Pictured above: New recruits Sophie Loor (left) and Tiffany Leung (right) with Netshield's Commercial Director Richard Carty. The managed IT services company is forecasting a 25% growth in revenue

Midlands-based managed IT services business Netshield Limited, has begun a major recruitment drive at the same time as announcing a three percent growth in annual revenue and a projected 25 percent growth in turnover for the next twelve months.

Based in Aldridge, Netshield has recruited Tiffany Leung as UK Sales & Marketing Assistant and Sophie Loor as European Marketing Research Assistant.

Both join the company in new roles created to support Netshield's global and UK expansion strategy, that includes the addition of a further six recruits to new positions across its UK-based Business Development and Technical Delivery teams.

As UK Sales & Marketing Assistant,Tiffany, a Birmingham City University business and marketing graduate, will work with Netshield's Business Development Managers at the company's UK head office, supporting key clients and developing new marketing collateral. 

Belgian-born Sophie, an International Trade graduate from College EPHEC Brussels is fluent in French, English and Dutch. She will work alongside Netshield's Commercial Director Richard Carty, who is spearheading the company's European and global expansion. 

Richard comments: "We have secured a significant number of new contracts for IT managed services and infrastructure work since the start of 2011. This has helped boost our turnover for the last 12-months and has given us a great start to the new financial year, which we anticipate will see a further 25 percent increase in turnover. Based on the recent and projected upturn in sales, and specifically the rapidly growing interest in our specialist IT services, we need to add resource and grow our team.

"Netshield is also a significant way towards securing a new contract with a European based organisation, which should be confirmed in the next two months," adds Richard. 

"Indeed interest in our IT managed services has grown significantly not only here in the UK, but significantly across our European contacts and partnerships, and we are predicting another rise in revenue over the coming 12-months, particularly when taking into account the growth we are predicting in the pan-European market.

"As Netshield continues expansion and team growth, the company needs additional resource from our marketing function. Both Tiffany and Sophie bring a fresh approach to this specialist side of our business, and quite different skill sets. In particular, Sophie's language skills will prove invaluable as we continue to develop our European markets."