UKFast CEO Lawrence Jones says door is open to Datacentred staff

Doug Woodburn
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Tech entrepreneur rules out rescue of fellow Mancunian cloud services provider, which hit the buffers earlier this week, but says he would take on impacted staff tomorrow if they needed a home

The CEO of UKFast has ruled himself out of the running to buy fallen Mancunian cloud provider Datacentre, but has stressed that the door of his firm is "always open" to its staff. Datacentred, w...

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