The boss of a Manchester-based tech company has described two senior promotions as the biggest in the company鈥檚 10-year history.
Ruth Hall said the appointment of Ben Turner as head of technical operational聽delivery and Lyndsay Fielding as聽head of finance, systems and people management would help the company grow turnover to 拢3m in 2021.
Hall, who was runner-up in the 2006 series of聽The Apprentice under her previous name of Ruth Badger, said: 鈥淥ur biggest assets are our staff and Ben and Lyndsay will really strengthen the senior leadership team.
鈥�2020 has been an amazing year in that we鈥檝e grown our customer base, workforce and moved into new offices in Manchester city centre and the promotions of Ben and Lyndsay mean we can continue to push for growth and improvement in 2021.
鈥淐ovid-19 saw some project work put on hold but next year looks very positive and these changes ensure we have the leadership聽to deliver it.鈥�
As well as offering聽managed IT support, Everything Tech is a Microsoft Gold Partner and helps companies transform their business through the adoption of Microsoft Modern Workplace聽technology.
Based in a 2,500 sq ft office in Hanover House, Charlotte Street, Everything Tech was founded in 2010 and employs 32 people.
It鈥檚 co-owned by sales and marketing director Lee Wrall, technical director Anthony Hautin and managing director Hall.
Everything Tech has 144 customers and services over 2,500 users.
Despite the impact of Covid-19 the company鈥檚 turnover grew by 28 per cent for the 12 months to the end of September 2020 with the target of hitting 拢3m next year.
In describing the appointments Hall said Turner would focus on the technical delivery聽side of the business while Fielding would concentrate on the operational side.
鈥淏en has been with Everything Tech for four years so the company鈥檚 values are in his DNA,鈥� said Hall.
鈥淲e needed someone to take senior accountability for the day-to-day service delivery as we need to make sure we have the leadership capability to grow. Ben was the perfect person.鈥�
Fielding聽has聽been promoted from administration manager to the role of head of finance, systems and people management.
Hall said: 鈥淗aving the right systems in place and the culture is business critical. Lyndsay has worked with us for three years and is ideally suited to take the business forward on the next chapter of our story. These are the biggest promotions we鈥檝e ever made in the business.鈥�
Everything Tech recently made eight new hires and has a customer retention rate of more than 98%.