{"id":8555,"date":"2022-01-04T12:24:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T12:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exa.net.uk\/?p=8555"},"modified":"2024-03-26T09:42:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T09:42:30","slug":"exa-recap-of-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/news\/business-news\/exa-recap-of-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Exa&#8217;s recap of 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8555\" data-post-id=\"8555\" data-obj-id=\"8555\" class=\"elementor elementor-8555 dce-elementor-post-8555\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d356c49 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-dce-background-image-url=\"https:\/\/exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/blog-post-top.png\" data-id=\"d356c49\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/exa.net.uk\/about-us\/exa-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-caret-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">News<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f0357f elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f0357f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span class=\"image-gap-right\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"77\" src=\"https:\/\/exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/EXALogo-colour.svg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\"><\/span>Exa <span class=\"lightblue\">News<\/span><\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8e97b2 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f8e97b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Exa&#8217;s recap of 2021<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0409f25 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-hidden-phone elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0409f25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1c4687 elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-align-center elementor-widget__width-initial post-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"c1c4687\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-ba9c996 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__item-prefix\">Date Posted:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t04.01.2022\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-a339c7b elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__item-prefix\">Written by:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExa Networks\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f9523b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-hidden-phone elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1f9523b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44bb490 dce_masking-none elementor-widget 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class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ae3081\" data-id=\"2ae3081\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ff5063 custom-posts elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ff5063\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can you believe it, 2021 is over and what an unusual year it has been!\u00a0 Here at Exa we\u2019ve looked back on the past year, at all the fantastic things we achieved as well as news from the connectivity industry!<\/span><\/p><p><b>Q1<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">January usually sees us exhibit at The Bett Show, one of our biggest events, however due to the ongoing pandemic and the national lockdown that was implemented on January 4 it was unfortunately cancelled.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re planning to attend in 2022, it\u2019s worth knowing that due to the current uncertainty the January show, which takes place at the Excel in London, has been postponed and rescheduled for 23-25th March. We hope to see you there!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In January, we also introduced our new VoIP packages, which were specifically designed to suit the requirements of schools and businesses and included unlimited UK minutes and more app integration for devices.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In February, some of our team members participated in the \u2018Million Steps for One in A Million\u2019 event, completing 500 miles in 100 days either by walking, running, cycling or trekking. to raise money to support One in a Million Charity to help children and young people living in disadvantaged communities in Bradford. Our team completed an amazing total of 6.9 million steps and raised \u00a3500 which was used to support children and young people living in disadvantaged communities in Bradford.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7b0813 dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f7b0813\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/136984980_3865782680119753_1780318393180010312_n-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8559\" alt=\"exa takes part in one in a million charity steps challenge\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/136984980_3865782680119753_1780318393180010312_n-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/136984980_3865782680119753_1780318393180010312_n-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/136984980_3865782680119753_1780318393180010312_n-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/136984980_3865782680119753_1780318393180010312_n-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/136984980_3865782680119753_1780318393180010312_n.jpeg 1944w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28f7d0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28f7d0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In March, the Exa Foundation\u2019s Alan O\u2019Donohoe, created his own Cardboard Museum of Computing at home, which was featured on BBC click, you can view the clip <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?t=1049&amp;v=ofCcyHdVccg&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. Can you remember the names of some of the hardware he created?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cd5391 dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2cd5391\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"748\" src=\"https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_20210209_000105_420-1024x748.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8558\" alt=\"cardboard museum of computing alan\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_20210209_000105_420-1024x748.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_20210209_000105_420-300x219.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_20210209_000105_420-768x561.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_20210209_000105_420-1536x1123.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_20210209_000105_420.jpeg 1869w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25d5f68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25d5f68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Q2<\/strong><\/p><p>In April, one of the largest Academy Trusts in London was the victim of a ransomware attack which shut down the IT systems, mail servers and telephone lines at all of its primary and secondary schools. This prompted the National Cyber Security Centre to send out an alert to all organisations in the education sector warning them about the increased threat of ransomware attacks and providing practical advice about how to protect their networks.\u00a0<\/p><p>In the same month, 533 million Facebook users&#8217; phone numbers and personal data were leaked in a hacking forum. This affected users from 106 different countries and 11 million people in the UK.\u00a0<\/p><p>This brought to the fore the importance of having stringent cybersecurity measures in place including firewalls and antivirus software, as well as encouraging staff and students to carry out tasks using best practice.<\/p><p><b>Q3<\/b><\/p><p>In July, covid restrictions were lifted and our team returned to the office after more than a year of working from home. It was great to be able to see each other in person rather than on Zoom!