iomart group history

The iomart group was founded in 1998 as an integrated Internet and telecommunications provider. The group was one of the first organisations to recognise the effect that the World Wide Web would have on our daily lives, and has been at the heart of the UK’s internet industry ever since.

Over the past decade, the group has evolved, through a combination of organic growth and acquisition, to become one of Europe’s leading internet hosting and managed services companies.

The following timeline highlights the key milestones in the group’s history:

	December 1998 iomart founded & obtains a UK telecommunications license
	October 1999 Receives first revenues from launch of its business service in conjunction with Virginbiz.net
	April 2000 iomart group incorporated and floated on AIM raising £20M less expenses
	August 2000 Offers first UK consumer broadband connection via group’s Madasafish ISP
	October 2000 Launches Jings! consumer ISP Launches Thinkmail – UK’s first managed email and messaging platform
	June 2001 Sale of Madasafish & Jings! ISP access business to Brightviewfor £3M Introduces first ‘self install’ broadband connection into UK Acquires business broadband customer base from OnCue for £250K Acquires Netintelligence through purchase of Actis Technology for £270K
	August 2001 Acquires German e-mail/messaging company CANBOX for £330K
	October 2001 Launches network based Netintelligence for B2B market
	January 2002 Completes withdrawal from access supply by selling broadband business to Centrica Telecommunications (One.Tel) for £2M
	July 2003 Acquires hosting and domain company Web Genie Internet Ltd (NicNames) for £437K
	February 2004 Acquires hosting and domain company Internetters for £250K
	September 2004 Acquires hosting and domain company Easyspace for £10.5M Net & places 11,574,075 shares at 54p each Announces maiden profit of £167K
	May 2005 Launches UK business directory service Ufindus
	September 2005 Launches Netintelligence Managed Services Platform
	January 2006 Launches Netintelligence as world’s first security Software As A Service product
	March 2007 Acquires 51 per cent stake in Ezee DSL Limited (5 Datacentres) for £4.8 million in cash & places 20m shares at 55p
	May 2007 Launches UK Micro business online marketing service Customer Street
	July 2008 Ufindus sold to BT for £20M

About iomart Group

iomart group history