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{{Infobox company
{{Infobox company
| name = Timico Ltd|
| name = Timico Ltd|
| logo = Timico Ltd Logo Connect host manage.jpg
| logo = Timico-logo-blue.svg
| logo_size = 200px
| logo_size = 200px
| type = [[Private limited company]]
| type = [[Private limited company]]
| foundation = 2004
| foundation = 2004
| location = [[Newark-on-Trent]], [[Nottinghamshire]], [[England]], [[UK]]
| location = [[Newark-on-Trent]], [[Nottinghamshire]], [[England]], [[UK]]
| key_people = Geoff Neville [[Chairman]], Neil Muller [[CEO]], John Holt [[Chief operating officer|COO]]
| key_people = Geoff Neville [[Chairman]], Neil Muller [[CEO]], John Holt [[Chief operating officer|COO]], Ben Savage [[Managing Director|MD]] Sales & Marketing
| industry = [[Telecommunications]]
| industry = [[Telecommunications]]
| products = [[Broadband|Broadband services]], [[Unified communications|Unified Communications]], [[Hosting services|Hosting Services]], [[IP VPN|Private Wide Area Networks]], [[Mobile device management|Mobile Device Management]]
| products = [[Broadband|Broadband services]], [[Unified communications|Unified Communications]], [[Hosting services|Hosting Services]], [[IP VPN|Private Wide Area Networks]], [[Mobile device management|Mobile Device Management]]
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'''Timico''' is an [[internet service provider]] in the [[United Kingdom]].
'''Timico''' is an [[Information technology|Information Technology]] [[Managed services|Managed Services]] provider in the [[United Kingdom]].


==Company overview==
==Company overview==
Timico gained a top 10 place in The Sunday Times Tech Track Fastest Growing Companies list,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.techwatch.co.uk/2009/09/21/timico-23rd-fastest-growing-technology-company/ |title=Timico 23rd Fastest Growing Technology Company |publisher=TechWatch |first=Janet | last=Harris}}</ref> and in 2009 were ranked 7th in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50. Timico was founded by Tim Radford who previously ran Project Telecom, a mobile service provider which was sold to [[Vodafone]] in 2003 for £162m.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2859825/Vodafone-buys-Project-Telecom.html |title=Vodafone buys Project Telecom |newspaper=The Telegraph |first=Dominic | last=White | accessdate=6 August 2003 |location=London |date=6 August 2003}}</ref>
Timico gained a top 10 place in The Sunday Times Tech Track Fastest Growing Companies list,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.techwatch.co.uk/2009/09/21/timico-23rd-fastest-growing-technology-company/ |title=Timico 23rd Fastest Growing Technology Company |publisher=TechWatch |first=Janet | last=Harris}}</ref> and in 2009 were ranked 7th in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50. Timico was founded by Tim Radford who previously ran Project Telecom, a mobile service provider which was sold to [[Vodafone]] in 2003 for £162m.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2859825/Vodafone-buys-Project-Telecom.html |title=Vodafone buys Project Telecom |newspaper=The Telegraph |first=Dominic | last=White | accessdate=6 August 2003 |location=London |date=6 August 2003}}</ref>
The company moved into purpose built offices in [[Newark-on-Trent]], [[Nottinghamshire]], in January 2007, from the Chairman's family barns, which previously housed the company.
The company moved into purpose built offices in [[Newark-on-Trent]], [[Nottinghamshire]], in January 2007, from the Chairman's family barns, which previously housed the company.
Timico announced<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cityam.com/article/1399861973/timico-planning-55m-stock-float/ |title=Timico planning £55m stock float |publisher=City AM| accessdate=12 May 2014}}</ref> its intention to float the company on the [[Alternative Investment Market]] in May 2014, but later abandoned these plans citing poor market sentiment.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nottinghampost.com/Cloud-hanging-stock-market-flotations-scuppers/story-21157335-detail/story.html/ |title=Cloud hanging over stock market flotation scuppers £15M plans |publisher=Nottingham Post| first=Richard | last=Baker| accessdate=29 May 2014}}</ref> Timico was confirmed as the new sponsor of the [[Cheltenham Gold Cup]] in December 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/t-p-radford-cheltenham-telecoms-firm-revealed-as-new-gold-cup-sponsor/2000974/#newsArchiveTabs=last7DaysNews|title=Timico unveiled as new Gold Cup sponsor|work=[[Racing Post]]|accessdate=21 December 2015}}</ref> Timico appointed Ben Marnham as the new [[Chief Executive Officer]] on 1 September 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nottinghampost.com/new-director-for-technology-company-timico/story-29668775-detail/story.html|title=New chief executive for technology company Timico|newspaper=Nottingham Post|accessdate=30 August 2016}}</ref> Timico appointed Neil Muller as the new [[Chief Executive Officer]] on 5 November 2018, he joins John Holt as the [[Chief operating officer|Chief Operations Office]].
Timico announced<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cityam.com/article/1399861973/timico-planning-55m-stock-float/ |title=Timico planning £55m stock float |publisher=City AM| accessdate=12 May 2014}}</ref> its intention to float the company on the [[Alternative Investment Market]] in May 2014, but later abandoned these plans citing poor market sentiment.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nottinghampost.com/Cloud-hanging-stock-market-flotations-scuppers/story-21157335-detail/story.html/ |title=Cloud hanging over stock market flotation scuppers £15M plans |publisher=Nottingham Post| first=Richard | last=Baker| accessdate=29 May 2014}}</ref> Timico was confirmed as the new sponsor of the [[Cheltenham Gold Cup]] in December 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/t-p-radford-cheltenham-telecoms-firm-revealed-as-new-gold-cup-sponsor/2000974/#newsArchiveTabs=last7DaysNews|title=Timico unveiled as new Gold Cup sponsor|work=[[Racing Post]]|accessdate=21 December 2015}}</ref> Timico appointed Ben Marnham as the new [[Chief Executive Officer]] on 1 September 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nottinghampost.com/new-director-for-technology-company-timico/story-29668775-detail/story.html|title=New chief executive for technology company Timico|newspaper=Nottingham Post|accessdate=30 August 2016}}</ref> Timico appointed Neil Muller as the new [[Chief Executive Officer]] on 5 November 2018, he joins John Holt as the [[Chief operating officer|Chief Operations Office]] and Ben Savage as the [[Managing director|MD]] Sales & Marketing