\u00a0<\/p><p>We were shortlisted for five ISPA Awards for Social Impact Award, Best Cyber Security, Best Hosted Service, Best Partnership and Best Customer Service. We were also fortunate to be shortlisted for Tech Company of the Year, Employer of the Year and Social Mobility Awards in Bradford Means Business Awards 2021. You can find out how we fared further down the article!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-893f445 dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"893f445\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ISPA-Awards-1024x670.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8268\" alt=\"ISPA awards\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ISPA-Awards-1024x670.png 1024w, https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ISPA-Awards-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ISPA-Awards-768x503.png 768w, https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/ISPA-Awards.png 1476w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdf1caf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bdf1caf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Did you know that in July the internet speed world record was broken by engineers in Japan? They hit 319 terabits per second without any drop in speed over a distance of 1,865 miles, with the previous record achieving 178 terabits per second! From our calculations, with this speed you could download around 6,646 HD films (average of 6GB) or 26,583 in standard quality per second!<\/p><p>We were honoured and humbled to win the award for Social Mobility at the Bradford Means Business Awards in September. The award recognises organisations or individuals that go above and beyond to support and champion communities, charities, schools, and businesses.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36201a9 dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"36201a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/B.F.D-Means-Business-Awards-2021-AG-112-1024x681.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7797\" alt=\"social mobility award\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/B.F.D-Means-Business-Awards-2021-AG-112-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/B.F.D-Means-Business-Awards-2021-AG-112-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/B.F.D-Means-Business-Awards-2021-AG-112-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/B.F.D-Means-Business-Awards-2021-AG-112-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/B.F.D-Means-Business-Awards-2021-AG-112-2048x1363.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d79315f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d79315f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Q4<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October was an incredibly busy month for Exa.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After many months of hard work by the marketing team and wider business, we launched our new website, rebrand and strategy. We hope you like our new look and have managed to find the time to visit our knowledge hub, which features lots of impartial articles and videos that answer your questions regarding internet-related topics to help you make an educated buying decision.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Exa Foundation was also rushed off its feet with a variety of events throughout the month. First up was Bradford Tech Week for which Alan did a series of \u2018out of this world\u2019 shows for children at Kala Sangam, where they enjoyed a \u2018trip\u2019 to the International Space Station.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d4b4a0 dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5d4b4a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"662\" src=\"https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/246209120_1498864110487320_6279746451735859263_n-1024x662.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8561\" alt=\"exa foundation bradford tech week 2021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/246209120_1498864110487320_6279746451735859263_n-1024x662.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/246209120_1498864110487320_6279746451735859263_n-300x194.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/246209120_1498864110487320_6279746451735859263_n-768x497.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/246209120_1498864110487320_6279746451735859263_n-1536x993.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/246209120_1498864110487320_6279746451735859263_n.jpeg 1771w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0c7694 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b0c7694\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During half term, Alan hosted a series of digital soundtrack workshops for children at the Bradford Media Museum during Bradford Science Week, which was great fun for all ages.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13d8aba dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"13d8aba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/249994992_1506994069674324_5428444035343279931_n-1024x685.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8560\" alt=\"Exa foundation session\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/249994992_1506994069674324_5428444035343279931_n-1024x685.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/249994992_1506994069674324_5428444035343279931_n-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/249994992_1506994069674324_5428444035343279931_n-768x514.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/249994992_1506994069674324_5428444035343279931_n-1536x1028.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/249994992_1506994069674324_5428444035343279931_n.jpeg 1838w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b2f073 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b2f073\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">In November, we were delighted to win the Best Customer Service and Best Partnership Accolades at the ISPA Awards. We were proud that our team was recognised for their hard work in ensuring our customers always come first.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7479c3 dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d7479c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-from-iOS-1024x556.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8562\" alt=\"Exa wins ISPA awards 2021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-from-iOS-1024x556.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-from-iOS-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-from-iOS-768x417.jpg 768w, https:\/\/edit.exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-from-iOS.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbef581 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbef581\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>December marked the start of the Christmas period and our teams took full advantage, decorating the office and spreading festive cheer. But it was our ops department who stole the show with their impressive switchmas tree.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4156b3 dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"a4156b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;mute&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/exa.net.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/switchmas.mp4\" autoplay=\"\" loop=\"\" controls=\"\" muted=\"muted\" playsinline=\"\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ccf9ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ccf9ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We&#8217;re looking forward to a great year ahead, where we already have fantastic events and product launches lined up in 2022. Keep an eye on our blog and social media accounts to hear what we get up to.<\/p><p>We hope you have a fantastic 2022.<\/p><p>Exa<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e6fdc1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-hidden-phone elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9e6fdc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f20fa23 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f20fa23\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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