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Glide Group Appoints Max Fernando as Head of Regulation & Compliance

Glide Group has appointed Max Fernando as Head of Regulation & Compliance, representing Glide in policy and regulatory discussions. Recently appointed Chair of the Independent Networks Cooperative Association (INCA) Standards Committee, Fernando joins Glide having previously worked at BT as Regulatory Manager, where he was responsible for several areas of …

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Glide Group Delivers Gigabit Fibre Broadband Across the Midlands

Glide Group is upgrading its fibre infrastructure in Coventry, Leicester, Nottingham and Birmingham and introducing its new range of Glide Gigabit full-fibre broadband services to offer symmetric 10 Gbit/s speeds with low latency. Glide has brought full-fibre broadband directly to business parks underserved by larger ISPs. Every metre of fibre …

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Glide Group Appoints Bruce Girdlestone as Sales Director for Higher Education Sector

Glide Group has appointment Bruce Girdlestone as Sales Director for Higher Education. Girdlestone previously worked in the fixed and wireless telecommunications industry leading sales, business development and product teams. With over 25 years of experience in telecommunications, Girdlestone has spent the past 2 years setting up a new sales team …

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Glide Group appoints Chris Bates as Chief Financial Officer

Glide Group has appointed Chris Bates as the organisation’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Chris Bates joins Glide having previously worked in Private Equity owned businesses covering technology, engineering, contracting & construction and service sectors. With over 35 years of experience in finance, Bates has spent the last decade within CFO …

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Glide Group acquires fibre network

Glide Group has acquired Concept Solutions People (CSP). Founded in 2010 by Steve Ives and Dave Bowler, CSP designs and builds bespoke fibre networks for clients such as councils, data centres, telecommunication service providers, and universities. During this time, the organisation has built over 100 kilometres of owned duct network …

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Glide Group announces two additions to leadership team 

Glide Group has appointed Sean Lowry as Group Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Phil Duggan as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Sean Lowry joins Glide having previously worked in the student broadband industry at Keycom and most recently as CTO at business Internet service provider, Solar Communications. Lowry will be leading …

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