Staff

Holker has appointed Paul Taylor as Technical Director. Paul joins fellow directors Matthew Metcalfe, MD, and James Dewhurst, FD, on the board at the 47-strong team. Paul, formerly Head of Cloud Services, is one of Holker’s team of industry leading experts with real technical knowledge. His IT career started in software development, following a Computer […]

As a result of the company’s growth, Ryan Allen has been promoted to 2nd line engineer – dealing with more complex enquiries. Ryan explained: “Previously our customer help desk had first line engineers and then escalations. To ensure the customers have their enquiries dealt with in a timely manner, Holker have promoted me to 2nd line engineer

Will Haythornthwaite is celebrating passing his MS900 exam. As part of the course, the first line apprentice has learnt more about security, compliance, cloud computing, Intune and onboarding as part of the qualification. Will, who joined Holker straight from Burnley College on an apprenticeship, still attends lectures one day a week and the rest of

Karl Brown continues to sail through his IT examinations. The Senior Service Desk Engineer has passed his MS365 Administrator qualification – which consists of three exams: MS100 identity and services; MS101 mobility and security; and SC300 identity and access administrator – all of which need to be passed to achieve the overall qualification. MS365 Administrator

Field Service Engineer Tom Duxbury has won Holker’s latest Employee of the Quarter. As ever, it was a very tough decision as a number of people have completed some fantastic work across all areas of the business, but with the following taken into account, Tom was the worthy winner. In his day-to-day role Tom is very proactive,

Holker’s staff proved they work hard and play hard – as the Burnley-based IT company held a celebratory event for all employees. Held within the grounds of Holker’s 15,447 sq ft Crown House on the Network 65 Business Park, the IT specialist arranged a pizza van, mobile bar and live entertainment for staff to enjoy

Positive feedback and peer praise has bolstered spirits at Holker IT – since the introduction of their employee of the quarter initiative. Carl Smith-Wilkinson was crowned the first winner at the Burnley IT company after votes from the workforce were compiled. Carl, Senior Service Desk Engineer, was singled out for ‘going the extra mile’ with

Staff at HOLKER have gone back to the classroom – after enrolling all our staff on additional training courses to keep their knowledge sharp and ahead of the competition. HOLKER, a Microsoft Gold Partner, have enrolled all staff on the MS-900 accreditation in Microsoft 365 Fundamentals, to ensure all departments understand the benefits of cloud services as

Matthew Metcalfe and his family took part in the Race for Life Pretty Muddy event in Preston – raising over £630 for Cancer Research. Matthew, MD of HOLKER, along with son Joshua, 13, partner Jeanette and her sister Laura scrambled over A-frames, crawled through the mud pit and had lots of fun on the obstacle