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Cllr Farnell officially opened telent’s new offices in Warwick, following the company’s relocation from Coventry earlier this year. telent, a leading provider of technology services, has relocated more than 500 staff to the new facility.

Cllr Farnell said: “The council is delighted that telent has chosen Warwick for its operational headquarters. Investment in Warwickshire is vital to the county’s economy and we are proud to be part of telent’s strategy for future growth.”

Cllr Chris Saint, the county council’s Portfolio Holder for Economic Development, added: “The council is proud of Warwickshire Investment Partnership’s work and the support it provides to companies such as telent in making their relocations profitable and successful.”

Commenting on the relocation, Mark Plato, CEO of telent said: “This is a positive and exciting move for telent.  We are a new and dynamic company and needed somewhere that would enable us to bring all our people in the area together in one place. Our new Warwick headquarters provide environmentally friendly, state-of-the-art facilities that reflect the kind of business we are.”

telent’s new accommodation, offers over 83,000 sq ft of self-contained, grade A, refurbished office space on three floors and makes the company the second largest office occupier in the region, as well as the first new letting at Opus 40, Warwickshire’s newest business park.

The scheme currently comprises three separate office buildings totalling some 280,000 sq ft of space on a 35-acre mature landscaped campus. The remaining two properties, with a combined area of 194,000 sq ft, are leased to existing tenant IBM.  Developer, Opus Land, is currently seeking planning consent to further develop the site with up to 300,000 sq ft of additional accommodation, which will create up to 3,000 new jobs.

telent, supplies a broad range of telecommunication and IT network services to enterprises, equipment vendors, public sector organisations and network operators in the UK and Germany.

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For more information about Warwickshire Investment Partnership, please contact Sackie Somal on 01926 412140.

A photo of Mark Plato, CEO of telent, and Cllr Farnell is available by contacting Jack Linstead on 01926 476643.

Notes to Editors:

Warwickshire Investment Partnership was set up in 1998 to respond to inward investment enquiries from all over the world and expansion enquiries from thriving local companies.

Warwickshire Investment Partnership is a working arrangement between the following organisations: Advantage West Midlands, Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce, Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire Partnership, Jobcentre Plus, North Warwickshire Borough Council, Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council, Rugby Borough Council, Stratford District Council, Warwickshire County Council and Warwick District Council.

Where is Opus 40?
With its parkland setting, Opus 40 is located adjacent to the A46 bypass, within walking distance of Warwick Parkway Station which provides direct access to London, and a mere two minutes from Junction 15 of the M40.

Link to WCC