DEVELOPMENT consultancy Primeast has opened offices in three countries abroad and won contracts to help support its growth plans.

The company, based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, has strengthened its moves into Europe by opening offices in Prague and Budapest, and has made its first inroads into southern Africa with a base in Malawi.

Primeast is now working with a number of African organisations including Unicef, and is delivering major projects involving 1,000 employees of software company Oracle in Prague, Moscow and across central Europe. Overseas contracts account for 60 per cent of Primeast’s fee income and the consultancy’s client portfolio includes clients such as ExxonMobil, and Novartis.