type limited industry internet domain registrar web hosting ssl certificate cloud computing virtual private server founded 1998 headquarters canary wharf london key people adam kilgour john morris services web hosting parent lloyds development capital website www.uk2group.com uk2 group is a global provider of internet services based in the united kingdom with data centers in the uk and us . its range of services includes web hosting virtual private servers domain name registration and management dedicated servers web design and a content delivery network . the group provides services to individuals small businesses blue chip enterprises and resellers through a family of brands it has variously created and acquired among them uk2.net resell.biz midphase westhost vi.net vps.net and 100tb . contents 1 history 2 brands and acquisitions 3 sponsorship and community initiatives 4 references 5 external links history edit 1998 2010 the group s first brand uk2.net was launched in the uk by danish entrepreneur bo bendtsen in october 1998 as a low cost no frills provider of internet domain names . 1 by 2000 it had become the uk s largest web hosting company with an estimated 435 000 customers . 2 bendtsen retired from the company in 2002 but maintained a controlling stake . following his departure the company struggled to maintain its market position under chief executive erik anderson . over the next three years its customer base shrunk by around 50 % . aware it needed to pursue an aggressive turnaround strategy in order to avoid collapse in 2006 anderson stepped down and the group appointed ditlev bredahl another dane as chief executive . 3 bredahl spent the next three years growing the business and its range of services through a series of strategic acquisitions both within and outside the uk see brands and acquisitions . by 2009 the group had successfully rebuilt its market reputation and returned to financial health . staff numbers had grown from 30 to more than 200 . in february of that year it was ranked the second most reliable hosting company in the world by hosting market analyst netcraft . 4 uk2 group continued to tighten operations in the wake of the great recession and in may 2009 the company closed its overseas call centres eliminating around 40 jobs in india and 35 in the ukraine in favour of a smaller support team . at the same time the group streamlined its executive management team . 5 2011 present in april 2011 lloyds development capital ldc a subsidiary of lloyds banking group acquired a majority stake in uk2 group for 47 million about us 77 million as part of a management buyout . 6 7 at this time bredahl departed to become ceo of another ldc backed business onapp . 8 phil male previously chief strategy officer at cable and wireless joined as the new ceo . 9 male has continued to grow the group expanding into new markets such as latin america and introducing a series of new brands and services in a bid to further capitalise on the growing demand for hosting and cloud computing services among business and individuals . by 2011 the group was ranked 45 on the list of 100 fastest growing private technology companies in britain 10 and in 2012 number 53 . 11 as of 2015 the group is planning to further expand its global data center capacity and consolidate its brands . brands and acquisitions edit in august 2006 uk2 group acquired uk domain name business another.com . in may 2007 it purchased the reseller business of us web hosting company stargate which it integrated and rebranded as resell.biz . in august of the same year it acquired stargate s shared hosting business which again was integrated and rebranded as us2.net . 12 in december 2007 it purchased us shared hosting and vps provider midphase services including the company s anhosting.com and autica.com brands . 13 in june 2008 it acquired icann accredited domain registrar naming web . in july 2008 it continued its round of us acquisitions by buying web hosting brand wingsix from us based servercentral . 14 in september 2008 the group acquired australian community focused web hosting provider dotable . 15 in october 2008 it acquired us based shared and dedicated hosting provider westhost including its data center in salt lake city utah . 16 in december 2008 it acquired uk based dedicated and managed hosting company virtual internet . 17 in august 2009 it purchased a data center in canary wharf london . 18 in 2008 it created the 10tb . com brand partnering with cloud provider softlayer technologies to offer a global high bandwidth dedicated web hosting service . 19 as softlayer s network capacity expanded uk2 upgraded the service and in march 2010 relaunched it as 100tb . com to reflect the increased bandwidth . 20 in august 2010 the group also launched another new brand vps.net to cater for the anticipated growth in demand for virtual private servers . 21 in november 2011 the group announced the launch of hostpuru a hosting brand specifically targeting the latin american market . 22 in january 2012 it announced it was launching a virtual private network service vpnhq . 23 sponsorship and community initiatives edit uk2 sponsored the marussia f1 racing team in 2012 . 24 in november 2014 uk2 partnered with children s charity barnardo s and the raspberry pi foundation to launch an initiative to teach troubled children to build and use raspberry pi computers . 25 references edit schofield jack ; mcintosh neil . what s new . the guardian . retrieved 2015 06 01 . gold steve . consumer campaigns how to air your complaints on the net . . the guardian . retrieved 2015 06 01 . uk2 builds a vps brand web host industry review . retrieved 2015 06 01 . new york internet was the most reliable hosting company site in february 2009 netcraft . news.netcraft.com . retrieved 2015 06 01 . 13 19 29 may 2009 at ; media christopher williams tweet btn christopher williams get email alert when this author posts common topics virgin ; office home ; laws google recent articles ace reg reporter in career suicide shock sarko to use g8 presidency to promote net regulation isps battle eu child pornography filter . uk2 brings support back to blighty culls execs . retrieved 2015 06 01 . missing last3 in authors list help ; missing last5 in authors list help ldc lands web hosting and gas companies . retrieved 2015 06 01 . inside ldc s acquisition of web host uk2 group web host industry review . retrieved 2015 06 01 . empson rip . ldc snatches up web hosting provider uk2group for 77 million big ones . techcrunch . retrieved 2015 06 01 . phil male technology debrett s 500 people debrett s . www.debretts.com . retrieved 2015 06 01 . tech track 100 league tables . www.fasttrack.co.uk . retrieved 2015 06 01 . tech track 100 league tables . www.fasttrack.co.uk . retrieved 2015 06 01 . web hosting news web hosting provider uk 2 group acquires stargate holdings customers . retrieved 2015 06 01 . the may report 12 22 2007 midphase acquired by uk 2 a british hosting firm on a buying spree ; firm had 3x growth this year alone ; a tribute to jimmy mavraganes and others like him ... . the may report . retrieved 2015 06 01 . servercentral sells wingsix to uk 2 web host industry review . retrieved 2015 06 01 . uk 2 group buys dotable web host industry review . retrieved 2015 06 01 . uk2 group buys westhost web host industry review . retrieved 2015 06 01 . uk2 group acquires virtual internet web host industry review . retrieved 2015 06 01 . uk2 acquires new data center in london web host industry review . retrieved 2015 06 01 . dedicated web host uk2 to celebrate launch of 10tb . com at hostingcon 2008 web hosting talk . retrieved 2015 06 01 . expanded softlayer network powers uk2group s 100tb . com web host industry review . retrieved 2015 06 01 . uk2.net launches vps platform with plug n go templates for web hosts web host industry review . retrieved 2015 06 01 . web host uk2 group launches latino specific hosting brand web host industry review . retrieved 2015 06 01 . jackson mark . uk2 survey claims most uk public wifi users at risk of personal data theft ispreview uk news . www.ispreview.co.uk . retrieved 2015 06 01 . ltd racecar . marussia f1 team partners with uk2.net racecar motorsport news f1 . www.racecar.co.uk . retrieved 2015 06 01 . horizontal tab character in title at position 51 help uk2.net partners to teach uk truants to code . retrieved 2015 06 01 . external links edit official website v t e website management concepts overselling web document web content web content lifecycle web hosting service web server webmaster website governance web hosting control panels comparison alternc cpanel directadmin domain technologie control gnupanel h sphere i mscp interworx ispconfig kloxo kloxo mr plesk usermin webmin top level domain registries afilias centralnic cira donuts neustar ovh uniregistry verisign domain name managers and registrars ausregistry cz.nic cnnic denic dnpric.es dns belgium domainz 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