UK telecoms, IT, and managed services provider for SMEs and enterprises
Focus Group is a UK-based managed services provider spanning telecoms, connectivity, IT support, and cybersecurity for businesses of all sizes. The hiring mix is heavily sales-driven (39 of 81 open roles), paired with aggressive adoption of AI—two Director-level AI roles and a project to build and lead a small AI team—suggesting a shift toward automating service delivery and lead generation in a traditionally high-touch channel. Pain-point data confirms the pressure: customer churn, lead generation bottlenecks, and the friction of handling high-volume support queries are all driving the AI pivot.
Notable leadership hires: Director of AI, AI Director
Founded in 2003, Focus Group operates as one of the UK's leading independent technology service providers. The company delivers telecoms, mobile, IT solutions, cybersecurity, and energy services from a single vendor relationship, primarily targeting SMEs and mid-market enterprises, as well as public sector and charity clients. The tech stack is Microsoft-native (Microsoft 365, Teams, Azure AD, Intune, Power Platform) with ServiceNow for service delivery, indicating a mature enterprise IT operations foundation. Current initiatives include infrastructure improvements, migrations, managed service portfolio expansion, and a focused push into AI-driven tools for operations and sales productivity.
HubSpot, Microsoft 365 (Teams, SharePoint, Exchange Online), Azure AD, Intune, ServiceNow, Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI), Veeam, Jira, Confluence, Mitel, Cisco Networks, and Windows Server infrastructure.
Major projects include evaluating and implementing AI-driven tools, building a small AI team (with dedicated Director-level leadership), managed service offerings expansion, infrastructure improvements, and Microsoft Modern Workplace solutions deployments.
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