From IT hardware to cyber security to internet connectivity, if you want your business to run smoothly in the current day and age, you need to make sure your IT provisions are up to the challenge.
To do this, many businesses employ IT support providers to monitor, manage and update their IT facilities for them. This ensures business owners can focus on running their organisation, rather than worrying about tech and communications issues.
Local IT Support
There are IT support providers throughout the UK, and all provide support packages that will allow you to work more effectively, however working with a local supplier will provide further advantages.
Here are 5 ways partnering with a local IT support vendor will help your business thrive:
1. Improved CSR
Partnering with a local IT support provider will help you accomplish your CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) objectives.
CSR strategies encourage companies to contribute to the wellbeing of their community through environmental and social measures. Common examples of CSR include: improving labour policies, donating to charity and becoming more environmentally friendly.
One way to become ‘greener’ and to reduce your company’s carbon emissions is to work with local businesses. At DVAD we’re based in Huddersfield and provide many local businesses with our expert IT support services, which we’ve done for 35+ years.
Working with local businesses reduces the physical distance between offices and decreases the need for excessive travel, helping to minimise carbon emissions when site visits are required.
Other areas we service include: Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield, Bradford, Doncaster and the wider Yorkshire area – all these areas are within a one hour commute of our office.
Visit our local IT support pages here:
- IT Support Yorkshire
- IT support Leeds – including Morley, Batley, Wakefield, Harrogate, Pontefract and Castleford
- IT support Manchester – including Salford, Sale, Oldham, Bury, Burnley, Rochdale and Stockport
- IT support Sheffield – including Rotherham and Barnsley
- IT support Huddersfield – including Brighouse and Dewsbury
- IT support Bradford – including Keighley and Halifax
- IT support Doncaster – including Scunthorpe and Goole
2. Easier Communication & Better Customer Service
Every successful business relationship is based on a solid foundation of good communication.
Local IT support providers tend to be much smaller in size compared to nationwide corporations. This means customers are likely to receive a much more personal service, which makes communication channels a lot easier to navigate.
Due to the small nature of local businesses, employees are likely to know exactly what clients they work with and what services they receive – without having to ask. This means you won’t be passed around multiple different departments when you’re trying to sort an urgent IT issue.
At DVAD we always keep in mind the importance of personal service and strive to provide quick solutions for our customers at the first point of contact. More on the way we work can be viewed here: http://dvad.co.uk/wp/about-us/.
3. Thriving Community
Partnering with a local IT support business, rather than a nationwide chain, will help boost the economy of your community.
Local businesses pay local taxes, so the more money they earn, the more funds will be generated to improve nearby roads and amenities such as parks, leisure centres and schools.
UK statistics show that for every £1 spent in a small or medium-sized business 63p stays within the local economy, compared to 40p in a larger business. Moreover, small businesses create more local jobs, which also helps to keep money within the local area and create a thriving community atmosphere.
4. Quick Emergency IT Support
It’s important to know that if you were hit with an IT emergency, such as a security breech or data leak, you’d have a local company to rely on who could quickly make a site visit if necessary.
Local IT companies often prefer to meet on-site, rather than on the phone, to quickly find out how they can help fix the problem.
Large IT support companies often provide their customers with a support phone number and make them wait in line to speak to someone who won’t necessarily know how to fix their problem. This is simply not the case with smaller local businesses where IT engineers are always on hand to fix urgent, time-sensitive issues.
5. Access to Specialised Knowledge
Local IT support providers often focus on becoming experts in specific areas, rather than trying to compete with large corporate companies that offer a multitude of services.
Due to this, employees within local businesses often gain very detailed knowledge of the sector in which they work, which can be used to help their clients.
At DVAD, for example, we specialise in delivering connected communication channels. Our ConnexusTM Approach encompasses telecoms, IT services and workplace infrastructure to ensure our clients receive quick and reliable communications.
Due to this, our IT engineers are experts in connectivity and have intricate knowledge of how these 3 pillars of communication work together to improve business operations.
Contact Us
If you’d like to know more about our local IT support services, how working with a local IT provider can benefit your business, or the other tech services we offer, please call us on 0800 84 999 84, or email us at enquiries@direct-voiceanddata.com.
Our full contact details can be found here: http://dvad.co.uk/wp/contact-us/.
