XMA shutters its City pad, will service London from St Albans XMA is to shutter its London offices because too few staff were based there to justify the relatively expensive lease. The office in the heart of the City, established in September 2012 and initially run by former BT Engage exec Chris Leah, was set up to win over more corporate customers and at one point housed upwards of 20 …
They quote their address as:-
St Albans Office
7 Handley Page Way
Old Parkbury Lane
Colney Street
St Albans
AL2 2DQ
Don't get into a nit-picking contest over this, please. It got very nasty a few weeks ago in the local newspaper over some address or other being in Watford or Three Rivers. (It was Watford, because that was their postal town - the fact that a Three Rivers lorry empties their bins had nothing to do with anything!)
When you can get 10Gbs fibre-to-your-headquarters in the Outer Hebrides.
No need - I have access to high speed satcomms with low enough latency to even make phone calls possible. I can have a link up in 30 minutes after arrival, the only delay is proper fittings for the dish :).
It seems that having a premises within the M25 carries major kudos. I'm not a procurement manager, but it seems like "being within the M25" means bugger all when choosing a supplier - if I need them to get to me in London within 2 hours or 1 hour or 15 minutes, I'd write that into the contract and let them sort that bit out under threat of penalty.
Seems to me anyway.
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