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    • Wednesday, 14 April, 2021
      Lawrence Jones
      Former UKFast boss Lawrence Jones charged with second count of rape

      British tech entrepreneur has pleaded not guilty to 5 other charges 

      Lawrence Jones
    • Tuesday, 5 January, 2021
      Lawrence Jones
      Former UKFast boss Lawrence Jones charged with rape and sexual assault

      Technology millionaire quit as chief executive in 2019 after two decades at firm

    • Monday, 22 June, 2020
      UKFast taps Booking.com executive as new chief

      Tech group announces new boss following sexual assault allegations against former CEO

    • Thursday, 7 May, 2020
      UKFast founders exit as private equity firm takes control

      Inflexion has become majority shareholder following sexual assault allegations against former CEO

      Former chief executive Lawrence Jones will no longer have any role in the business
    • Tuesday, 26 November, 2019
      UKFast hires law firm to investigate alleged misconduct

      Squire Patton Boggs to conduct independent investigation into founder Lawrence Jones

      Picture by Jon Super for The Financial Times newspaper. Pic fao Marcus Cotton re story by Andy Bounds. Picture shows Lawrence Jones CEO of UKFast. UK Fast a software business, has a training team ( 4 full-time ex-school STEM teachers and 9 qualified assessors in house). It's accredited by the government to deliver apprentices for other businesses now as well. Digital technology is an area in which apprenticeships have emerged as a key method for plugging the skills gap. Picture at the UK Fast HQ in Manchester 24, May 2018. (Photo/Jon Super 07974 356-333)
    • Wednesday, 13 November, 2019
      UKFast appoints female board members to lead misconduct probe

      Investigation to review allegations made in FT about founder Lawrence Jones’ behaviour

      Picture by Jon Super for The Financial Times newspaper. Pic fao Marcus Cotton re story by Andy Bounds. Picture shows Lawrence Jones CEO of UKFast. UK Fast a software business, has a training team ( 4 full-time ex-school STEM teachers and 9 qualified assessors in house). It's accredited by the government to deliver apprentices for other businesses now as well. Digital technology is an area in which apprenticeships have emerged as a key method for plugging the skills gap. Picture at the UK Fast HQ in Manchester 24, May 2018. (Photo/Jon Super 07974 356-333)
    • Wednesday, 30 October, 2019
      Technology sector
      Lawrence Jones quits as UKFast chief after FT investigation

      Tech tycoon to be replaced by wife Gail Jones a week after allegations of sexual assault surfaced

      Lawrence Jones, businessman and digital entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of the Manchester-based colocation, dedicated and cloud hosting provider, UKFast. Picture by Tom Stockill. October 2015. Credit: The Sunday Times / News Licensing Please note this picture is for the Sunday Times. No other use without permission. See Andrew Mitchell, Sunday Times Pictures or Andrew Lynch, Sunday Times Assistant Business Editor.
    • Wednesday, 23 October, 2019
      News in-depthFT Investigations
      FT investigation: The darker side of a British tech baron

      UK entrepreneur Lawrence Jones faces allegations of sexual assault and workplace misconduct

      Lawrence Jones, businessman and digital entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of the Manchester-based colocation, dedicated and cloud hosting provider, UKFast. Picture by Tom Stockill. October 2015. Credit: The Sunday Times / News Licensing Please note this picture is for the Sunday Times. No other use without permission. See Andrew Mitchell, Sunday Times Pictures or Andrew Lynch, Sunday Times Assistant Business Editor.
    • Friday, 21 December, 2018
      Internet hosting company UK Fast valued at £405m after stake sale
      Inside Portugal Telecom SGPS SA's New Data Center...Computer network cables sit connected to server machines at Portugal Telecom SGPS SA's new data center in Covilha, Portugal, on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013. Oi SA's merger with Portugal Telecom is likely to bolster Brazil's largest landline phone carrier as it battles better-equipped rivals in the world's fifth-biggest wireless market. Photographer: Mario Proenca/Bloomberg
    • Tuesday, 12 June, 2018
      Start-up hiring
      Tech companies buck trend and embrace apprenticeship levy

      Fast-growing sector welcomes change to address nationwide skills shortage

      Picture by Jon Super for The Financial Times newspaper. Pic fao Marcus Cotton re story by Andy Bounds. Picture shows Lawrence Jones CEO of UKFast. UK Fast a software business, has a training team ( 4 full-time ex-school STEM teachers and 9 qualified assessors in house). It's accredited by the government to deliver apprentices for other businesses now as well. Digital technology is an area in which apprenticeships have emerged as a key method for plugging the skills gap. Picture at the UK Fast HQ in Manchester 24, May 2018. (Photo/Jon Super 07974 356-333)
    • Friday, 2 October, 2015
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Small-cap Week, October 3

      Sports Direct stake grab boosts Findel; Outsourcery, Intelligent Energy and Koovs also featured

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