Arkphire rises from ashes of bank crisis
The IT procurement firm’s future was in doubt, but now it is posting annual revenues of €126 million
Arkphire, the IT procurement and services firm, has come a long way since its German owner decided to pull out of the Irish market as the financial crisis took hold.
A decade ago AO Group, its parent company, struggled to offload it, but the business is now expanding and has annual revenues of €126 million.
“They saw the banking crisis as a major issue in Ireland and took a very poor view of the country...
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