IT company expects 50% turnover increase

AN Irish IT firm will create 80 jobs in Dublin over the next 18 months, while also increasing its turnover by 50% to €15 million.

Version 1, an IT consultancy and services company, plans to increase employment from 170 to 250 on the back of “a strong deals pipeline” and the creation of two new divisions, a business consulting division and an infrastructure consulting division.

Managing director Justin Keatinge said: “Over the past year and a half we have seen our workforce double from 80 people to 170.