Type Private Headquarters Manchester Parent organization EPAM Systems | Website www.epam.com Founded 2008 | |
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Industry Product & service design Key people Matthew Farrar, Co-Founder, European CEO
Robert Noble, Co-Founder, American CEO | ||
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Great Fridays is a Manchester-based product and service design company, founded in 2008 by Matthew Farrar and Robert Noble.
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In October 2014, the company was acquired by EPAM Systems, a leading provider of product development and software engineering solutions.
Background
The company was founded in late 2008 in Manchester by Matthew Farrar and Robert Noble with investment from Peter Gabriel, through his Real World Holdings company.
With a head office in Manchester and a rising demand for their services in London, the company opened an office in the capital in 2011. In December 2012 the company announced the opening of two further offices in San Francisco and New York City as part of its global expansion plans.
Great Fridays was acquired by EPAM Systems in October 2014. The company now employs more than 60 full-time staff and has an in-house team of design experts across all disciplines including audio
In January 2012 the company acquired product design company Dekode.
The company has worked for Adobe, Imagination Technologies, Gucci, Sonos, Citrix, Microsoft, Experian, Thomson Reuters, Vodafone, Pearson, Williams Lea, among others.
On October 31, 2014, Great Fridays was acquired by EPAM Systems, a leading provider of product development and software engineering solutions.