Wigan marketing firm announces expansion plans after takeover by global software company

ATTAIN team: Left to right - Jackie Salt, commercial manager, Rob Blair, designer and Stuart Gent, head of operations

A Wigan based marketing business has marked its 21st anniversary by announcing nationwide growth plans, after being taken over by a global software company.

Attain Digital has been acquired by Cheshire-based ICX4 who want to take the organisation from a regional agency to one with a national presence.

The digital marketing agency has been based in the borough since it was established in 1999 and has built a reputation for working with organisations such as Wigan Athletic Football Club and Wigan Youth Zone.

Commercial manager Jackie Salt, who has been with Attain for 10 years, said: “Our growth plans are not in exchange of our values – and the emphasis we place on treating our clients’ businesses as if they were our own, as well as what we do for the communities that we work in. We are an agency – but we pride ourselves on being an agency that really cares and develops equal partnerships with our clients.”

The company, which is based at Atlas House, is investing in its team by recruiting a client development manager, technical manager, and account manager this Autumn to get set for national expansion by the end of 2021.

CEO of ICX4, Paul Ashby, said: “We are taking the tried and tested model Attain has developed for just over two decades in Wigan, Lancashire and Greater Manchester to reach even more people across the north west and the country as a whole. Core to its success to date has been a focus on building a reputation as an agency that really cares about its clients’ businesses– this will remain central to our way of working as we grow.”

To celebrate this new era for Attain, the company is offering businesses a free marketing review with one of their experts throughout October. For more information visit: www.attain.uk.com/marketing-review