“SMARTENING UP” BRAND LEADERSHIP AND REPUTATION 40 YEARS OF INVESTMENT AND INNOVATION Tracy Westall UK Director and Board Member GB&S LEP.

“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

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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

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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