Stowmarket-based service management specialists Halo appear to have confirmed that they are Town’s new shirt sponsor via a social media post.

Current sponsor Ed Sheeran revealed early last season that he was ending that aspect of his association with the club after four years - he subsequently bought a minority shareholding - with CEO and chairman Mark Ashton revealing at a Fans’ Forum in November that a replacement had been identified.

The social media post tagging in the official Town account, which later retweeted, looks to having confirmed rumours that they will be replacing Sheeran on the front of Blues shirts and also gives a glimpse of the still-to-be-released home kit for 2025/26.

Halo is a name familiar to Town supporters with the company having been sleeve sponsors since December 2023 and with their logos having also appeared around Portman Road.

Led by Town-supporting CEO Paul Hamilton, Halo, now the UK’s second largest software vendor, had revenues of $100 million (£73 million) and a market value of $2 billion (£1.5 billion) last year.

Photo: Twitter

RobsonWark added 23:43 - Jun 29 Halo was plastered all over the boxes in the Cobbold stand: HALOITSM; HALOPSA and HALOCRM for those that hadn't noticed :)
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Runner added 08:45 - Jun 30 I called this early May, while the World Snooker Championship was on, on a threadon here. Halo had sponsored that event which must have cost a bit.
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Bazza8564 added 08:52 - Jun 30 Clearly a much bigger group than the "stowmarket local" that they were originally painted as, Im surprised how big they are. Would make a lot of sense but teasing it out like this doesn't feel like a very Mark Ashton way of doing things....
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Rimsy added 09:12 - Jun 30 Can't begrudge them having a little snippet on their own social media, prior to the big shirt reveal. Think it's a great fit for us, a successful local enterprise teaming up with the pride of East Anglia.
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Paulc added 10:14 - Jun 30 Big deal for Town and a big deal for Halo, hence the teaser campaign. What's not to like, local investment, White logo fits the shirt, Not a gambling company! I know many of us consumers will not get who or what Halo are, but that doesn't matter, they offer business solutions not consumer solutions. Sometimes we expect to know too much. Take the positives and the investment and focus on supporting the Town.

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