AN award-winning IT firm in Carlisle has become the largest team of its kind in Cumbria following a recruitment drive.

Since the start of the year, David Allen IT Solutions has recruited seven new members to their team, to take their staff total up to 16 people.

Gary Martin, company director, said: "Ensuring we recruit the best candidates available to support our growing customer base and delivering customer service excellence in all we do is fundamental to our business values and visions.

"We have amazing technical expertise and skills within our team and our newest appointments bolster this even further.

"The business really is going from strength to strength.

"We now have the largest technical team in the local area and our customer base is expanding all the time. We welcome all our new recruits to the business."

David Allen IT Solutions has grown its offering despite the pandemic, and was recently awarded the prestigious Microsoft Gold Partner for the fifth year running.

But the pandemic also changed businesses' IT needs.

Gary went on: "When the pandemic hit, we, like most businesses needed to adapt and action change, this was not just for us but for all our clients too. IT very much got propelled into the forefront of many businesses’ planning and strategy.

"Working-from-home solutions, new hosted telephone systems, video conferencing solutions – all of these things were no longer just a 'nice to have', they were imperative for businesses to stay open.

"During 2021, we’ve taken on new and exciting projects helping businesses to optimise their IT. In the past 18 months we have onboarded many new clients, and this is down to our excellent reputation as the 'go to' fully managed IT service provider. That is something both I and my fellow directors are incredibly proud of."