Exertis IT has bought Apple Authorised Service Provider Group 8  to expand its presence in the circular economy. Ironically, Exertis itself is seeking a buyer as parent company DCC plans to concentrate on the energy sector Group 8 has been in business for more than 20 years and provides specialist Apple support and repair services across

At the end of a week when it was announced Exertis owner DCC Group is selling the distributor to focus on its energy business, UK CEO Tim Griffin is upbeat and positive about the news. “It’s not a drama from my point of view. I see it as a big opportunity to have an owner

DCC plc, the parent company of Exertis, has announced it will sell the top-tier distributor as part of a new strategic direction focusing on the energy sector. DCC aims to streamline its portfolio to capitalise on growth opportunities in energy. This announcement was made by DCC Chief Executive Donal Murphy during the company’s interim results

Exertis has appointed Paul Jacobs as its new Trading Director as part of a management reorganisation designed to “sharpen the distributor’s focus on key markets” including AV, Components, IT Solutions, Mobile, Print, and consumer channels. Previously, Jacobs was Trading Director for Devices. He assumes responsibility for commercial, purchasing, and business development functions. Jacobs joined Exertis

Exertis employees have raised £125,000 for Mental Health UK from golf days, bake sales, dress-down days, raffles and tech sales. Exertis employees have now voted to select eight local charities including six hospices, one homeless charity and one teenage cancer charity. The full list is: St Michael’s Hospice in Basingstoke, East Lancashire Hospice in Burnley,

Exertis Enterprise has quadrupled the capacity of its Basingstoke Integration Facility in Basingstoke. The improvements include integration suites, testing labs, and spaces for demonstrations and training, and maintaining quality control standards  This upgrades increase the integration, configuration and subcontract manufacturing services and capabilities and boosts inventory, responsiveness.   “This milestone represents a significant investment in

Exertis may close its Raunds, Wellingborough warehouse and distribution facility next year (above) and move the activity into its £50 million state-of-the-art Burnley Bridge complex.

Exertis has launched a trade-in portal for resellers to offload unwanted handsets, tablets and laptops. Exertis guarantees the price for 14 days after an order is made through the portal. If a device is sent after 14 days the price is adjusted to the current price. Exertis’ business division MTR already has experience in recycling

Exertis is the new distributor for JCB Toughphone products, the brand that started the rugged mobile phones sector 16 years ago. Exertis will be ranging two new rugged Android smartphones, the JCB Toughphone TP231 and JCB Toughphone MAX and supplying JCB products to its specialist retailer and mobile channels. “The partnership will enable customers to

… as Group MD Paul Bryan moves to an international role

The new team report to the director of Exertis Pro AV, Jamie Brothwell

This partnership with CT4 aims to secure business data and protect it from malicious activity

The service is powered by Boom Coms in partnership with Exertis

The teams across both Exertis’ offices will report to Sutherland

New mobile brand Nothing has turned heads in the industry with its quirky name and marketing, launching its first phone globally in July. But will the firm be able to sustain this buzz in the long term?

The partnership enables Exertis to offer BitTitan’s MigrationWiz service

Exertis will distribute the recently released Nothing Phone (1) smartphone

The distributor also sponsored the club last season

600 guests turn out for the biggest UK channel post-Covoid awards night

Weston takes up new challenge is SaaS sector

Exertis will focus heavily on delivering Barco’s collaboration tool ClickShare to its customers

The distributor is pushing to drive its global digital transformation

Bhatti will report to Liz Greenwood and oversee a team of three

The deal will enable Exertis to continue its push in North American market

O’Neill will be based at Exertis’ national distribution centre in Burnley

Williams has previously spent four years in B2B roles at Exertis

Full range of products now available for Exertis Cloud partners

The deal will expand Exertis’ presence across The Channel

Ex-employee wins case for unfair dismissal following months of harassment. It could be the biggest claim ever in UK employment law

Ex-employee accused distributor of encouraging a culture of racist harassment

Exertis has set out to ramp up its effort to drive sustainability

The figures exceeded the disti’s expectations, amid a challenging Covid-hit backdrop

Shortages caused by ‘chipaggedon’ are hitting the smartphone market, yet hopes are for a bounceback in 2022

The partnership will enable Norwegian-based Xplora to grow in the UK

The distributor is aiming to expand its offering in the custom installation market

Shortages have stemmed from factory closures and home working demands 

Exertis MD Tim Griffin is confident the distributor can continue to perform amid ongoing pandemic 

The distributor will offer customers the full range of Fitbit products

Strong demand in consumer products and a surge in second-life handsets helped Exertis post strong first half revenue

O’Keeffe returns to Brightstar after 13 years at Exertis

Strong international performance helped the distributor through a challenging year in the UK

Vishal Chhatralia joins from RS Components to drive digital charge at the distributor 

