SolutionsHub marks ten years of growth and international expansion

On 23 June 2016, the day of the Brexit referendum, Lee Hills founded Isle of Man-based SolutionsHub with a clear view of the type of regulatory business he wanted to build.

Ten years later, that idea has developed into one of iGaming’s most respected regulatory and licensing consultancies, supported by a team of former regulators, government officials, compliance specialists and experienced industry professionals.

SolutionsHub began as a one-person business, with Hills initially managing a level of demand that exceeded his expectations.

Around 18 months later, Nick Wright, a former Gambling Inspector with extensive licensing experience, joined the business as it began to grow.

His arrival brought further regulatory expertise and marked the beginning of the wider team that has since built SolutionsHub’s reputation across the international iGaming industry.

Over the past decade, SolutionsHub has supported hundreds of businesses and organisations across gaming, fintech and other regulated sectors.

The company has also received more than 55 industry awards, including three EGR awards.

While the business has grown considerably since 2016, its approach has remained consistent: invest in people with genuine regulatory and operational experience, maintain high standards and build sustainable capability rather than pursue scale for its own sake.

That approach has helped SolutionsHub become the largest regulatory and licensing consultancy on the Isle of Man, while developing an increasingly international presence.

The company has established an office in Ireland and is preparing to announce further overseas offices as part of the next stage of its international development.

SolutionsHub is also broadening its work to adjacent regulated industries as regulation and operational complexity continue to develop globally.

Hills said: “I did not begin with a detailed ten-year plan. I knew the type of business I wanted to create and the standards I wanted it to represent, but what SolutionsHub has become has been built by the people who joined the business and contributed their own knowledge, experience and commitment.

“We have never pursued growth simply for the sake of becoming bigger. We have focused on being consistent, investing in people with genuine regulatory and operational experience and making sure that growth does not come at the expense of the quality of our work.

“That has been a collective effort throughout the past ten years. Every person who has worked with us, supported the business or trusted us to advise them has played a part in reaching this point.

“The opportunity now is to take the same approach into new markets, strengthen our international presence and continue building the expertise our clients will need as regulation becomes increasingly complex.”

SolutionsHub COO Nick Wright said the anniversary reflected the contribution of the whole team.

“When I joined SolutionsHub, it was still a very young business, but the ambition and the standards behind it were already clear,” Wright said.

“What has followed has been a genuine team effort. We have brought together people with significant regulatory, operational and industry experience, and each of them has contributed to the business SolutionsHub is today.

“The company is larger, the team has grown and we now work across more markets, but the underlying principles have remained the same. We want to do the work properly, give clients practical support and build relationships that last.

“Reaching ten years gives us an opportunity to recognise everything the team has achieved together, while also looking ahead to what we can build next.”

SolutionsHub may look very different from the business that began in 2016, but the original ambition remains at the centre of its plans.

Hills added: “The most satisfying part of reaching ten years is seeing what people with shared standards, different experiences and a common purpose have created together. That collective effort is what has shaped SolutionsHub and will continue to drive its next phase of growth.”