IT consultancy expands service offering with acquisition

ensphere — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 11:28:22 +0000

Warrington- based Ensphere Consulting has been acquired by one of the UK's leading technology groups in a deal worth £2 million.

Warrington-based Ensphere Consulting has been acquired by one of the UK's leading technology groups in a deal worth £2 million.

One of Wales' leading IT consultancies has acquired an experienced Sage solutions provider, extending its software services available to clients to cover the full spectrum if IT support, as well as its geographical reach.

Certus TG is one of the UK's fastest growing technology consultancies, with a turnover of £4 million for the last financial year. It provides more than 120 clients across the UK with infrastructure and services ranging from managed IT support and security to advanced storage solutions, cloud services and desktop virtualisation.

Based in Warrington, Ensphere Consulting has a turnover of £2.8 million and employs 30 members of staff. It uses state-of-the-art Sage enterprise software to support around 90 clients across the UK. Ensphere's technical expertise allows it to assess how clients operate and then identify IT solutions to improve operations and saving them time and money.

Paul Brown, CEO of Certus TG, said: "This is an exciting time for the business, with this acquisition representing an important milestone in our expansion strategy. By combining these two businesses, it will help us to uncover opportunities in new marketplaces. We will be able to provide software solutions from Sage, as well as underlying infrastructure, IT support and business storage for businesses across the UK.

"During last year, we took on five new members of staff across our Newport and Hemel Hempstead offices, as well as becoming the first company in Wales to be awarded Triple Gold Competency status from Microsoft, and to become a Dell partner for desktop virtualisation. These significant industry accolades are important recognition of our work so far and inspire us to continue to develop and grow the business further. We will be retaining all of Ensphere's existing staff and will be looking to extend the team during 2015.

"We strive to deliver the most efficient and effective solutions for our clients, tailored to each business' individual requirements, and this new acquisition will allow us to truly be a one-stop shop."

Managing director of Ensphere Consulting, Wayne Nolan, who joins the board of Certus TG and will continue to oversee the Sage side of the business, said: "We are delighted to be part of Certus TG and believe that this move will have a positive impact on existing customers as we will now be able to provide businesses with all the IT technical and business-related services they may require."

Certus TG is headquartered at Celtic Springs near Newport and was founded in 2001. Current clients include the Millennium Stadium, Freshwater, Broomfield & Alexander, Premier Global, Julian Hodge Bank, Tenovus and Watts Gregory LLP.

www.certustg.com

Ensphere strengthens team with new commercial director

ensphere — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Ensphere Consulitng, the Warrington-based provider of Sage solutions, has appointed a new commercial director to support its ambitious growth plans.

Ensphere Consulting, the Warrington-based provider of Sage solutions, has appointed a new commercial director to support its ambitious growth plans.

Lee Ann Mounter has been appointed to oversee customer services and new business development as part of Ensphere’s wider expansions plans to establish itself as the leading Sage service centre in the North West.

Ms Mounter joins having worked in national strategic sales for a Sage solutions company in South Africa, where she played a vital part in the company winning National Business Partner of the Year at the Sage Insights Awards.

Ms Mounter also spent eight years as sales and marketing director for a business consulting company where she increased sales revenue by 282% and gained over 30 new corporate customers.

Ms Mounter commented: “With large expansion plans, Ensphere is a company with a bright future and I am delighted to have joined at such an exciting time.

“The ethos at Ensphere is exactly the way that I like to do business, working with an individual, customer-centred approach that utilises unique solutions for individual businesses.

“My previous experience working with Sage ERP X3, both in South Africa and the UK, will provide me with vital insight into Ensphere’s business practices, and I’m delighted to be working for a company that take a real pride in ensuring that technology solutions are genuinely beneficial to our clients.”

Wayne Nolan, managing director of Ensphere’s, said: “Lee Ann has invaluable experience in business development in organisations with a global reach. We’re enjoying a period of rapid expansion, having taken on a number of new staff already this year, and are confident that Lee Ann will be an asset as we continue to try and keep the business growing and moving forward.”

