The Business Exchange Swindon & Wiltshire November 2014 | Page 5

BUSINESS NEWS Excalibur introduces a new Chief Commercial Officer to drive business growth Local communications and IT for business firm Excalibur Communications has appointed a new chief commercial officer, Andy Tow, to drive business development and company growth. This new role within the company comes at a time when Swindon based Excalibur is set to announce its most successful year of trading ever, with an increase in turnover expected to be almost £2M. Andy joins Excalibur from his position as managing director of Chess Partner Services in London. Andy is a mobile and wireless industry expert and has nearly 30 years experience in the sector specialising in strategy and business growth. Andy is a perfect match for the company as he has 16 years experience working as head of indirect sales for Vodafone. Excalibur work exclusively with network provider Vodafone and hold Platinum Partner and Solutions Specialist status with Vodafone, having been recognised by Vodafone as one of the best telecoms companies in the UK. Andy said: “It is an exciting time to join the business. We have ambitious growth plans over the next three to five years looking to increase profits by 25% each year. There is an achievable strategic plan in place and I’m going to work closely with the team to ensure we are ‘sticking to our the company’s ongoing success story.” Excalibur’s CEO James Phipps commented: “Andy is a highly regarded business leader who will never be short of top quality job offers. We are very pleased to have secured his services and are confident that his enthusiasm for our company ethos, especially in delivering exceptional customer service, will play a pivotal role in our continuing development.” knitting’ and hitting our targets. We are looking to organically grow our IT and support services business, whilst increasing our Vodafone business too. “Excalibur is on track this year (ending January 2015) to be touching on a £9M turnover from £7M the year before. Our ambition is to grow this to a £25M business, this won’t happen overnight, but I’m looking forward to help steer the business in this direction and be a part of Flexible workspace and storage solutions HAMPTON PARK WEST BUSINESS CENTRE E W AY • usiness-class broadband connectivity B SHAILS LANE A350 • orkshop units available to rent W TON RD SE MING • ffice space on flexible terms O COM M E C R PO R HAMPTON PARK W L TA RD A350 Hampton Park West, Melksham, SN12 6LH 0800 039 3900 evanseasyspace.com PMS 274 (Dark Blue) PMS 274 (Light Blue) PMS Yellow PMS Black (Metal Effect) 100 Cyan 100 Cyan 0 Cyan 0 Cyan 100 Yellow 85 Yellow 100 Yellow 0 Yellow 0 Magenta 0 Magenta 0 Magenta 0 Magenta 28 Black 13 Black 0 Black 100 Black THE BUSINESS EXCHANGE 2014 5