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Coventry Businessman First to Achieve New IT Consultancy Standard

Only one year old and Iain Wood Associates Limited, of Coventry, is already a successful management consultancy offering a complete range of IT consultancy solutions.

The company has recently won new consultancy business from HouseMark, an organisation for improving housing standards, including assistance with creating specifications for their new internet based housing systems, providing professional testing resources and technical assistance with collecting and distributing their housing data . They will be partnering more in the near future in order to offer server installation services and website design.

Iain Wood, Principal Consultant at Iain Wood Associates Ltd explains why the company decided to take part in the Accredit UK certification: “I took part in the certification process as although I already had confidence in our internal processes I needed reassurance that our business planning was thorough enough. I also wanted to ensure the voice of the smaller company was heard and that the certification would not turn out to be elitist.”

Iain went on to add why he thought the Accredit UK certification would benefit his business, “There will be increased customer confidence in dealing with my company and enhanced marketing opportunities through maximised professional credibility; assurance that my company can continue to compete with the “bigger boys” and is on the right track. We feel customers are increasingly looking to independent ICT professionals with a broad range of skills rather than management consultants with high overheads and rigid working methods. In this regard the certification is truly empowering to customers – ongoing reviews ensure independent consultants maintain high standards at this difficult time.”

The Accredit UK Assessor said: “Iain Wood Associates Limited has only been going for a year but is already working in a controlled and systematic manner that is geared to enable future growth. The Accredit UK certification is both a recognition of the hard work already put in to gain the standard, but is also there to assist in building a strong and sustainable business for the future.”

28 January 2009