SPECIALIST finance and accountancy recruiter iMultiply has opened a new office in Belfast at the iconic Scottish Provident Building.
It will be headed by director Billy McCarthy and supported by a team that includes iMultiply’s Jamie Watts, who is relocating as part of the expansion.
Targeting the north’s entrepreneurial business market, iMultiply’s chief executive and founder Kirsty Mackenzie sees strong alignment between the firm's activities in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
She said: “When we started assessing the opportunity in Belfast, we quickly noticed that the city is not dissimilar to the Scottish market particularly when you look at the high level of ambitious, entrepreneurial companies.
"We have had great success supporting high growth tech and owner managed businesses, which are the lifeblood of the Northern Irish market.”
iMultiply now has a team of 17 across its Edinburgh, Glasgow and Belfast offices and is on course for increased revenue of around £1.3 million in 2017.
Its existing client base includes online tyre retailer Blackcircles.com, which was acquired by Michelin in 2015, and data specialist deltaDNA.
Billy McCarthy, director of the new regional operation, said: “Northern Ireland has a strongly pro-business climate, with a highly developed SME market and a real entrepreneurial spirit underpinned by a talented workforce.
"We feel that our recruitment expertise and agile approach will add real value to the market.”
The iMultiply team has also identified Dublin as a target market, one that will be more easily accessible through the Belfast office.
Ms Mackenzie added: “Geographic expansion is part of our strategy of growth and we’re currently looking at other office locations in addition to the possibility of further acquisitions.”
