BULLETIN Recruitment drive to power growth Key Digital is aiming to build on a successful 2022 and power growth in 2023 through recruitment. The managed services provider enjoyed a 39% year-on-year increase in business without increasing its headcount, instead using smarter technologies to support the delivery of its service portfolio from its HQ in Burnley, Lancashire. The company is now looking to increase its sales force as it continues to grow its nationwide customer base. Andy Ratcliffe, Managing Director, said: “Our year-on-year sustained growth proves that we have the right combination of services to be the perfect technology partner for businesses and organisations, and our nationwide resource delivery offers the most flexible support possible. By growing our sales teams, we’ll be in a strong position to deliver on our ambitious growth plans.” www.key-digital.co.uk 01732 759725 6 Accelerate your innovation Apogee’s Accelerate Your Innovation event will return for its second lap at Mercedes-Benz World on March 29, 2023. As well as having the chance to take the wheel in a driving experience on Mercedes’ test track, attendees will gain insight into how they can leverage the latest developments within the managed workplace services industry to help them work smarter and safer. With technology specialists leading sessions including cybersecurity and live hacking, sustainable digital transformation, workforce insights, cloud working, interoperability, and the importance of environmental social governance in today’s business world – Accelerate Your Innovation: Lap 2 will be the only place to talk workplace innovation this Spring. “Following the great feedback we received in 2022, we’re really looking forward to inviting business leaders back for Accelerate Your Innovation: Lap 2. We’ve got some excellent guest speakers lined up to really challenge the way businesses work, and also offer the right advice in ensuring their objectives are met,” said Dom Gryszan, Apogee’s Director of Marketing. “We have a continued drive to deliver the most innovative and market-leading services in the industry – and will ensure all attendees leave the day feeling empowered and ready to make an impact. I look forward to welcoming many new attendees in 2023.” www.apogeecorp.com M247 appointed to help Calico Group optimise IT operations Lancashire-based social profit organisation, The Calico Group, has appointed connectivity and cloud services provider M247 to redesign its network, optimise operations and enhance security. M247 worked with Calico’s ICT projects team to assess their current operations and requirements in order to build a network best suited to their needs, moving from a traditional MPLS network to SD-WAN. This enables Calico employees to access information directly from their cloud applications in a more timely and user-friendly way rather than via the corporate network, and also means security can be incorporated into the SD-WAN fabric via virtual firewalls, which is a far more effective approach when endpoints are accessing applications from multiple settings. The project scope has now expanded to accommodate additional sites and demands, due to Calico’s constant growth across the region. This has seen a 30% increase in staff and a 25% increase of the number of offices over the last year. www.m247.com Rising star award Ionize, the Aberystwyth-based provider of ICT solutions and services, has won a major global award from Cisco Systems. The company picked up the Webex Rising Star Award EMEA in the recent Cisco 2022 Webex Partner Awards. The award recognises the amazing growth achieved by Ionize with Webex – a collaboration solution for remote working – over the past year. Ionize was supported in developing its business by TD SYNNEX. The Webex Rising Star Award recognises partners who have demonstrated stand-out performance, displaying remarkable growth in embracing and championing cutting-edge collaboration technology. Cisco said that Ionize exemplified the exceptional value that Webex provides in every way possible. www.ionize.co.uk Evo acquires Complete Business Solutions EVO has acquired the trade and assets of Complete Business Solutions (CBS) through a pre-pack administration. The move is reported to have saved more than 600 jobs. With over £100m sales in 2022, CBS is one of the UK’s largest providers of workplace supplies and associated services. The business is headquartered in Wakefield and operates through a further 18 regional distribution hubs across the UK. It has grown rapidly in recent years and was significantly challenged by the COVID period. Financial uncertainty from the pandemic period saw the firm appoint administrators from EY-Parthenon at the start of 2023. Andrew Gale, CEO of EVO, said: “We are delighted to end the uncertainty and bring CBS into the EVO family, which we believe is the best outcome for all. CBS is a great addition to the EVO group of companies and will operate as a standalone business. Our priority over the coming weeks is to restore stability and confidence for the CBS employees and most importantly maintain excellent service to the CBS customers.” www.evo-group.co.uk 2 0 2 3 2 0 2 3 For more information please email [email protected] or call Paul on 07887 944433
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