Slough, UK, 30th November
2011-Logicalis UK welcomes the Chancellor’s plan to help
British companies compete in the increasingly challenging and
competitive global market, as laid out in yesterday’s Autumn
Statement. It is now calling on the Government to go one step
further and provide subsidies for next generation digital
communications solutions, such as video conferencing, to SMEs and
mid-sized manufacturing organisations.
The financial turmoil in the Euro zone is
forcing UK companies to target consumers in the BRIC (Brazil,
Russia, India and China) emerging economies, however, the cost and
complexity of regularly doing business over such great distances is
putting UK manufacturing companies at a significant disadvantage to
their global rivals, it believes.
Tom Kelly, Managing Director of Logicalis UK,
commented, “We applaud the Government’s commitment to supporting
businesses to enable them to compete on a global scale, however,
this is only part of the solution. As the medium-term outlook for
the European economies worsens, those countries with the money to
buy our exports are more than a mere budget flight away.
“If you are a small manufacturer in the
Midlands trying to do business with a customer in San Paulo or
Beijing, staying close to your customer to develop that
relationship is going to be prohibitively expensive.
“Our manufacturing customers are already
looking outside the UK’s borders to help spur growth; Logicalis
believes the Government must also think outside the box, and
encourage investment in innovative digital solutions, such as video
conferencing, that help close the physical gap between the UK and
those economies that can actually afford to buy our manufacturing
and retail products as well as benefit from our world-renowned
technological innovation.”
He added: “Logicalis would like the Government
to consider creating an export-focused digital task force and
extended investment programme. Helping our manufacturers
invest in cost effective video solutions is now an imperative.”
About Logicalis
Logicalis is an
international provider of integrated information and communications
technology (ICT) solutions and services founded on a superior
breadth of knowledge and expertise in communications and
collaboration; data centre; business analytics; video; professional
and managed services, hosting and cloud services.
Logicalis Group employs nearly 2,500
people worldwide, including highly trained service specialists who
design, specify, deploy and manage complex ICT infrastructures to
meet the needs of over 6,000 corporate and public sector
customers. To achieve this, Logicalis maintains strong
partnerships with technology leaders such as Cisco, HP, IBM,
Microsoft and NetApp.
The Logicalis Group has annualized
revenues of over $1 billion, from operations in the UK, US,
Germany, South America and Asia Pacific, and is fast establishing
itself as one of the leading IT and Communications solution
integrators, specializing in the areas of advanced technologies and
services.
The Logicalis Group is a division of
Datatec Limited, listed on the Johannesburg and London AIM Stock
Exchanges, with revenues of approximately $5 billion.
For further information
please contact:
Andrew Parker/Sarah Chidgey
Cohesive Communications
T: +44 (0)1291 626 200
E: Logicalis@cohesive.uk.com