Star, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services to UK businesses, has announced the opening of its new corporate headquarters in Theale, Reading.

The new office provides Star with a central base in the heart of the Thames Valley and supports Star’s ongoing growth strategy moving forwards.

The modern premises will serve as the company’s UK headquarters and will provide a base for its sales staff and management team outside of London.

The opening of the new office follows a successful year for Star, which saw the company open its third data centre in Bristol in April 2009. The multi-million-pound, 10,000 sq ft facility is at the heart of Star’s infrastructure, which has been engineered to deliver utility computing services to UK businesses, providing highly secure, enterprise grade on-demand business services that are easy to use and pay for.

Star’s business customers range between 50 and 1,000 employees and benefit from managed services such as email, voice, high availability hosting and data connectivity for a fixed monthly fee. Star also has three regional UK offices in Gloucester, London and Manchester.

Ricky Hudson, CEO, said: “I’m delighted to announce our expansion into the Berkshire region and the opening of our new corporate headquarters. The Reading area is one of continuing growth, as it is at the heart of the M4 corridor, and the opening of the new office provides exciting opportunities for us to nurture our relationships with customers in the region and forge new ones. Following on from a successful 2009, we are excited to start this new chapter within the organisation and continue to move forward by offering customers the best in on-demand computing and communication services.”

To support the new office opening Star has launched a new Cloud Computing guide available for free download from: http://www.star.co.uk/cloud

Star’s new UK address is: 1230 Arlington Business Park, Theale, Reading RG7 4SA.