The partnership will allow resellers to compare build and quote SIM Only deals

Exertis acquired distributor in 2018

James Goddard started as a technician at the company

The programme sees Exertis working with its MTR subsidiary 

Fitzsimons joined Exertis in 2012 as part of a graduate scheme 

The tech distributors carried out a self-assessment about recruiting and retaining disabled people

Exertis will add the Moto G, Motorola One and Moto E ranges to its portfolio

Eagle replaces Mark Kahr who became Exertis Group procurement director in June

The appointment of Turner is Exertis’ fifth in the past fortnight 

Distributor has made four appointments in past week

The distributor welcomes back a familiar face and promotes another internally

Angelo Apa has spent over 25 years working in the IT industry

Refurbished Samsung smartphones will be available from Exertis today (Aug 5)

Hitting a year in the hot seat, Tim Griffin thinks recent and new acquisitions will solidify a healthy position

Andy Jones joins from Tech Data where he spent three years in a business development role

Blacklisting of Huawei likely to have have a ‘significant negative impact’ for the rest of the year

Exertis reshapes the executive team for international expansion ambitions

Both firms took £216.7m in revenue in total Exertis has acquired German audiovisual distributor Comm-Tec for an undisclosed fee. Comm-Tec generated over £78 million in its last financial year and employs over 150 staff across Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy and Spain. The company distributes products from audiovisual vendors such as Barco, Brightsign, Chief, Gefen, Middle

Zagg International general manager Gavin Slevin says the firm is on a four-year mission to reach $1bn 

The Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) accreditation streamlines import and export procedures for trusted firms 

Industry veteran tasked with expanding Lease Telecom’s channel to 500

The winners trophies will be presented at a black tie gala dinner and dance at The Hilton on Park Lane on March

Exertis’ third annual channel event will be held on May 16

This year the distributor is focussing on an international expansion

The distributor has sponsored the Mobile News Awards for half a decade

Both internal appointments will report to sales and commercial director Phil Brown

Ingleby has worked across a number of different sectors and was most recently at Assurant  Exertis has announced the appointment of Howard Ingleby to the newly created position of programme director for the UK and Ireland. The role sees Ingleby reporting to Exertis chief operating officer Richard Hinds and he will be tasked with the

Exertis claims it is the “home of Android”

Bale joins from Co-Op and spent 11 years at Ernst and Young 

In the newly-created role Hinds will report to Exertis UK and Ireland managing director Paul Bryan

O’Keeffe moves into international role as Exertis look to expand in new territories 

Distributor will continue to provide all Huawei products

Warren Lewis will lead the newly branded Exertis Pro AV Solutions team

IT departments will be able to securely deploy their own devices in bulk according to Weston Exertis has announced Android zero-touch enrolment as it offer its resellers a more simple service for mobile enterprise deployment. Android zero-touch enrolment is a streamlined process for the deployment of large scale corporate-owned mobile devices. The service will be

The distributor was best in ‘recognition initiative’, fending off competition from Nissan, Shell International, Countrywide, Communisis, Comply Direct and Touchpaper Marketing

Former Microsoft vice-president Gary Fowle will take the helm from CEO Beatrice Lafon as head of Kondor Exertis has announced the appointment of ex-Microsoft vice-president Gary Fowle (pictured) as head of Kondor following its acquisition of the accessories distributor, replacing CEO Beatrice Lafon (below). The announcement was made today (Aug 2), Fowle will head up

Kondor will resume operations with its 250 members of staff

Global end-user spending on UC expected to reach £33.7 billion by 2021

Exertis on the charge to increase its range. 

Revenue spurt from gains in audio-visual, gaming, and upsurge in components demand. 

The distributor held its annual Plug In partner event at Silverstone Race Circuit last month for 700 attendees

The distributor currently partners 300 global technology brands in the UK and has over 11,000 resellers

Jacobs spent 18 years at Tech Data

Audica products continue to be available for customers of Exertis Unlimited within its premium audio range

Industry veteran joins Eurostar after six-year stint with Exertis

The acquisition adds £10.8 million to Exertis’ current revenue of £2.6 billion

The upcoming event will be held across three venues in the UK on various dates next month

He joins following a five year stint at Samsung and will look to drive the business and services offering

The television acts as a digital picture frame when not in use

Distributor adds refurbishment and reverse logistics to its service portfolio

The distribution agreement includes Intel processors, SSD, Optan memory and NUC products

Ian Sempers will step down to focus on other endeavors with Ian Aitken to step up as director

The technology provider is the only distributor in the UK to gain the status for both IT solutions and IP networking

Jonathan Wagstaff began his newly created role this month tasked to identify new trends and players in the market 

Ferguson spent three years at Brightstar and eight years with Vodafone

MD O’Keeffe looks to deals with HMD Global and Sky Mobile following “fairly flat year” in division

It will see Exertis offer STK’s full handset range, which currently includes the Hero, Galactic, Sync and Storm