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ON THE MOVE...
IP OFFICE has appointed Richard Hill as Sales
Manager. He has been with the company
for 18 months and in the telecoms industry
for 10 years. Over the last six months IP
Office has put in place a full management
team to cope with the expansion of system
sales and VoIP delivery. Mark Collett, Sales
Director, said: “Richard’s industry knowledge
and commercial awareness will benefit the
whole team and continue our growth.”
AVNET Technology Solutions has named
Natalie Reeve as Sales Manager of the
Computer Components business in the UK
and Ireland. She has been with the business
ROCOM marked Red Nose Day (Friday 13th prizes for our auction, including Plantronics, for three years, initially as an Account
March) with a riotous event based on ‘doing Doro, Interquartz, BT and Motorola. But most Manager and latterly as Team Leader. Reeve
something funny for money’, raising over £1,000 of all, I want to say thanks to Rocom staff said: “My immediate objective is to work as
for Comic Relief. Activities on the day included who really got behind the day. We had fancy closely as possible with all our vendors to drive
fancy dress, auctions, cake stalls, raffles, sweep dress ranging from policemen and criminals, increased opportunities and profitability for
stakes, a dance-off and an extreme kayak superheroes, schoolgirls and characters from
experience. Phil Hambly, Rocom’s Sales and Fame! It was just a really fun day to be a
Marketing Director, said: “I’d like to say a special part of. To top that, we had our biggest sales
thank you to the many suppliers that donated day this year for Plantronics headsets.”
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Latif welcomed
by FCS directors
ITRET Latif, Telecoms Business
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Manager of Scottish and Southern
Energy, has been appointed to the
FCS board as a representative of
In the pot this month… the telecoms reseller community.
Natalie Reeve
Historical Events: As I write, FCS board chairman, Adrian
Ireland has just achieved its Grilli, commented: “We have the our Business Partners.” Sukh Dhillon, previously
first Grand Slam in 61 years, advantage of Itret’s knowledge Sales Manager Northern Europe (UK, Ireland
so congratulations to my as a major telecoms reseller and and Nordics) was promoted at the end
Celtic cousins. Scotland, on his expertise in the regulation of last year to Regional Sales Manager
the other hand, has again of markets. Itret is a well known Western Europe to bring synergies across
failed to log their first victory and thoughtful participant in the more mature markets of the UK, Ireland,
for 26 years at Twickenham. the fixed telephony arena and Germany, Italy Spain, France and Nordics.
Speaking of Twickenham... takes over the role as co-chair
I applaud the decision by of the FCS Industry Forum.” INTRINSIC Technology has expanded its
BPL to relaunch and refocus Scotland operation with the appointment of
its Twickenham event as
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Margin in Voice & Data. Many of them, especially Sales Manager. McGowan was headhunted
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“Its life, Jim, but not as we know it” Dr McCoy
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