KCRS gets to the heart of UK skills base

We feel the time is right to roll out our services across Europe and Glasgow provides us with an ideal base from which to do so.

David Coleman
Vice president of European Operations
KCRS

By Anna Rooke, OurWorld Editor

A university perhaps seems an unlikely location for a company to centralise its entire European activities.

But for US software firm KCRS the University of Glasgow in Scotland has proved the winning location for its new European headquarters.

“…We feel the time is right to roll out our services across Europe and Glasgow provides us with an ideal base from which to do so,” said David Coleman, vice president of European Operations.

Translation requirement

KCRS will use the new base to develop its software products, aimed at tackling employee sickness absence.

In order to comply with European regulatory requirements the firm needs to convert its software to a range of European languages.

Access to the University of Glasgow’s research base will provide the technical expertise for this activity.

Pool of language graduates

The quality and number of language graduates at the University of Glasgow was also a big advantage for KCRS.

The firm is taking on 30 new staff in the area.

Martin Togneri, chief executive of Scottish Development International, said: “KCRS' decision to base its European headquarters in Scotland is testament to the skills, innovative environment and transport links that Scotland can offer.”

Customer service support

The operational scope of the Scottish facility will stretch beyond the European region.

KCRS is to provide customer service support to its home market and the rest of the Americas from Glasgow.

A Scottish business grant of £240,000, is supporting its development.