“smartening up” brand leadership and reputation 40 years of investment and innovation tracy...
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“SMARTENING UP” BRAND LEADERSHIP AND REPUTATION
40 YEARS OF INVESTMENT AND INNOVATION
Tracy WestallUK Director and Board Member GB&S LEP
Did you know that …
1975 ACROSS 6,000 £25bn£2000 INITIAL
INVESTMENTEUROPE, MIDDLE EAST & NORTH
AFRICA
STAFF WORLDWIDE
TURNOVER
Technology
Estonia France Netherlands Romania
UK
1975 First UK Compaq reseller
2013 First UK provider to achieve Pan Government Accreditation for its Secure Multi-Tenanted Cloud (SMTC) services on the G-Cloud
40 Years of Investment and Innovation
40 YEARS AGO 40 YEARS TODAY
UK – Data Centre & National Service Centre – Birmingham
UK – HQ – Birmingham
UK – National Recycling Centre – Birmingham
No. 1 IBM hardware and software reseller in Europe
Success
HP’s largest UK Cloud partner
Winner of Oracle Server and Storage partner of the year
Microsoft’s No. 1 desktop deployment partner
1st Apple Authorised Systems Integrator in the UK
Winner of NetApp European Star Partner of the Year Award
1st UK provider to achieve Pan Government Accreditation for our secure cloud services
CarbonZero Data Centre and Recycling operations
EMC becomes our newest partner
Lenovo’s biggest UK public sector partner
Our Customers
Technology Hotels
Estonia France Netherlands Romania
UK
Mallory Court Hotel, Warwickshire
The Arden Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon
Brockencote Hall Hotel, Worcestershire
Affiliated with only the best...
Technology Hotels Aviation
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UK
Coventry Airport
Our customers
Technology Hotels Aviation Property
Estonia France Netherlands Romania
UK
Property
Regional development scheme – 200 acres surrounding Coventry Airport
Technology Hotels Aviation Property Philanthropy
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UK
Philanthropy – Millennium Point
Philanthropy – National Cold War Museum
Philanthropy – Acorns Hospice
Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership: GBSLEP
Needed new Technology lead
Strategy for Growth
BUSINESS PEOPLE PLACE• Growing the number of
successful businesses
• Building sector strengths and opportunities
• Stimulating innovation in products, services & businesses
• Improving our skills talent pool
• Improving digital & physical connectivity
• Optimising physical cultural and environmental assets
Smart Cities
• Building on the work of Birmingham Smart City Commission
• “Smart City Alliance” formed between key Institutions
• Alliance members with technology and Business capabilities
Summary
THANK YOU