Employing 30 people, Ensphere uses state-of-the-art Sage software to support around 90 clients in achieving their business objectives. Ensphere’s technical expertise allows them to assess how clients operate and then identify IT solutions to improve operations, saving them time and money.

Sage release Sage ERP X3 V7

ensphere — Thu, 15 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

“Sage research shows that mid-market businesses have three clear priorities: winning new customers, reducing operating costs and growing revenue. Sage ERP X3 version 7 has been redesigned to address these key challenges with a host of new features that help mid-sized businesses,” says Sage ERP Africa managing director, Jeremy Waterman. “With the Sage ERP X3 version 7, we build on the traditional strengths of our solution by improving the end-user experience; enhancing the mobility features; and making it easier than ever for users to access and share business insights and information.”

“We’ve listened to our customers, we’ve listened to the market and we’ve redesigned our business solution to directly answer the needs and challenges faced by mid-market companies today,” said Christophe Letellier, CEO, Sage ERP X3. “A company’s ability to win new customers and grow their business profitably comes down to how well employees can access, share and use the information that they have. Put simply, Sage ERP X3 version 7 helps companies grow forward with faster, simpler and more flexible ERP.”

Sage, one of the world’s leading suppliers of business management software and services, has unveiled the next generation of its global mid-market ERP solution at their global conference in Lisbon. Sage ERP X3, version 7 will be available from June 2014. The market-leading solution has been completely overhauled to ensure the best user experience online and on mobile devices.
“Sage research shows that mid-market businesses have three clear priorities: winning new customers, reducing operating costs and growing revenue. Sage ERP X3 version 7 has been redesigned to address these key challenges with a host of new features that help mid-sized businesses,” says Sage ERP Africa managing director, Jeremy Waterman. “With the Sage ERP X3 version 7, we build on the traditional strengths of our solution by improving the end-user experience; enhancing the mobility features; and making it easier than ever for users to access and share business insights and information.”
“We’ve listened to our customers, we’ve listened to the market and we’ve redesigned our business solution to directly answer the needs and challenges faced by mid-market companies today,” said Christophe Letellier, CEO, Sage ERP X3. “A company’s ability to win new customers and grow their business profitably comes down to how well employees can access, share and use the information that they have. Put simply, Sage ERP X3 version 7 helps companies grow forward with faster, simpler and more flexible ERP.”
Sage ERP X3 version 7 top seven enhancements include:
• Connectivity - Stay connected with mobile web apps that provide access to customers, pricing, inventory, expense management, sales approval, purchase approval and more – or build your own.
• Mobility - Access online information from multiple devices with multi-browser capability and standard browser navigation
• Integration - Enjoy enhanced Microsoft Office integration including a toolbar for Word, Excel and PowerPoint –easily create a PowerPoint slide from within Sage ERP X3 and synchronise data in Microsoft Office documents with one click.
• Accessibility - Take advantage of enhanced inventory management, including the ability to add zones within warehouses to quickly locate inventory.
• Online Help Centre - Get answers faster from documents, videos and tutorials in the new Online Help Centre, automated document updates and tools for data and functional searches
• Productivity - Be more productive with functionality improvements including currency conversion options , recurring AP/AR invoices, multi company processes and more.
• Flexibility - Personalise both users and roles with authoring mode to tailor the software to the unique needs of users.
Jayne Archbold, Director of Strategy & Corporate Communications at Sage Mid-Market and Sage ERP X3, said: “Research commissioned by Sage in Europe and North America shows that midmarket companies with improved data accessibility, quality, intelligence, and usability can expect a net gain of 35% more in incremental revenue year-over- year than lower performing companies. That’s roughly $980,000 incremental revenue a year on average for a company earning $42M annually in gross revenue. Sage ERP X3 version 7 is the perfect tool for mid-market businesses looking to take back control of their organisations and grow forward.”

Our team is growing

ensphere — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

New starters at Ensphere to support growth plans.

