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A James and James client tracks orders using ControlPort, which has now been migrated to Amazon Web Services (AWS)
James and James migrates fulfillment software to AWS to support global scale-up

James and James has migrated its ControlPort order fulfillment software to Amazon Web Services (AWS), enhancing speed, resilience and scalability. It joins brands like Zappos and Amazon itself on the cloud platform.

An exterior photo of Liberty 196 - home of James and James's new UK fulfilment centre
James and James Fulfillment accelerates growth with Liberty 196 move

James and James will increase its UK operational space sixfold, with a move to Liberty 196 – a new Prologis and Equation Properties facility close to its current HQ on Northampton's Brackmills Industrial Estate.

James and James's global team celebrate another Queen's Award - this time for International Trade
James and James wins second Queen’s Award, this time for International Trade

James and James has won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the field of International Trade, following a 1,700% increase in export revenues over the last five years. It’s the second time the company has received the accolade.

A person wearing a Cambridge Mask Co face mask, fulfilled by James and James
Cambridge Mask Co meets 2,500% increase in demand with James and James

Cambridge Mask Co – a provider of military-grade face masks – has shipped tens of thousands to people who need them during the COVID-19 crisis, thanks to its long-term fulfillment partnership with James and James.

James and James team members celebrate our £11 million investment
James and James secures £11m private equity investment from LDC

James and James has secured an £11 million investment from private equity investor LDC, part of Lloyds Banking Group. It will enable the firm to further enhance its software services and operating infrastructure.

James and James's headquarters in Northampton
James and James joins the FT1000 for the second year running

James and James has been ranked #736 on the FT1000 – the Financial Times’ list of fastest-growing companies – for the second year running, thanks to its consistent global growth in revenues and employee numbers.

James Hyde and James Strachan at the Fast Track 100 presentation event
Fast Track 100 ranks James and James among UK’s fastest-growing companies

James and James has joined the 22nd annual Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100 – a league table, published this weekend, that ranks Britain’s private companies with the fastest-growing sales.

James and James's staff learn hard, soft and unusual skills as part of Innovation Week
Innovation Week: celebrating our most important value

Aaron Rickard-Smith, HR Manager, reports on Innovation Week 2018 – a time for the whole company to come together, celebrate innovation, and learn new hard and soft skills for work and for life.

The inside of James and James's UK fulfilment centre, which has seen rapid growth
James and James recognized as one of Inc. Magazine’s fastest-growing European companies

Inc. magazine has ranked James and James at 1,688 on its annual Inc. 5000 – a prestigious ranking of Europe's fastest-growing private companies. Many well-known names gained their first exposure on the list.

James Hyde and James Strachan receive the Queen's Award from the Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, Sir Hugh Duberly
James and James awarded Queen’s Award for Enterprise

James and James has been awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise in the field of Innovation, which is considered to be one of the UK’s highest accolades in business.