By Carla Allen
THE VANGUARD
NovaNewsNow,com
Now they sit and cross their fingers. Executives at Register.com provided a tour and power point show on their operation in Yarmouth to ACOA minister Keith Ashfield, and West Nova MP Greg Kerr Wednesday morning, Sept. 8.
The company is hoping for financial assistance from the federal government in connection with an expansion project.
Sandy Ross, senior vice-president of Canadian Operations, said the company hopes to have an announcement on more jobs for Yarmouth in the very near future. Ross could not get into specifics at this time because details are still being sorted out.
“I’m hoping that we will be bursting at the seams when we are finished with the project,” he said.
“We’ve only got a limited amount of space in here and we can only fit so much. With a little luck, this will fill us up.
Expanding the operation to downtown Yarmouth may also be a possibility within the next two years.
“If you’re going to grow your business it takes quite a bit of time to get fit up, to get all the IT support in, to get all the desks wired so usually you like to keep your growth opportunities six to 12 to 18 months out to know where you want to go. One of the options for us is expanding into the town itself,” he said.
In June, Web.com, headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, bought Register.com in a deal worth $135 million.
