Computer HQ brings 1,700 jobs to Sheffield

US computer firm Insight Enterprises is creating 1,700 jobs in South Yorkshire by investing £67m in the region. 

Arizona-based Insight Enterprises opted to build its new European headquarters in Sheffield ahead of competing sites in Holland and Ireland.

Graham Hall, chairman of Yorkshire Forward, the regional development agency, said, “This is tremendous news for South Yorkshire and the region. It delivers 1,700 jobs, of which more than 700 will be in high technology.”

The jobs are being created in an area containing some of the country’s highest long-term and youth unemployment. 

Insight employs 3,400 people and had sales of £1.3bn last year.

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