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Cornerstone continues linkup with Middlesbrough FC

Teesside-based Cornerstone Business Solutions has carried out a contract to upgrade Middlesbrough Football Club’s cabling and internet speeds at the Riverside Stadium.

The Stockton IT firm fitted the Riverside with a full fibre backbone whilst fully re-cabling the stadium including the installation of new high-quality CAT6 cabling to the refurbished media facilities, corporate suites, office locations and kitchens.

Cornerstone staff also spent the summer upgrading Boro’s leased line connectivity to dramatically increase the stadium’s broadband speeds, whilst carrying out new IT installations for new recruits as the club celebrated a long-awaited return to English football’s top division.

In its role as Middlesbrough FC’s Official Technology Partner, Cornerstone has catered for the club’s IT requirements at both the Riverside and the Rockliffe Park training ground in Hurworth, near Darlington, for the last nine years.

The two-way partnership means Cornerstone also sponsor the club’s popular Family Zone within the Riverside’s East Stand, featuring arcade machines and giving young fans the chance to take on members of the Boro first team squad at FIFA 17 on a large screen within the concourse.

Cornerstone, which has recently recruited three new staff to take their team to 25, also hire a match day executive box at the Riverside whilst sponsoring the official MFC app and the club’s wine coolers.

Cornerstone MD Chris Petty said: “It was a significant project to carry out against the clock but a magnificent one that we were all delighted to be part of, too. As a proud Teesside company, who better than Middlesbrough FC to have as our flagship customer?

“Cornerstone has become a name synonymous with business IT on Teesside and a major factor in that has been our close working relationship with the football club.

“As a quirky example, our pitchside advertising even features on FIFA 17 video game that will be seen by millions of people around the world.

“Everyone at Cornerstone is a massive Boro fan, so it’s a real coup for us to have the club on board while they know we’re always happy to go the extra mile to give them exactly what they need.”

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