Kainos to continue major recruitment drive on back of significant growth of business Demolition work under way on the former Movie House cinema on Belfast’s Dublin Road, where Kainos will build its new headquarters. Picture by Hugh Russell. Ryan McAleer
Chief executive of Kainos, Brendan Mooney.
BELFAST software firm Kainos is continuing on a major recruitment drive after growing its business by one-third in the past year.
The digital transformation specialist more than doubled pre-tax profits to £57 million in the year ending March 31 2021 on the back of a 31 per cent surge in revenue to £234.7m.
Despite switching to a remote home working operation during the pandemic, Kainos added 309 staff in the past 12 months, taking its global workforce to 2,024.
Revenue more than doubled at Kainos’s healthcare business (Jane Barlow/PA)
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Software group Kainos saw its profit more than double in the last year, boosted in no small part by its hospitals business.
The Belfast-based company said it had seen good growth at its healthcare division, which digitalises records of care providers, including hospitals.
The unit registered a 106% increase in revenue to £48.1 million, while overall revenue across the business jumped 31% to £234.7 million.
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