technologyreseller.co.uk 25 continued... RESELLER NEWS BDR Group opens new Colchester office following latest acquisition BDR Group is opening new offices in Colchester following a string of acquisitions that have turned the Essex town into a major business hub for the Stratford upon Avon-headquartered ICT, cloud and telecoms provider. Last year, three of the four acquisitions completed by BDR Group were based in the area, including 3C, Loop and, most recently, IT and telecoms company YTS. Founded in 1991, BDR Group employs 200 staff across its Stratford Upon Avon head office and four business hubs in Aylesford (Kent), Leicester, Hemel Hempstead and now Colchester. BDR Managing Director Malek Rahimi said: “With several multi-millionpound business wins in 2023 alongside a highly active M&A pipeline, BDR Group will continue its expansion and building towards the team’s £100M goal.” .... Apogee raises £3,000 for Cancer Research UK Managed workplace services provider Apogee has raised £3,179 for Cancer Research UK through its annual Charity Christmas Advent Calendar. From December 1-24, more than 220 employees bought raffle tickets for daily prizes ranging from gift vouchers, hampers and gadgets to a Champagne Dinner for two at The Ivy Collection. www.apogeecorp.com .... Node4 expands Webex by Cisco offering Cloud-led MSP Node4 is expanding its offering with an enterprise-grade, highly resilient, secure, cloud-based telephony and collaboration solution designed specifically for the SME market. In addition to telephony and collaboration features, Node4 Calling with Webex by Cisco provides out of the box call centre functionality, such as the number of calls waiting, abandoned or lost, enabling team leaders to respond dynamically to changing circumstances. Built to operate in a native Cisco cloud environment, Node4 Calling with Webex can also be embedded into a Teams client as a Microsoftvalidated application. www.node4.co.uk .... FluidOne completes third acquisition of 2023 In December, FluidOne, the Connected Cloud solution provider, announced its third acquisition of 2023, that of Brighton-based Computer and Network Consultants Limited (CNC). Following the acquisitions of Highlander Computing solutions and projectfive, in January and April respectively, the addition of CNC advances FluidOne’s strategy to create a branch network of regional IT MSPs and grows its Business IT Centre of Excellence (CoE), led from Highlander’s Sheffield headquarters, into a £37m revenue business, with 1,100 customers, 164 employees and five branch offices. Established 27 years ago, CNC provides IT services to 250 small and medium-sized businesses across Sussex and Hampshire. As part of FluidOne, it will operate as a separate branch led by cofounders Managing Director Graham Lind and Operations and Marketing Director Gary Jowett, Graham Lind
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