M247
More than just web delivery and Internet infrastructure providers
M247 known as Open Hosting until 2008 was founded in May 2000 by two professional Internet engineers with the key objective to provide the best quality services and customer satisfaction that was in everyone's price range. Surpassing every expectation in the first year, the reputation of the company and the services it provides has nothing but grown within the industry and in 2010 was ranked the fourth fastest growing technology company in the North of England by Deloitte. M247 Ltd remains independent and privately owned with the majority of shares owned by its staff.
David Buckle
Managing Director
David has many years of business experience. He originally worked for a major paint manufacturer as Marine Director. He now has interests in a number of Companies in the IT industry. David is responsible for administration and development of our business strategy. David is a Governor of Bolton College.
Jonathan started in the hosting business back in 2000, when he operated Liquid online with co-founder Chris Byrd, he is currently the Operations Director for M247 Ltd.
Chris is a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), holds a BSc degree in Internet Computing and is a member of the British Computer Society (MBCS). With nearly 10 years of experience in the field, and previous involvement at board level with several hosting companies, Chris is currently the Technical Director of M247 Ltd.
Brian Leigh-Bramwell
MA (Oxon)
Director
Until successfully negotiating its recent sale, Brian was Chairman of Leighs Paints. He is also on the board of Magee Clothing and a governor of Bolton School, where he is Vice-Chairman of their Boys' Division and Chairman of Bolton School Services Ltd.
James is the founder of UH Hosting, now known as Prime Hosting. At the age of 16, in 2002 he formed UH Hosting. In November 2005 he sold his majority stake to M247 Ltd. His main responsibilities now are to operate Prime Hosting, the Gaming Division and Cloud Hosting. Previously, at the age of 15, he founded and operated the popular online computer hardware review web site, Unique Hardware.
Paul has been involved in the industry since 1997. Paul specialises in creating managed solutions for customers, joining the technical with the support to create the best single point solutions. A CSSA qualified SonicWALL technician he has many years’ worth of experience in hardware and datacentre setups as well as firewall configuration.