The New Year sees us welcoming a new face to our team. Faraz Pirzada joins the marketing team taking on the role of telemarketer.

Faz has previously worked for both Iris Exchequer and an alternative Sage reseller, Access Networks.

Faz is an experienced and professional lead generator who has been brought on board to enhance the overall marketing function.

Ensphere Customer Day

ensphere — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 09:49:11 +0000

Join us for an open day and hear about what we've been doing to improve your service over the last year.

It's all about direction!

It will be our pleasure to host you and your colleagues at the Thistle Hotel, Penny Lane, Haydock, WA11 9SG (map) for what we believe will be a fulfilling and interesting event.

We know it is a challenge to spend a day out of the office but we believe given the importance of you backoffice solutions that we should have one day in the year where we are bringing you up to date with what is happening with us and with the vendors of the software which you use.

Indeed, we hope that after spending time with us we can give you clarity about the direction which you should be planning to take your systems in the years to come.

"I do hope that you can take the time to be there and I have a very special announcement to make on the day!"

Wayne Nolan

Agenda

Register

Please register for the event by emailing

[email protected]?subject=Ensphere Customer Day" target="_blank">[email protected]

or call Diane or your account manager on

This will help us to make sure on the day we help you to get the most from all of the activities.

See you there!

Office 2010 gets end of life treatment

ensphere — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:58:31 +0000

Microsoft has announced that is is no longer shipping Office 2010.

Having announced the end of the road for Microsoft Office 2010 Microsoft have released Office 2013.

Users have the option to purchase Microsoft Office 2013 or can invest in Office 365.

Click to read more about Office 2013

Great Offers from Sage

ensphere — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:10:00 +0000

Get free CRM, reduced modules and half price Paperless if you upgrade to Sage 100 V4 before end of March...

Sage 1000 V3/V4 migration 2013 offers

For any end user ordering a Sage 1000 v4 migration the following offers are available for orders placed before 29th March 2013.

All offers can be taken up but only only at the time of ordering the upgrade.

1. Add Customer Service &/or Credit Management

2 x CRM or SalesLogix users FOC [any type/edition] whether to be integrated to Sage 1000 or not. No platform charges. SALP will not be charged until additional CRM/SLX users are ordered, i.e. the role out of an actual project.

2. Extend the business use

25% discount off any additional modules purchased at the time of order. SALP charged on normal RRP. NB Excludes Sage Asset 1000 & Preactor

3. Go with Green Printing

Sage Paperless is also available at time of order at a discounted price of 50% of RRP. SALP charged on normal RRP.

To find out on how you can take advantage of these great offers contact our sales team on

New Starters at Ensphere

ensphere — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 10:03:17 +0000

Ensphere are pleased to announce two new starters as part of our plan for growth.

Joining us from Datel and heading up the telemarketing function is Diane Harvey. Diane is an accomplished, professional telemarketer who has been working in the Sage market for over 2 years. Diane has been brought in to improve our customer communication and help Ensphere grow.

George Tilley joins us from StonehouseLogic as our Sage 200 financials, distribution and manufacturing expert. George has many years of Sage 200 experience and is responsible for the delivery of Sage 200 projects as part of the Ensphere Sage 200 team.

The acquitision of two new staff forms part of the ongoing development of Ensphere Consulting to become one of the leading Sage service centres in the North West.

"As an ambitious and growing company it is important that we recruit the very finest staff available and I am delighted to welcome Diane and George to our team. Our record for customer service shows that Ensphere Consulting is committed to delivering the best customer service at all times, both now and in the future"

Wayne Nolan, MD

Christmas Support Cover at Ensphere

ensphere — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:46:28 +0000

Details of the support service hours for Ensphere's customers

Seasons Greetings,

Over the Christmas period we are operating normal business hours until Christmas Eve at 1pm.

Both Sage and Managed Services Support cover for 27th, 28th and 31st December will be 8.30am until 5.30pm. After 2pm on these days calls to either Managed Services or Sage Support will be automatically diverted to a mobile phone but the normal support service will still be supplied and calls logged in the usual way.

