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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
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Did you know that …
1975 ACROSS 6,000 £25bn£2000 INITIAL
INVESTMENTEUROPE, MIDDLE EAST & NORTH
AFRICA
STAFF WORLDWIDE
TURNOVER
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Technology
Estonia France Netherlands Romania
UK
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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
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UK – Data Centre & National Service Centre – Birmingham
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UK – HQ – Birmingham
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UK – National Recycling Centre – Birmingham
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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
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Our Customers
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Technology Hotels
Estonia France Netherlands Romania
UK
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Mallory Court Hotel, Warwickshire
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The Arden Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon
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Brockencote Hall Hotel, Worcestershire
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Affiliated with only the best...
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Technology Hotels Aviation
Estonia France Netherlands Romania
UK
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Coventry Airport
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Our customers
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Technology Hotels Aviation Property
Estonia France Netherlands Romania
UK
Property
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Regional development scheme – 200 acres surrounding Coventry Airport
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Technology Hotels Aviation Property Philanthropy
Estonia France Netherlands Romania
UK
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Philanthropy – Millennium Point
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Philanthropy – National Cold War Museum
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Philanthropy – Acorns Hospice
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Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership: GBSLEP
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Needed new Technology lead
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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
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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
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Summary
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