==Acquisition history==
==Acquisition history==

Revision as of 14:00, 28 March 2019

Timico Ltd
Company typePrivate limited company
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded2004
HeadquartersNewark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Key people
Geoff Neville Chairman, Neil Muller CEO, John Holt COO, Ben Savage MD Sales & Marketing
ProductsBroadband services, Unified Communications, Hosting Services, Private Wide Area Networks, Mobile Device Management

Timico is an Information Technology Managed Services provider in the United Kingdom.

Company overview

Timico gained a top 10 place in The Sunday Times Tech Track Fastest Growing Companies list,[1] and in 2009 were ranked 7th in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50. Timico was founded by Tim Radford who previously ran Project Telecom, a mobile service provider which was sold to Vodafone in 2003 for £162m.[2] The company moved into purpose built offices in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, in January 2007, from the Chairman's family barns, which previously housed the company. Timico announced[3] its intention to float the company on the Alternative Investment Market in May 2014, but later abandoned these plans citing poor market sentiment.[4] Timico was confirmed as the new sponsor of the Cheltenham Gold Cup in December 2015.[5] Timico appointed Ben Marnham as the new Chief Executive Officer on 1 September 2016.[6] Timico appointed Neil Muller as the new Chief Executive Officer on 5 November 2018, he joins John Holt as the Chief Operations Office and Ben Savage as the MD Sales & Marketing

Acquisition history

Timico has acquired nine smaller companies including business ISPs, a managed IT service provider, unified communications provider and a mobile applications specialist.

  • 2004 – Atlas Internet[7] which has been consolidated into Timico
  • 2009 – KeConnect and Twang[8] which have been consolidated. Twang was acquired at £1,625,000[9]
  • 2010 – NewNet[10] which now forms its Partner Services division – Acquired for £2,350,000.[11] Newnet operates an access network utilising Local-loop unbundling from 11 exchanges in and around Fareham[12]
  • 2010 - Handheld PCs[13] – a business which specialised in media capture software for mobile devices which was acquired for £400,000[14] has been consolidated into Timico
  • 2011 – Powernet[15] which was consolidated into Timico in December 2013 and now forms its Managed Networks division
  • 2012 - Redwood Telecommunications[16] which was acquired for an undisclosed sum. Redwood was consolidated into Timico in June 2013 and now forms its Unified Communications division
  • 2015 - Wirebird,[17] a managed services and IT consultancy business, which was acquired for an undisclosed sum and was rebranded Timico Technology Services in March 2015[18]
  • 2015 - Coms [19] which was acquired for £2.5M and comprised the brands ADSL24, Actimax, CloudXL and Universal. It has been fully consolidated into Timico
  • 2018 - 25SevenIT [20] a managed services and IT consultancy business, which was acquired for an undisclosed sum in November 2018.

