London - UK, 31 May - Reinforcing its commitment to become the world’s leading PHP company, The Inviqa Group has today announced the launch of Sensio Labs UK. The Inviqa Group is currently the largest PHP company in the UK and the partnership with Sensio Labs brings the core Symfony team to The Inviqa Group.

Sensio Labs is the creator of Symfony, a leading open source PHP application framework that helps developers to deliver high quality projects to tight deadlines. Well respected throughout the industry, Sensio Labs has developed an international reputation for promoting excellence and best practice in the field of web application development.

Customers will now have access to the very best Symfony services in the UK. Sensio Labs UK will offer training and consultancy direct to businesses to improve quality and efficiency in their own development teams as well as delivering fully managed bespoke projects to medium and large enterprises.

Wes Thompson and Richard Miller (formerly directors of Lime Thinking Ltd) will join The Inviqa Group to spearhead Sensio Labs UK, whilst Fabien Potencier, CEO of Sensio Labs, will provide support and resources from the highly experienced French team.

Yair Spitzer, CEO of The Inviqa Group, said: “We have seen the fantastic success achieved by Symfony2 across the world and we are now well positioned to accelerate its growth among medium and large enterprises - particularly in the UK. We have worked closely with some key players in the Symfony2 community to bring the best European and UK talent together to form a truly fantastic team. With so many companies now using the Symfony2 framework and associated technologies, this is a great opportunity to grow long term relationships with our customers.”

Fabien Potencier, CEO of Sensio Labs, added: “We have been watching the UK community grow over recent years and have been very impressed with the quality and enthusiasm of some of the community leaders. Over the last few months all of the pieces have been put into place and now, in partnership with The Inviqa Group, we are thrilled to announce the launch of Sensio Labs UK.”

The Inviqa Group now includes three businesses: Inviqa UK, Session Digital and Sensio Labs UK.