Nimans cooked up a charity treat by hosting a staff BBQ which raised almost £300 for Cash4Kids - a project which supports children aged 0-18 who are disabled, disadvantaged or suffering from abuse or neglect.

Exertis has announced dates and speakers for its first ever specialised computing showcase featuring rugged and workstation opportunities from Dell EMC.

Hampshire based Intech Telecom has been announced as Splicecom's first Gold Partner in the South.

Channel billing and provisioning solutions specialist Union Street Technologies has been approved for the Total Metering and Billing Scheme (TMBS) following an independent audit of its billing and service operations.

Distributor Nimans and headset manufacture Jabra is urging resellers to take advantage of the rise and success of collaborative working.

According to Jabra research, 87% of organisations say their use of collaboration technology has improved teamwork whilst 72% feel it has accelerated decision making.

Cerberus Networks boss Bob Hendy is calling on resellers to differentiate their sales approach by offering customers an upgrade to ultrafast broadband services.

Channel Ethernet Connectivity and Cloud Solutions provider Vaioni Wholesale has made a significant long-term investment in Juniper to supply premium routers for customer leased line deployments.

Data, voice and cloud solutions service provider FluidOne has appointed Keith Wilkinson as Wholesale Account Director. Wilkinson (pictured) joins after spells with Murphx and Juniper Bridge and was a founding team member of the latter from 2009 to 2013, assisting in the rapid growth of the support technology company.

Time is almost up for resellers to adapt thousands of payphones across the country before the old £1 coin goes out of circulation.

Avaya has been rated as a global leader in the supply of UC and Collaborations solutions.

In the 2017 IDC MarketScape Worldwide Unified Communications and Collaboration Vendor Assessment, Avaya was rated as a leader following an evaluation of capabilities and strategies of 11 vendors that offer unified communications and collaborations technologies globally.