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Oct 2022
Last Updated: 18/10/2022
Business Breakfast: Ripon IT company purchases Skipton computer firm
In this morning's briefing, a Ripon company has successfully bought a Skipton IT firm and a Harrogate estate agents has won four industry awards.
Guy Phoenix, managing director of Fresh Mango Technologies.
A Ripon IT company has announced it has bought Skipton-based Verus Solutions.
Fresh Mango Technologies, which is based on Barker Business Park, acquired the company, which specialises in IT support, computer systems and server supply and installation.
Officials at Fresh Mango said the purchase was an ideal fit due to Verus’ location and customer base.
Guy Phoenix, managing director at Fresh Mango, said:
“Their offering and ethos is almost identical to ours with a customer reach beyond Yorkshire’s borders.
“The Fresh Mango mission is to bring much-needed first-class IT support to even more SMEs. Verus Solutions will help us to continue to fulfil that mission and we’re delighted that they’re now part of the Fresh Mango family.”
Paul Roach, director of Verus Solutions, said:
“Due to our close and long-standing relationships with our clients it was crucial for us to find an organisation that shared the same values as us, while at the same time having sufficient scale to provide the highest levels of customer service.
“Fresh Mango demonstrated this throughout our discussions with them.”
Harrogate estate agents comes top at industry awards
A Harrogate estate agents picked up four awards at an industry awards ceremony.
Myrings Estate Agents came top in three categories and won silver in a fourth at the Estate Agent of the Year Awards.
The firm won Regional Sales Award for North Yorkshire, Lettings Agent Landlords Award, Estate Agents Sales Award and silver for Lettings Agent Tenants Award.
A post on the company’s social media said:
“We are truly grateful and our sincere thanks go out to all our wonderful customers for your reviews and support. We would not be where we are without you, combined with our amazing team that made this happen.
“It is all thanks to their hard work, positivity, and outstanding customer service we are where we are.”
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