SMITHS CONSULTING LEADS NORTH EAST TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES IN SUNDAY TIMES MICROSOFT TECH TRACK LEAGUE
30 September 2008
The Sunday Times has named Smiths Consulting as the region's fastest growing technology company. The management consultancy, which is based in the Fabriam Centre in Silverlink, ranked number 33 in the overall UK league table.
Since its set up in 2004, Smiths Consulting has seen massive growth of over 80% each year. The company currently employs 37 staff and has a turnover last year of £5.2 million.
The privately owned company was set up by four former SAP consultants, including Calum Bennett and Stephen Lee, who are both from the North East.
The company works with more than 20 large clients, including Marston's, the UK's leading independent brewing and pub retailing business, as well as T-Mobile, for whom Smiths managed the roll-out of a supply chain management software in five countries.
Smiths Consulting's team of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) experts specialise in Business Change Programmes using third party products such as SAP and Oracle.
The consultancy's main focus is providing governance and senior technical consultants to clients who have an established internal competency centre or internal consulting team to support their pan-European or global business operations.
Currently Smiths Consulting works for clients across the UK and Europe as well as in India and Asia Pacific.
Calum said: "We have already established a track record with clients in the UK, Europe and Asia and are experiencing further growth for the company."