What they say

On average the solution is saving us in excess of two days a week in time we used to spend on researching, sourcing and comparing prices from multiple suppliers.

Bradford Grammar School

Simon Marriott, IT Network Manager

The solution matches the needs of the challenging education environment. It has improved the financial, labour and management efficiency of the school's ICT expenditure.

Coventry Council

Kristian Smith, Strategic Procurement Officer

It has saved us in the region of 30% on our IT budget. This means we can now get more from our budget.

Bradford Grammar School

Simon Marriott, IT Network Manager

It isn't difficult to source great prices, but they are of little use if you are on a two-month back order. The solution has reduced delivery lead times on product by 10%.

Coffee Republic

Pee Herron, IT Manager

The solution has the potential to save the education sector around £70M on its annual IT spend. Put simply, it is helping us provide our pupils with a better education.

Woodway Park School

Steve Allen, Headmaster

Mercato has empowered Probrand to lead the market by sewing together and shortening the supply chain.

Probrand

Chris Griesbach, Commercial Director

...we can plan our spending patterns, forecast product requirements and analyse the department's needs better.

Habs Boys School

Richard Izzard, IT Manager

The solution has saved over 15% of CBC's consumables budget, enabling the organisation to stretch its IT budget.

Cheltenham Borough Council

David Gatford, Central Services Officer


Organisational

Project management and reporting
Collaborative stakeholder Parity charts used to direct development process. ‘Scrum’ project management philosophy connects development with operations and problem solving efficiently. Focussed, self sufficient process makes developers accountable to targets and continuous improvement, driving maximum output from minimum development time. Quarterly automated reports deliver daily development and productivity out trends

User Assessment Testing
A team dedicated to business excellence in its field. Rigorous process of UAT to ensure roll outs maintain track record of 100% service delivery, high availability, maximum up-time

Operate as a co-operative extension of the any client teamProven to work autonomously collaboratively with any organisation worldwide to deliver on brief. An agile resource that is acutely tuned to meeting and exceeding all client needs

Clarity
Structured continuous line of measurement and reporting

Managed service
Pro-active hosting, support and maintenance