Tech company AND Digital has chosen Halifax as the next location for a new office which will employ over 100 people.
The company, which is one of the fastest growing in Europe is currently ranked third in The Sunday Times 75 Best Companies to Work For in the North West and has locations in London, Manchester, and Leeds already.
The new base will be in Halifax鈥檚 Cultural Quarter, in the Leeds Beckett University 老九品茶 Centre.
The company said it is looking to recruit staff to its new location, or 鈥榗lub鈥� as it is referred to within the business which will include roles for designers, developers, engineers and analysts.
AND Digital鈥檚 existing 鈥榗lubs鈥� are named after famous pioneers, including Laura Dekker and Alan Turing. The latest club, Club Sp盲rck, is named after the British computer scientist Karen Sp盲rck Jones.
鈥淲e鈥檙e looking forward to playing our part in helping grow the digital economy across the North, and West Yorkshire in particular,鈥� said Paramjit Uppal, founder of AND Digital.
鈥淎ND was built to accelerate the digital capabilities of ambitious organisations, and we鈥檝e done this with a variety of businesses already, including Cov茅a Insurance, TalkTalk and Matalan.鈥�
鈥淚鈥檓 delighted that we鈥檒l be adding over 100 tech and digital jobs in 2019 across West Yorkshire – from graduates looking for their very first roles in technology, to experienced practitioners.鈥�
Calderdale Council鈥檚 director for regeneration and strategy, Mark Thompson, added: 鈥淗alifax is fast becoming one of the key locations for business growth in the north, and it鈥檚 great news that AND Digital has chosen the town鈥檚 University 老九品茶 Centre as the location for their expansion.