Timico kicks off Festival preparations unveiling newly-engraved Timico
Cheltenham Gold Cup
18 February 2016 – Following the recent announcement that internet and managed service
provider, Timico Technology Group, is the new sponsor of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, the
coveted cup arrived at Timico’s headquarters for its much anticipated first unveiling.
The cup makes its debut to mark the run up to The Cheltenham Festival, a world-renowned
event in the British jump racing calendar which takes place each year in March at Cheltenham
Racecourse.
Presenting the trophy was Timico’s Chief Executive Officer, Tim Radford, whose family have
long been associated with horse racing, as owners of frequent runners Knock House,
Somersby, Calgary Bay and Racing Demon.
He said: “It’s a real honour to have been chosen as the new sponsor of the Cheltenham Gold
Cup and seeing the Timico name emblazoned on such an iconic symbol of jump racing is truly
fantastic. With a month to go to the start of The FestivalTM, the countdown is well and truly
on, and all of us here at Timico are really looking forward to seeing what this year’s Festival
has in store.”
The high profile sponsor spot for the Cheltenham Gold Cup, the feature race at The Festival,
became available for the first time in 36 years, at the end of last year.
Timico already provides a range of ICT services to both Goodwood and Newbury independent
race courses, encompassing the full suite of services from managed voice and data
communications through to guest WiFi and IT solutions. Through the new four year
sponsorship and associated business partnership, it will have preferred supplier status with
The Jockey Club’s portfolio of 15 racecourses.
For more information on Timico, please visit: www.timico.co.uk
-endsFor further information, please contact:
Suzie Hodges, Group Head of Communications
Tel: 01636 675100 Email: suzie.hodges@timico.co.uk
About Timico
Timico is a privately-owned, information and communications technology provider, supplying multi-site organisations with
the network connectivity, cloud, unified communication, managed IT and mobile solutions they need to operate effectively
in today’s highly competitive market place.
Key clients include Greene King, Goodwood, Honda UK, Informa, Shoezone, The Girls’ Day School Trust, Travis Perkins, Jimmy
Choo, Stroke Association, Mitsubishi Motors UK and The Savoy Hotel. Timico’s 10Gbps MPLS core network enables the secure
delivery of applications and data to customers’ office, retail and homeworker locations. Timico owns and operates its own
Tier 3 data centres which support the delivery of a range of cloud and hosting solutions. It is also a fully licensed mobile
service provider for the O2 and Vodafone networks.
The company’s impressive growth has come about through both organic and acquisitive means. Founded in 2004, Timico
services the UK and international needs of over 15,000 clients from its head office in Newark and five other offices
nationwide.
Timico was ranked in the top 25 fastest growing companies in The Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track four years running,
from 2007 to 2010. The business was awarded ITSPA's Unified Communications Solution of the year in 2008 as a result of its
early involvement in IP technology, and has since been highly commended in many other internet industry awards, including
Best Business ITSP and Best Business Customer Service Provider. Most recently, Timico won the 2015 GTB Innovation Award
for its Synergy hosted UC, mobility and collaboration solution. In December 2015, Timico was named as the new sponsor of
the Cheltenham Gold Cup in a four year deal, a unique partnership leading to Timico being given preferred supplier status to
The Jockey Club’s portfolio of 15 racecourses. For more information on Timico, please visit: www.timico.co.uk.
About Cheltenham Racecourse
Cheltenham Racecourse is situated in Prestbury on the outskirts of the historic spa town of Cheltenham. The Home of Jump
Racing, Cheltenham Racecourse is the venue for the world's pre-eminent Jump meeting, The Festival, which takes place in
March over four days every year. Set against the beautiful backdrop of the Cotswolds, Cheltenham Racecourse is a stunning
natural arena and offers the highest-quality action throughout the Jump season.
More information is available at www.cheltenham.co.uk and through Twitter
(@CheltenhamRaces), Facebook www.facebook.com/thehomeofjumpracing and Instagram (@CheltenhamRaces).
Cheltenham Racecourse is part of The Jockey Club, which has been at the heart of British racing for more than 260 years.
Today the largest commercial group in the sport, The Jockey Club runs the largest racecourse group in the UK by turnover
(2014: £162.9m), courses (15) including those at Aintree, Cheltenham, Epsom Downs and Newmarket, attendances (2014:
1.8m), total prize money (2014: £43.7m), contribution to prize money (2014: £19.1m) and quality racing (Group and Graded
races); more than 3,000 acres of world-class training grounds in Newmarket, Lambourn and Epsom Downs; The National
Stud breeding enterprise and education provider; and the charity for racing's people in need, Racing Welfare. Governed by
Royal Charter, every penny The Jockey Club makes it puts back into British racing. More information is available
at www.thejockeyclub.co.uk