have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . march 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message ukfast.net ltd type private industry internet hosting founded 1999 founder lawrence jones gail jones headquarters ukfast campus birley fields manchester m15 5qj key people ceo lawrence jones commercial director gail jones technical director neil lathwood managing director jonathan bowers website http www.ukfast.co.uk ukfast.net ltd is a business to business hosting company based in manchester uk . it is principally known for managed hosting cloud services and colocation . the business also owns a data centre complex in trafford park manchester . 1 contents 1 company history 2 awards and accreditations 3 references 4 external links company history edit ukfast was founded in september 1999 by welsh businessman lawrence jones and his partner gail jones . 2 in 2007 the company moved its head office to the 28th floor of city tower manchester . it acquired further space on the 16th floor before moving in 2013 to a campus in the birley fields area of hulme manchester . 3 4 in 2013 the firm launched ecloud a range of cloud hosting services whose hardware infrastructure reportedly cost 12 million to build . 5 in that year the business turned over 23.4 m. 6 for the year ending 31 december 2014 ukfast reported a 24 per cent turnover increase from 23.4 m to 28.9 m. between 2011 and 2015 ukfast invested more than 25m into capital expenditure projects including the development of four data centres and the flagship ukfast campus . 7 the founder lawrence jones rejected a reported 200m takeover bid in 2014 amidst a trend of web hosting consolidation citing that the business was still growing . 8 in 2013 ukfast opened an office in glasgow 9 and in 2015 opened a further office in london . 10 awards and accreditations edit between 2005 and 2009 ukfast won six ispa awards and was named best hosting provider for four years running . 11 12 13 14 15 ukfast received the data centre solutions awards private cloud product of the year in 2012 and the datacenterdynamics award for innovation in outsourcing in 2013 . 16 17 in the same year ukfast received the national business awards employer of the year award and the institute of customer service employee engagement strategy of the year awards . 18 19 ukfast has also featured in the sunday times 100 best small companies to work for and the great place to work institute s best workplaces lists placing 28th and 12th respectively in 2014 25th and 5th respectively in 2013 and 45th and 7th respectively in 2012 . 20 21 22 23 24 25 references edit finnegan matthew 2012 . ukfast launches new data centre complex in manchester . techworld.com . retrieved 24 june 2014 . how lawrence jones built ukfast into a multi million pound empire . your hidden potential . 2013 . retrieved 24 june 2014 . 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times . 2013 . retrieved 23 june 2014 . 2013 uk s best workplaces medium category . great place to work institute . 2013 . retrieved 24 june 2014 . the uk s best 100 companies 2012 best 100 small companies . best companies via sunday times . 2012 . retrieved 23 june 2014 . 2012 uk s best workplaces medium category . great place to work institute . 2012 . retrieved 23 june 2014 . external links edit ukfast lawrence jones ceo retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ukfast & oldid 711072881 categories internet hostingcompanies established in 1999companies based in manchesterweb hostingcloud computing providersblog hosting serviceshidden categories cs1 errors external linkswikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from march 2016use dmy dates from october 2013use british english from october 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation 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