NWDA’s Attention-grabbing move
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on Saturday 20th of December 2008 |
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Story from Crain's Manchester Business
US-based environmental software firm AttentionIT is to set up the headquarters of its international operations at Birchwood Park, near Warrington. The firm, which is based at Knoxville, Tennessee, offers a waste tracking software system known as Emwaste and is targeting opportunities in the nuclear sector. The firm said that it plans to take on an initial 15 staff, but expects to grow its workforce “substantially” within the next three years. It supplies software to Magnox South Ltd, which is currently decommissioning five nuclear sites in southern England.
“The Warrington site will not only be our national UK base, but our international headquarters,” said AttentionIT’s co-owner Dan Smith. “We plan to hire from within the UK, utilizing the skills and enhanced knowledge of the local population. Our company may be based in Knoxville, but I anticipate the UK office becoming the larger employer within the next three years.”
Attention IT received support for the move from Cheshire & Warrington Economic Alliance, Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) and the US-based North of England Investment Agency, which is co-funded by the NWDA. It said the project will represent a £4-5m investment for the region.
“The NWDA looks forward to working with AttentionIT as it grows and develops within the UK, providing future support to assist with expansion,” said executive director of Economic Development, Mark Hughes.
