Hapton IT firm eyes expansion (From Lancashire Telegraph)

So, 7 losses last year, and possibly, maybe, hypothetically it might make up to 10 new jobs this year. So at the very best a gain of 3 jobs in 2 years?! Possibly! Maybe?!

Slow news day?

Fred, sausage by name eh?

Lanway has done a fantastic job on making sure they can keep as many people on as possible as not to suffer MASS losses in jobs which is more than can be said of many many others. And still being in economic gloom, to be able to envisige taking on more staff is a testament to this company's commendable trait..Good old British spirit of grit & determination.

Very few computer firms survived with the rapid evolution in IT technology and the once fatally problematic issue of cross compatibility. Hundreds of firms went down in Britain & the US were quick to do what they do best, take over when someone has already spent money on development and then swoop in to make it their own. Your comment sounds like one of someone who has a huge chip on their shoulder, perhaps one of the 7 who lost their job? Just be happy that the MD had the intelligence to minimise his losses and manage to come out the other end with smiles all around.

Fred, I have people who come to me with problems of their businesses shutting down aswell as the unfortunate folk who have been made redundant. I can tell you from experience too, having ran my own business, is that the biggest thing an MD worries about is having to make his staff redundant because of reduced revenue. Another 1,200 jobs that are collectively from hundreds of SME's in lancs alone have been lost in the past 2 months.

They didn't just need to able to shift PC's & perephirals, they needed the think smart & think ahead. Without this adaptive way of thinking, a forward thinking company like this would survive and would have died with the others. They've gone from strength to strength and I would help in anyway in making sure Lanway & such others keep our Rurally perceived towns ahaed of the times and provide 21st century work opportunities to our young generations coming through the ranks. Well done Lanway for keeping your heads above water and even steer yourselves back into expansion during a time when others are still handing their staff their P45's.

Bobby Anwar PPC
Blackburn UKIP