West Midlands firm OGL Computer Services Group has announced plans for expansion of its Stourport site which will mean 30 jobs created in two years.

The new facilities, which will nearly double the current square footage, will house additional office, stores, workshop space and customer training and demonstration suites.

OGL, which provides IT solutions and develops business software, was founded in Kidderminster in 1976.

Neil Morris, operations director, said: “With over 50 per cent of our 200 staff residing in Wyre Forest it makes sense to expand our operation here rather than move out of the area. Much of our growth has been in hosted services, also known as cloud computing, and our new offerings of offsite data storage and business continuity have been highly successful.

“Over the next two years we expect to recruit up to 30 new staff in a variety of areas including research and development, helpdesk support, sales and management.

“This is an exciting time for OGL with major investment in data centre infrastructure together with extensive development of our software, particularly in the areas of mobile computing and ecommerce.”