Textlocal is a mobile communications company founded in 2005 with offices based in Malvern and Chester. In 2005, Alastair Shortland and Darren Daws decided they wanted to transform the way businesses, individuals and groups communicate using mobile. Txtlocal Ltd was then formed. Textlocal. Textlocal. Retrieved 18 August 2015. ^ "Fast 500 EMEA: UK .