16 01732 759725 RESELLER NEWS Paragon continues expansion in France Paragon, a provider of transformational business services, has continued its expansion in Western Europe with the acquisition of Canon France Business Services (CFBS), a subsidiary of Canon Europe and provider of IT security and process optimisation technologies. CFBS employs more than 400 people and has clients in the defence, nuclear, health insurance and banking sectors. Claude Espinas, Chairman of CFBS and now Head of Paragon Western Europe’s Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO) business, said: “The complementary nature of our expertise and the possible synergies with Paragon’s other activities, such as customer communications and document logistics, open up real development prospects for us.” www.paragon.world/en-gb Avoira appointed NEC UK Hospitality Partner Avoira, the Bury-headquartered technology solutions specialist, has been appointed a UK Hospitality Partner by NEC Enterprise Solutions in recognition of its expertise within the sector. Avoira and NEC Smart Hospitality plan to formally launch the new partnership to hospitality professionals at November’s HOSPACE conference in London. As a member of NEC’s Smart Hospitality Partnership program, Avoira will benefit from additional business support, enabling it to add value across NEC’s key value drivers – providing a healthy, safe and secure environment for staff and guests; optimising staff efficiency and workflows; increasing revenue per booking through enhanced guest services; and delivering experiences that drive repeat business. Andrew Roberts, Managing Director of Avoira, said: “The hospitality sector has long been a key market for Avoira, one in which our product set, expertise and experience align perfectly. Having delivered voice solutions since 1976, it’s a specialism which is very much in our technological DNA. Since then, we have enjoyed significant success in deploying and supporting the NEC Univerge range, most notably within four and five star hotels. Our appointment as NEC’s Executive Hospitality Partner means we can deliver even higher levels of support and value to both existing and new hospitality industry clients.” www.avoira.com Auxilion completes £4 million upgrade of Sheffield SOC Philip Maguire Andrew Roberts Auxilion, a provider of digitally transformative IT managed services in Ireland and the UK, has completed phase one of its UK expansion strategy with a £4m investment in its Managed Services Centre of Excellence in Sheffield, including new tools and technologies needed for service delivery in a multi-cloud world. Launched as part of Auxilion’s £15M investment commitment for the UK, the expanded Sheffield Service Operations Centre (SOC) will double the company’s UK capacity. The upgrade has already created 34 new roles this year and helped the company win an £8m IT managed services contract with a global health and life sciences multinational. Auxilion CEO Philip Maguire said: “The investment and expansion in our Centre of Excellence is a significant milestone in delivering on our UK growth strategy. This isn’t just about expanding our physical footprint but investing in new technologies, processes, training and development and creating skilled jobs in the region.” He added: “The great thing is it’s working. We’ve recently won a significant IT managed services deal that’ll be managed out of Sheffield. This is a global business that could have chosen anywhere in the UK or Europe to have their managed services delivered. Not only did they choose Auxilion, but they chose the North of England. This is testament to our team and capabilities but also their recognition of the talent, support infrastructure and potential of Sheffield and the broader region.” Part of the Dublin-headquartered I.T. Alliance Group, Auxilion is aiming to expand UK operations further through organic growth and acquisitions. www.auxilion.com Netcompany wins place on DALAS framework Netcompany, the end-to-end IT services company behind the NHS COVID Pass, has been named as a supplier on Crown Commercial Service’s Digital and Legacy Application Services (DALAS) framework, winning a place on Lot 2a (Large Scale Digital, Integration and Development Services). With an estimated spend of £1.1bn over the next four years, DALAS brings together world-leading tech companies to liberate the UK public sector from dependence on risky legacy tech systems that may pose a security risk or be hard to maintain due to a lack of skills or knowledge or which may not meet current or future business needs. As part of the framework, Netcompany will help Government bodies like HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) migrate away from legacy applications and adopt more flexible, agile IT through usercentred design, agile software application development and delivery, secure DevOps and supporting services. Richard Davies, UK Managing Partner at Netcompany, said: “We are excited to support the next wave in digital transformation of the UK public sector. The DALAS framework provides an invaluable opportunity for collaboration that will create more inclusive, effective and efficient public services, through the application of modern, flexible digital technologies.” https://www.netcompany.com/ Printerbase and Brother celebrate 20-year partnership Greater Manchester reseller Printerbase recently celebrated its 20-year partnership with Brother UK. The two companies started working together in 2003, since when Printerbase has sold more than 75,000 Brother devices, including 25,000 printers, 35,000 multifunction printers, 10,000 labellers and 2,500 scanners, plus more than 250,000 ink and toner cartridges. In late 2021, Printerbase started offering Brother Managed Print Services, which now account for 58% of all the print-as-a-service contracts it enters into. It increased sales of Brother MPS contracts by 50% in 2022 and is looking for another 50% rise this year. www.brother.co.uk Chris Grimshaw, Business Manager – Online Partners at Brother UK, and Printerbase Sales Manager Khalil Hussain
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