IT

The UK has a renowned strength in information and communication technologies and in 2008 more software companies chose to set up in the UK than anywhere else in Europe. The Heart of England is home to a vibrant mix of IT - PDF - 575kb companies, with everyone from global powerhouse systems integrators to small independent companies tapping into the region’s talent pool.

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Interactive map of leading IT companies in the Heart of England

EDS

EDS now named HP Enterprise Services, is a global business and technology services company. www.hp.com

Ricoh

Ricoh is one of the world’s largest IT companies, providing complete outsourcing, managed print services and high level production printing. They have operations in Telford, and sponsor the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. www.ricoh.com

Delcam

Another Company has a dedicated and fully integrated research and development centre at Whitley in Coventry. The centre employs 2,000 staff in design, simulation, testing, benchmarking and programme management for all current and future Jaguar products.

www.space4.com

LogicaCMG

LogicaCMG deliver the complete range of IT services - from consulting and outsourcing services to focused technology services and solutions. Based on Trinity Park in Birmingham, they offer innovative solutions tailored to suit each organisations needs. www.logica.co.uk

CSC

CSC is Europe's largest privately-owned IT services group, which trades as SCC and ETC. Birmingham hosts the international headquarters of a €3.5bn turnover IT services group which employs over 5,500 people across 60 locations in Europe's seven key markets and manages an international business partner network in 65 countries across 5 continents. www.csc.com

Oracle

Oracle is the largest business software company in the world offering business systems and information to a wide variety of organisations. www.oracle.com

QinetiQ

QinetiQ is based in Malvern, Worcestershire and is one of the world's leading defence technology and security companies. www.qinetiq.com

AT&T

AT&T is one of the few companies in the world with the expertise to provide global telecommunications services. It numbers all of the Fortune 500 companies amongst its customers; companies like IBM, Lafarge, Siemens and even the Williams Formula 1 motor racing team. A quarter of all of AT&T's European employees are based in the West Midlands at the company's state of the art data hosting centre. www.att.com

Fujitsu

Fujitsu Birmingham is Fujitsu's second largest base outside Japan. The state of the art European headquarters building was completed in 1996 and its location was deliberately chosen for its strategic importance. www.fujitsu.com

Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman provides avionics, communications, IT systems and software development among other things. Their Solihull operations facility is involved in advanced information technology and systems solutions. http://www.northropgrumman.co.uk/

Blitz

Blitz are internationally famous for games related to major brands like American Idol, Bratz and SpongeBob Squarepants. www.blitzgames.com

Codemasters

Codemasters are one of the longest running British video game developers, and are well-known for their Colin McRae Rally series and MMOG’s like Lord of the Rings. www.codemasters.co.uk

IBM

IBM need no introduction. Their state of the art data recovery centre is based in Warwick. www.ibm.com

Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems are based at the University of Warwick Science Park and develops innovative networking computing technologies to enhance organisations IT systems. www.uk.sun.com

SCC

SCC is one of Europe’s largest privately-owned IT services group. Birmingham hosts the international headquarters of their £3.5 billion turnover IT services group which employs over 5,500 people across 60 locations in Europe’s seven key markets and manages an international business partner network in 65 countries across 5 continents. www.scc.com

CapGemini

CapGemini IT services and business consultancy company capable of offering a full range of services. www.capgemini.com

NextiraOne

NextiraOne offers voice and data networks, converged solutions, call centres, professional and managed services from their UK HQ in Lichfield, Staffordshire. www.nextiraone.co.uk

Serco Solutions Limited is one of the UK's leading IT services suppliers. It specialises in IT, business process management and e-services, targeting organisations in both the commercial and public sectors. www.serco.com

Market Opportunity

It is the unique combination of the Heart of England central location, low cost base, high skill base, experience and support mechanisms that makes the region an excellent base for IT companies. Other regions may have strengths in a few of
these elements, but none has the combination of all of them. Customised support ensures that companies can access the heart of England’s commercial opportunities easily.

The Heart of England provides easy access to the UK’s 60 million, and the European Union’s 499 million consumers. We’re at the centre of the UK’s rail and road network, with Birmingham International Airport offering daily direct flights to the USA, Middle East & Asia as well as all main European business cities.

The Future of IT

The Heart of England has 40,000 students studying computer science and/or business studies in our universities in any one year. Those universities provide a talent pool of 4,850 skilled IT graduates every year. The region also has two of the UK’s top 5 business schools (Aston and Warwick).

With a population of 7 million people within 1 hour of the centre of Birmingham and 13 universities, the region is a centre for the IT industry. Fujitsu claim that “we are able to draw on some of the finest engineering and sales and marketing graduates from local universities like Aston and Warwick”.

Funding and Support

There is a unique set of support packages available to assist IT businesses in the region. The support ranges from business setup through to specialist networking organisations and software testing facilities, including:

iCentrum helps small and medium enterprise (SME) IT companies in the region to grow by making personal introductions to other SMEs, large IT companies, education establishments and research institutes. iCentrum also provids access to specially designed facilities including a Solution Development Laboratory, Demonstration Suite and Bespoke Hosting Centre.
Bridge to Growth offers an efficient, low risk and low cost entry route to the UK market via the Heart of England. It takes care of the nuts and bolts of setting up a UK Limited company for free which can take as little as five days. It also helps you set up a UK bank account, and register for VAT. It also offers free tax and financial advice, free legal advice and free market data.
Graduate Advantage assists companies seeking to recruit graduates in the region with free front-end recruitment services; a flexible, low cost recruitment solution lasting from 4 weeks to 12 months, full or part-time; a subsidy to pay your new recruit (subject to application); and free management and leadership training.

Advice and Further Information

The Heart of England Inward Investment team offers the following range of free and confidential services to international and UK based companies that are considering investing, expanding or pursuing other business opportunities within the region;

Land and property searches and advice
Tailored investment proposals addressing specific information requirements
Regional visit programmes
Introductions to providers of business and professional services
Introductions to universities and research and technology providers
Information on potential sources of financial assistance and other forms of support

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Top ICT Facts

The region has a huge talent pool with 21% of our 35,555 undergraduates and 15,000 postgraduates studying computer science and business courses in our 13 Universities
All of the top global system integrators have a base in our region to tap into our skills base and taking advantage of a cost base
The region has 9% of the UK population but 21% of the UK computer games workforce