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Telecom Services Spend - Business Services Companies

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Small business services companies, employing 50-99 staff, spend £220m on telecom services. Legal services firms form the largest spending segment at £37m. Next in the rankings are employment agencies and office & other business support concerns each having an outlay of £27m. The smallest spenders are technical testing & analysis organisations and enterprises undertaking head office activities.

Source: IT & Telecom Spend – 80 Industry Sectors ( www.kewassociates.co.uk)

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