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workplace is fit for purpose in a hybrid environment? Is it flexible, and is it getting the most out of people? How do you ensure your meetings are collaborative and engaging?” With our current portfolio of brands in the AV and UC division,


we are well placed to support the market with solutions required to do this. Pro AV is becoming so much more than just a dedicated area –


Exertis enables customers to create technology solutions built upon our pillars of business such as enterprise, mobile, MTR, Hypertec and consumer. We offer a whole suite of products to support the movement


towards collaborative working. Barco, Logitech and Poly are the three key vendors in this space who we work with closely and offer as part of our portfolio.


How does Exertis get involved with local communities? We were delighted to announce earlier this year that we extended our Main Club Sponsorship status of Basingstoke Town Community FC for the 2022/23 season. Te agreement solidifies Exertis’ prominence on the Basingstoke Town kits, and the Exertis logo will be on both the home the away shirts, which now extends to all of the club’s growing number of teams (16) which includes over 200 players. Continuing to support local sports, and the wider community, is an opportunity which we relish. Te deal between us last season was a resounding success, as 14,000 fans came to watch Basingstoke Town in their Exertis home shirt across the year. Tis year, thanks to a new deal between the Community Club and new technical teamwear supplier Hope + Glory sportswear, Basingstoke’s adult kits will be made from 100% recycled bottles and a tree will be planted for each one sold. We also support local foodbanks and hospices. Exertis’ first


Foodbank collection commenced during the November 2020 national lockdown, which brought in 66.48 kilograms of goods for donation at a time when many were without work. We decided to make the winter Foodbank collection a tradition, and a second edition ran in November 2021 that donated 35 kilograms of long-life food to the local trust. A third Exertis Foodbank collection will be happening this year, in November 2022. Our people’s donation towards those in Ukraine who needed


help at the start of the war could not fit on scales to take weight measurement, though it filled up three hatchback cars!


St Michael’s Hospice, near to our Basingstoke office, has various events throughout the year which we support and which our people volunteer for.


What is the company’s view towards creating a more sustainable future? Sustainability is integral to our overall strategy to build a long term, profitable business. It’s not a standalone topic. We continue to integrate objectives and metrics, in respect of material sustainability issues and quality, into internal reporting and planning processes. Our mission to make the working environment, as well as the wider world, a better place drives our consistent commitment to the cause. We’re dedicated to making our business a sustainable operation – with newly-appointed UK Head of Sustainability and Sustainability


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Manager job roles, an online Sustainability Hub, and a plethora of people- and planet-focused initiatives in progress. We have multiple business units offering positive sustainability


initiatives. For example, MTR does incredible work in the 2nd- lifecycle solutions space, refurbishing, repairing, testing and reusing smartphones – and helping to reduce demand for resource-heavy brand new phones.


How is the cloud and digital transformation impacting business? Te pace of digital transformation adoption is increasing massively due to a number of factors; in many cases, businesses adapting in a post-covid world. Tis is in part to enable their employees to work efficiently in this


new hybrid working environment, where there’s a mix of office-based and remote working practices happening. As business are rationalising their physical office estates, and renew


their IT infrastructure, we’re seeing an acceleration of businesses using public cloud to support their IT infrastructures. Many businesses are increasingly turning towards a hybrid IT


environment where elements are still kept within in their main office, but they are using the public cloud to augment their physical infrastructure. At Exertis, we’re looking to identify the future trends and help


our resellers to navigate them, in particular with collaboration technologies including solutions from Microsoſt, Poly, Logitech and Lenovo, and with digital cloud-based communications platforms, such as our partnership with Vimeo. Our focus is on supporting our resellers to be able to join in the digital economy. Exertis has, and is, investing in digital platforms to enable resellers


to interact with us in ways which suit them, and to reflect changing buying trends, and to help them make more of the digital economy.


Why are the PCR awards so important to Exertis? To win two awards at such a prestigious event is absolutely fantastic; everyone involved has done an unbelievable job and given us a great foundation for the future. My thanks go out to everyone in the company who worked hard to make this happen, and to PCR for recognising our achievements this year.


What does it mean to Exertis to have crowned Company of the year at the PCR Awards? Te accolade was absolutely fantastic to win. Being crowned with such a notable title means so much to each and every one of us at Exertis. I’m so proud of not just our retail offering, but of the efforts of every single person in the business to personify our ethos and values. We’ve pulled together as a business to be stronger than ever. Gaining recognition like this is great affirmation of the hard work of our teams.


How has Exertis celebrated it victory? We were pleased to host free drinks and cakes across all of our UK sites on the Friday aſter the awards ceremony. We wanted to thank every single member of our staff who all contribute towards Exertis’s success every single day. It was great to invite everyone together to join their colleagues and to share a Friday treat together!


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