A British IT and management consulting firm has chosen Columbus as the location for its first Midwest office and says Central Ohio’s tech talent pool as a major factor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BJSS Inc. intends to begin recruiting in the coming months for a total of 50 full and part-time positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The company will now start looking for office space while its staff continues to work remotely<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n READ MORE: OPENREACH TO CREATE 4,000 UK JOBS IN 2022<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a press release, the employee will then transition to a hybrid home-and-office workplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The firm is headquartered in Leeds, England, and has offices in New York City and Houston, as well as Australia and the European Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n BJSS Chairman Glynn Robinson said: “The Columbus region rose to the top of the list as a strategic tech hub to evaluate.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe found the market to be welcoming and the right environment for us to grow our business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n READ MORE: FORD\u2019S $700 MILLION INVESTMENT IN KENTUCKY WILL CREATE 500 NEW JOBS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n BJSS provides strategic consulting and code and system development in areas such as digital transformation, data analytics, cybersecurity, and product innovation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Energy, financial services, healthcare<\/strong><\/a>, retail, and government are among the industries served.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Ohio Tax Credit Authority approved an eight-year, two percent Jobs Creation Tax Credit on Monday, saving the company an estimated $945,000 over the course of the agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n READ MORE: MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MAKER B BRAUN REVEALS EXPANSION IN PENNSYLVANIA THAT WILL ADD 200 NEW JOBS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the state Department of Development, New York, Texas, and Illinois were also vying for the position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the last decade<\/a><\/strong>, companies based in the United Kingdom have created over 2,900 jobs in Central Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the economic development organization One Columbus, this has also invested approximately $17 million in facilities and equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Need Career Advice? <\/strong>Get employment skills advice at all levels <\/strong><\/a>of <\/a><\/strong>your career<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Tech companies from larger global hubs<\/a><\/strong> <\/a>have also established offices in Columbus, such as Upstart, a publicly traded fintech founded in Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Other companies with Short North offices include Boston cybersecurity <\/strong><\/a>startup Immuta Inc. and publicly traded Veeva Systems Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Battleface Inc., a digital travel insurer based in the United Kingdom, has relocated to Columbus. early in 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n Veeam Software Holdings Inc., formerly based in Switzerland, has its largest U.S. office in the Polaris region but has not yet decided on a new headquarters city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Source: Columbusinno<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Follow us on <\/strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>, and <\/strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A British IT and management consulting firm has chosen metropolitan Columbus as the location for its first Midwest office, citing Central Ohio’s tech talent pool as a factor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":29583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[414,415],"tags":[108],"class_list":["post-29581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk-business-news","category-uk-employment-news","tag-new-jobs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}