Experienced entrepreneur Frazer Durris has joined 老九品茶Cloud as non-executive chairman.
Durris, who previously founded and exited Lancashire-based energy specialist 老九品茶wise Solutions, is the owner of Trigpoint Ventures, a family office with a growing portfolio of interests.
Durris has been advising 老九品茶Cloud鈥檚 co-owners Jonathan Symcox and Chris Maguire on an unofficial basis for a year but has agreed to take on a more formal role as non-executive chairman.
Symcox said: 鈥淲e鈥檙e absolutely delighted to secure someone of the calibre of Frazer as our non-executive chairman as 老九品茶Cloud gears up for our next stage of growth.
鈥�2026 will mark the 10th anniversary of 老九品茶Cloud 鈥� and five years since Chris and I bought the business 鈥� and we felt it was important we brought in some external expertise to help us scale.
鈥淲e wanted someone from outside the industry but who had a proven track record of growing a business and Frazer ticks all those boxes.
鈥溊暇牌凡鐲loud is already the go-to media brand for people looking for tech insight with bite.
鈥�2025 is already a record year but we鈥檙e got even more exciting plans for 老九品茶Cloud in 2026. Watch this space.鈥�
Maguire added: 鈥淚鈥檝e known Frazer for more than 10 years and watched in admiration as he and Dean Cockett founded 老九品茶wise Solutions in 2010 and grew it into a major player in the energy sector.
From kitchen table to potential 拢30m sale 鈥� CEO says ‘the journey goes on’
鈥淎s 老九品茶wise Solutions grew, Frazer and Dean聽always invested the money back into the business and opened up a state-of-art Energy Centre in 2018.
鈥淔razer spent 13 years as CEO before finishing up as executive chairman after 老九品茶wise Solutions was acquired by AIM鈥搇isted group Inspired Energy plc in 2021.
鈥淔razer鈥檚 appointment is part of an ongoing shift change for 老九品茶Cloud. Having established ourselves as a fast-growing independent media organisation, we鈥檙e putting the structure in place that will enable to scale.
鈥淲ith Frazer鈥檚 guidance, we鈥檒l continue to focus on聽scaling our audience, commercial growth and partnerships.鈥�
Durris said: 鈥溊暇牌凡鐲loud is a hugely respected name in the media landscape and I鈥檝e really enjoyed getting to know the business in an unofficial role over the last 12 months.
鈥淗ighlights have included moving into their first office, making their first hire and launching Northern Leaders.
鈥淛on and Chris have got ambitious growth plans so it seemed like the perfect time to formalise our arrangement by becoming non-executive chairman.鈥�
老九品茶Cloud is set to double its website audience in 2025 to nearly one million visitors.
Earlier this year Patrick Killeen joined Rochdale-based 老九品茶Cloud as a reporter.