | 30 April 2012 |
Some of the region's leading business brains will battle it out to be crowned the north's top entrepreneur. Fred Done, founder of Betfred, Metronet chief executive Elliott Mueller and Tetrosyl Group chairman Peter Schofield are among the finalists for Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year awards. | ![]() |
Mid-sized Tech Firms Lose Out as Fat Salaries Snare The Talent | 17 April 2012 |
UKFast roundtable paints mid-tier technology companies as beaten to the talent by larger rivals, with exciting start-ups coming a close second | ![]() |
Secret of my Success | 6 April 2012 |
"I'm a survivor who likes to be challenged and have some fun." Lawrence Jones, founder UKFast | ![]() |
Entrepreneur Takes Sir Richard Branson's Advice and Appoints MD | 5 April 2012 |
Entrepreneur Lawrence Jones has taken the advice of his friend Sir Richard Branson and handed over the day-to-day running of his Manchester-based internet hosting firm UKFast as he focuses on the company's expansion. | ![]() |
False Alarm! | 3 April 2012 |
A fake hack attack can be as damaging as a real one and they're becoming increasingly common, says Stuart Coulson. | ![]() |
QR Codes: Scanning or Scamming? | 28 March 2012 |
UKFast is claiming QR codes may not be safe after its research revealed the risks behind scanning the seemingly innocuous marketing tool. | ![]() |
UKFast Targets 100 New Jobs With Data Centre Expansion | 20 March 2012 |
Manchester-based internet hosting company UKFast is planning to create up to 100 skilled jobs after securing £1.2 million to fund a trio of green data centres. | ![]() |
UKFast to Create 100 Jobs With £8m Expansion | 20 March 2012 |
Internet hosting company UKFast has bought three new buildings as part of an £8m expansion drive set to create 100 jobs. The move to buy the sites, in Trafford Park, has been supported by a £1.2m loan from the Manchester-based corporate banking division of The Co-operative Bank. | ![]() |
Power of Ten | 7 March 2012 |
Leading North West business figures reveal their opinions on a hot topic of the moment. This week's question: Can the North West be an international media hub? | |
Appointments: UKFast Promotes | 1 March 2012 |
Manchester internet company UKFast has made a number of key appointments and promotions. | ![]() |
Liz Donevan Promoted to PR Manager at UKFast | 29 February 2012 |
Liz Donevan, a former journalist at the North West business magazine EN, has been promoted to the role of PR manager at internet host UKFast. | ![]() |
Happy Staff at UKFast | 27 February 2012 |
Manchester hosting firm UKFast has made The Sunday Times' 'Best Small Companies to Work For' list for the fourth year running. | ![]() |
The Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work For 2012 | 26 February 2012 |
UKFast is once again officially one of the best places to work in the UK, ranking 45th in the Sunday Times list of the 100 Best Small Companies to Work For. Featuring in the list for the fourth year in a row, and jumping a massive 30 places up the list since last year, UKFast scored highly as a fun and supportive workplace. Here's what the Sunday Times had to say about us: | ![]() |
Police Make Region E-Crime Hub | 16 February 2012 |
The north west has been chosen to host to one of three new e-crime hubs designed to tackle cyber attacks against business, consumers and government agencies. Each hub - the others are in Yorkshire and the East Midlands - will have three staff. | ![]() |
Corporate Hospitality | 13 February 2012 |
In the se straightened times, a few well-placed vol-au-vents could loosen a clients' grip on thier wallets. So how do you put on a do that does business? | ![]() |
Reward in a recession | 6 February 2012 |
As businesses battened down the hatches and pulled the purse strings tight in response to media predictions of a double-dip recession, my wife and business partner and I started 2012 the same way we have started every year since we set up our company in 1999. | ![]() |
UKFast Unveils Five Top Tips to Help SMES Stay Safe Online in 2012 | 27 January 2012 |
To celebrate the fact that today is European Privacy and Data Protection Day, Manchester-based hosting company UKFast brought together a panel of cyber security experts to share their expertise and offer their advice to SMEs. | ![]() |
O2 Style Security Blunders Could Become "More and More Commonplace" This Year | 26 January 2012 |
O2's data blunder is a sign of cyber threats to come in 2012 according to a panel of security specialists. | ![]() |
Gongs for internet pioneers at Digital Entrepreneur Awards | 19 January 2012 |
Greater Manchester entrepreneurs have won honours in a national awards scheme which recognises and rewards the "pioneers" of the internet. | ![]() |
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