If you are required to do so (when calling after 2pm) please leave a voice message with your name, company, direct phone number, product you are calling in relation to and a short description of the problem on that mobile phone whereupon the consultant will respond to you.

Normal office hours of service will resume on 2nd January 2013.

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

Support Team

Sage 2012 Sales Awards Ceremony

ensphere — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:42:58 +0000

Ensphere were very pleased to have been invited to attend the annual National Sales Awards Dinner for Sage UK on 20th November 2012. [READ MORE]

Ensphere were very pleased to have been invited to attend the annual National Sales Awards Dinner for Sage UK on 20th November 2012. Taking place at the National Space Centre the awards are the culmination of all the hard work and effort which the Sage Business Partner Channel and Sage staff put in over the prior year.

Overall winners were Datel scooping four awards based around sales volumes. We heartily congratulate them on their sales success.

From our own perspective as multiple winners of the Circle of Excellence we remain much more focused on how we can deliver extraordinary customer experience. We believe as a Sage 200, Sage 1000 and Sage ERP X3 partner that selling is relevant but your business and how we improve it is even more important.

The new Sage Evolve Business Partner program in which Ensphere are a Strategic Partner reinforces service over spend which means that for all the other BP's in the UK who are not operating the same volume sales approach as Datel can have our moment to shine too.

At Ensphere Consulting we work hard to make sure that people are at the heart of all our business solutions which is why our aspirations differ from the larger Sage business partners.

Our award is the thankyou we regularly receive from our many satisfied customers.

Ensphere to present at the Sage User Network Conference - October 16-17 2012

ensphere — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:10:52 +0000

We'll talk about how cloud technology will impact your Sage software at the SUN conference on October 16/17th

Ensphere are presenting at this year's independent Sage User Network at the Scarman Centre, Warwick University in three streams:

Sage ERP X3,
Sage 500/1000 and
Sage 200.

We would urge all Sage users to consider attending the event which has very positive year on year reviews and which will include product roadmap presentations being made by Sage. It is a great chance for you to meet with fellow users and discuss experiences as well as meet business partners with interesting and innovative ideas on how you can get more from Sage.

Ensphere will be unveiling our strategy to help all UK Sage users plan their adoption of cloud technology and explaining what benefits you can derive from the changes taking place in the technology that your Sage software sits on. We'll talk about the cloud in simple terms so you can understand how it works, what it means to your business and how to consider it in your planning processes.

We believe that the biggest challenge you face in the next three years will be your move to the Cloud.

The conference agenda can be found here AGENDA and the EVENT BROCHURE

You can book your place HERE

The event takes place on the 16th and 17th of October at the Scarman Centre.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Nick Tucker joins Ensphere as part of new growth plans

ensphere — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:05:37 +0000

Ensphere Consulting Limited have commenced a strategy to grow the business and be able to offer a wider range of products and services for existing and new customers. Nick joins as the first in a number of several key steps in the process...

Nick Tucker, formerly of FD Systems and a proud winner of the Sage Business Partner of the Year for three consecutive years has joined Ensphere Consulting Limited as Commercial Director working closely with Wayne Nolan, MD.

Wayne Nolan commented "Nick joins with almost 20 years experience in the Sage reseller channel and has been specifically chosen to support Ensphere at a senior level as we gear up to grow our Sage 1000, Sage ERP X3 and Sage 200 business through 2013 and beyond".

Ensphere has skills in Sage ERP X3, Sage 200, Sage CRM and SalesLogix and a Managed Services team with hosting and cloud services capability.

With a proven award winning customer focus including the Sage User Network Business Partner of the Year 2010 and 2011 Ensphere are well on the way to success.

You can meet Nick at the forthcoming Sage User Network event on 16-17th October at the Scarman Centre, Warwick University. Click here for more information.

