The Business Exchange Swindon & Wiltshire Edition 21: Oct/Nov 2015 | Page 5

BUSINESS NEWS

Exceptional growth
for local IT firm
Faringdon based IT firm Computing Information
Systems (CIS), which works across the South
West, is celebrating substantial growth.
The firm which provides disaster recovery
services, cloud solutions, data management,
IT consulting and IT resource monitoring has
grown in size to a 21 strong team.
The firm started out in 1989 providing
traditional IT support services and has built
itself on strong client relationships that have
generated steady referrals over the years.
CIS has just celebrated supporting one
particular client for 20 years. Locally CIS‘s
clients include Motaquip and B4 Magazine
and they also have a number of clients
with a global footprint including St Paul’s
Cathedral and Force India F1.
In the last two years CIS has diversified to
offer a bespoke cloud computing offering
and hosts a private cloud in a data centre
situated inside an ultra-secure nuclear
bunker near Newbury, ensuring businesses
are resilient at all times.
CIS is currently offering Wiltshire firms
the opportunity to learn the importance
of security, ease of management and

REG0233_Swindon half page advert F.indd 1

functionality in cloud computing by inviting
them to tour the firm’s data centre (see full
details on page 17)
Talking about the firm’s recent growth,
Chief Information Officer at CIS Neill
Lawson-Smith said: “Growing the business
has always been our main goal since CIS
started over 25 years ago. We’ve come
a long way from where we started, with
a management team which drives more
business, delights more clients and increases
our brand exposure.”
Richard Marsh CEO of CIS added: “To say
CIS is growing is an understatement. We are
working with increasing numbers of local,
national and international businesses who
need IT and cloud services delivered in a cost
efficient and business-focused manner.”
CIS is currently in year two of their
planned expansion programme and is on
target to grow to a team of 30 staff by
April 2016.

MILSTED LANGDON EXPANDS
INTO WILTSHIRE
Set up in 1988 by Jonathan Langdon and
Simon Milsted, Milsted Langdon Chartered
Accountants has grown significantly and now
has 28 partners and directors and over 200
members of staff in offices based in Bristol,
Taunton and Yeovil, as well as a satellite office
in London and a rapidly growing Bath office.
With a strong presence in the south
west, Milsted Langdon acts for, and with,
owner-managed businesses and this client
base continues to expand. The firm’s
mission statement is to be the pre-eminent,
independent, full service regional firm of
accountants and business advisers, providing
cost-effective proactive advice for ownermanaged businesses and high net worth
individuals.
Milsted Langdon’s specialist teams work
closely together to ensure that clients receive
the most comprehensive service at all
times. And the firm’s membership of global
accountancy alliance MGI gives it access to the
expertise of hundreds of member firms across
more than 80 different countries, meaning
that an answer can always be sourced.
To ensure that it offers a variety of services,
Milsted Langdon has developed a range of
specialisms in niche sectors and continues
to look for new markets to expand into.
Recently, it launched a service for academy

schools, and the academies team – which
is led by partner Gill Freeman – acts for all
the secondary academies in Yeovil as well
as several other local academies, including a
multi-school trust. In addition to audit and
accountancy services, Milsted Langdon provide
VAT advice, governors’ training, finance
department training and budget forecasts, as
well as assisting with the various returns that
academies are now required to submit to the
Education Funding Agency.
Ian Lloyd is going to be very familiar to
business leaders in Wiltshire and the Milsted
Langdon Partner is closely associated with the
Business Growth Service, the South West Local
Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and Business West.
As a trained Mindshop business facilitator, Ian
is also able to assist companies in developing
strategic plans to help improve growth,
profitability and business development.
Ian said: “Our Bath office is thriving
because of its range of specialist services,
strong long-lasting relationships with clients
and the quality of its people. Bath is a place
to get business done and we’re proud to be
part of that landscape, serving clients across
the city, and expanding into the county of
Wiltshire and surrounding areas.”

13/11/2014
THE BUSINESS EXCHANGE
201515:195