A REDDITCH IT services business has been awarded a multi-million-pound contract to help restore the Palace of Westminster.

Version 1 has won a contract worth £3.65m in year one to deliver IT services that will help the restoration programme of the government building.

Conor McColgan, UK sales director at Version 1, said: “We are delighted to have been named as the strategic Digital Services Partner for the Restoration and Renewal Programme for the next four years.”

Andy Haynes, commercial director at the Houses of Parliament Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority, said: “The Houses of Parliament represents all peoples and regions of the country, and likewise, its important that the benefits of the works are shared throughout the UK, including in the West Midlands.

“Effective digital services are at the core of modern programme work and I’m delighted to see Version 1 join us in this national effort to save the home of UK democracy for future generations.”