Ensphere Awarded Sage User Network, Business Partner Of The Year 2011 For The 2nd Year Running,

ensphere — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:16:15 +0000

The Sage User Network were delighted to announce the results of their 2011 Business Partner of the year survey at their AGM 23/02/2012, the award was presented to Claire Green and Louise Eastham of Ensphere.

The Sage User Network http://www.sageusernetwork.com were delighted to announce the results of their 2011 Business Partner of the year survey at their AGM today 23/02/2012, the award was presented to Claire Green and Louise Eastham of Ensphere.

"Since Ensphere became a Sage Business Partner over 2 years ago, we set out to deliver the best support, consultative, Infrastructure and development services possible to our customers. We strive to take our customers forward with their business processes and IT solutions. We are now setting the bar for levels of customer support within the Sage Enterprise Division, with the awards we are being given, Sage Circle Of Excellence 2010, Sage Circle Of Excellence For Large Organisations 2011, Sage User Network Business Partner of the year 2010 and for the second year running Sage User Network Business Partner of the year 2011. We know we have to work harder over the next year but we have the team and the ethos to acheive the very high standard we are setting."

Wayne Nolan - Managing Director

Ensphere wins Sage Circle Of Excellence 2011 For Large Business Organisations

ensphere — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:19:08 +0000

Ensphere awarded the top Sage Circle of Excellence accolade for Large Business Organisations 2011 by Sage UK by scoring highest ever points tally.....

On Tuesday 6th December 2011, Sage held their Annual Business Partner Awards Gala Dinner at the beautiful and historic Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. Ensphere were shortlisted for the second year running to again become a member of the Sage Circle of Excellence, which recognises and rewards the excellence of outstanding levels of Customer Service.

However, we surpassed our amazing acheivement in 2010, by this year being placed 1st in the Sage Circle of Excellence Category for Large Business Organisations 2011! Ensphere are immensely proud and honoured to have received this prestigous award, which was voted for by customers and is a testament to our commitment to providing our customers with the best possible service. Even more impressively, this year for the first time since its launch 7 years ago, the competition was judged using independent research conducted by members of Newcastle University Business School. Furthermore, the awards were opened up to resellers from every division within the Sage Partner Community, which resulted in there being more candidates than ever before competing for a place in the Circle of Excellence - and hoping to be named as one of only 15 leading Business Partners who provide outstanding customer service and whose customers are the most likely to recommend them to other businesses, friends and colleagues.

Despite facing very tough competition from each of the business divisions in the Sage Partner Community, we are pleased to announce that we achieved the highest score ever recorded by an Enterprise Business Partner!

Ensphere would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our customers for their continued support.

Ensphere Consulting Announces Reseller Partnership with Intuitive Business Intelligence Limited

ensphere — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:22:46 +0000

Partnership Signals Increasing Demand for Business Intelligence Dashboards.

Ensphere Consulting; today announced that it has signed a reseller partnership agreement with Intuitive Business Intelligence Ltd, the authors of advanced business intelligence solution, Intuitive Dashboards. The partnership allows our clients to benefit from the advanced capabilities of Intuitive Dashboards, which empowers users to create a highly-interactive, graphical real-time dashboard view of financial and management data, based upon the metrics and KPIs that matter most to the user.

Partnership Signals Increasing Demand for Business Intelligence Dashboards.

Wayne Nolan, Managing Director of Ensphere comments, “Our goal is to ensure that our clients benefit from best of breed solutions that leverage their investment in Sage products. Intuitive Dashboards is exceptionally powerful as well as being considerably easier to use and significantly quicker to implement than any other dashboard software we evaluated. This is a key factor for our clients who demand fast, effective, added-value solutions.”

Tony Bray, Managing Director of Intuitive Business Intelligence Ltd., comments, “We’re delighted to welcome Ensphere to our rapidly-expanding network of Sage resellers. Ensphere has achieved significant recognition for their exceptional client service, receiving the Business Partner of the Year Award 2010 from the Sage User Network and they are one of only 15 UK resellers to be invited into the Sage Circle of Excellence. Therefore, they are ideally positioned to help Sage customers that want to dramatically improve their decision-making.”