Newark data centre

Work began in 2011 to build a £7M combined office and data centre[21] to cope with business expansion and new virtualised hosting services. The facility was officially opened by Newark MP Patrick Mercer on 18 January 2012.[22] The opening ceremony was included in an ITV Central news article about cloud computing.[23]

The tier three facility contains two 2,000 square foot data halls, each with 72 racks for co-location. Virtualised computing and storage is provided by Cisco’s Unified Computing System and EMC’s VNX platform. Network infrastructure utilises a Juniper MX80 IP Switching platform with 10Gbit/s fibre internet connectivity.[24]

HRH The Duke of Kent visited the facility in September 2013.[25] Chancellor George Osborne also toured the data centre and met technical apprentices while campaigning for the 2014 Newark by-election.[26]

Blogging and publicity

Timico's former CTO Trefor Davies, a prolific blogger, has employed unusual tactics to highlight internet industry issues and causes including using a pigeon to highlight the problem of slow broadband speeds in Lincolnshire in September 2010.[27] On 5 January 2012 an attempt to beat the world record for the most number of comments on an online news article in 24 hours ran [28] in support of the RNLI.[29] More than 5,000 unique comments were made, but following verification from the Guinness World Records it was confirmed this did not beat the official world record, which is held by a Japanese recording artist who achieved more than 56,800 comments to his blog in 2011.[30] Trefor left Timico on 20 December 13 to develop his blog into a commercial venture.[31]

References

  1. ^ Harris, Janet. "Timico 23rd Fastest Growing Technology Company". TechWatch.
  2. ^ White, Dominic (6 August 2003). "Vodafone buys Project Telecom". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 6 August 2003.
  3. ^ "Timico planning £55m stock float". City AM. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  4. ^ Baker, Richard. "Cloud hanging over stock market flotation scuppers £15M plans". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Timico unveiled as new Gold Cup sponsor". Racing Post. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  6. ^ "New chief executive for technology company Timico". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  7. ^ Richardson, Tim. "Timico snaps up Atlas Internet". The Register. Retrieved 2 November 2004.
  8. ^ "Timico rebrands recently bought KeConnect, Twang.net". Telecom Paper. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
  9. ^ Timico Technology Group 2008 Accounts
  10. ^ "Timico acquires NewNet plc". ThinkBroadband. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
  11. ^ Timico Technology Group 2009 Accounts
  12. ^ "LLU Operators - Newnet". SamKnows. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
  13. ^ "Timico Acquires Handheld PCs". Comms Business. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  14. ^ Timico Technology Group 2010 Accounts
  15. ^ "Timico acquires Powernet". Comms Dealer. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  16. ^ "Timico Technology Group gobbles Redwood". The Register. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  17. ^ McGarrigle, Padraig. "Timico purchases managed services provider Wirebird". Mobile News. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  18. ^ Robinson, Dan. "Nottinghamshire technology firm Timico continues growth with rebranding". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  19. ^ Cunert, Paul. "Told ya! Coms flogs telco arm to Timico in £2.5m deal". The Register. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  20. ^ Nov 19, Ty Trumbull •; 2018 (19 November 2018). "MSP Acquisition: Timico Buys Microsoft Partner 25sevenIT". ChannelE2E. Retrieved 12 March 2019. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  21. ^ Tresider, Richard. "Timico's £7m investment to reap 150 new jobs". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  22. ^ "£5m data centre opens up world of opportunity". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  23. ^ "What is cloud computing". ITV Central News. Broadcast on 19 January 2012 at 18.00GMT.
  24. ^ "Timico selects BT iNet to deliver UK-wide private cloud services". theDataChain.com. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  25. ^ "Timico gets the royal seal of approval". Business Link. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  26. ^ "Chancellor spends time in Newark in by-election push". Newark Advertiser. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  27. ^ "Pigeon beats broadband in Lincolnshire". BBC News. 16 September 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
  28. ^ Warman, Matt (5 January 2012). "All aboard for an online commenting world record". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  29. ^ Arthur, Charles (5 January 2012). "Briton seeks commenters to help set record and raise £100,000 for RNLI". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  30. ^ "World record attempt – the results are in". Trefor.net. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  31. ^ "Bit of news – Trefor Davies to leave Timico at Christmas". Trefor.net. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
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