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28 May 2009
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The fight to pick up Sage reseller BDE Group’s customer base is intensifying after the firm officially entered administration.
Neil Mather and Mark Fry at Begbies Traynor’s London office were appointed
joint administrators of the Worcester-based firm on 26 May, ending weeks of
speculation.
BDE was regarded as one of Sage’s top partners with 2007 revenue of £10.6m but
the
vendor
severed ties with it over unpaid debts. That proved to be the final blow for
the firm as it was unable to continue trading and laid off its 94 staff last
week.
Meanwhile, the battle to land BDE’s 800 Sage customers is heating up.
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Datel is one of three resellers to which Sage is recommending BDE customers move, alongside TSG and Pinnacle.
Warrington-based Datel has taken on nine former BDE staff including Debra Leland, who headed up customer services. It will focus on BDE’s Sage 500, 1000 and SalesLogix customers.
Managing director David Preston claimed his firm is well positioned to capitalise.
“We are speaking to about 100 customers,” he said. “They are not compelled to go with Sage’s recommendation but it would seem a sensible route given that Sage has suggested it.”
Preston added that Datel has finished top in an annual customer satisfaction survey conducted by Sage for the past three years.
And he argued that it would be tough for BDE to rise from the flames of administration.
“BDE’s staff have pretty much melted away and customers are talking to people like us with a number committing to come across to us already. It will not be easy for them to create a pre-pack,” he said.
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Integratech Ltd - Recruiting Now
Worcester based IT company Integratech Ltd , the SAP Business One Partner are curently recruiting sales, technical and administration staff. Any ex-employee of BDE looking to move back to an IT role with a strong accounting software background should speak to Integratech Ltd. Sales Director Marcus Hayes is keen to recruit staff that are highly motivated and looking for a long term career in IT with experinece in Sage L50, L100, L200, L500 and in Sage CRM. Contact Marcus Hayes at Integratech on 01905 758900
Posted by Marcus Hayes - Sales Director Integratech Ltd | 02 Jun 2009
TSG takes on many BDE Staff
TSG has also snapped up the cream of the BDE staff including 90% of the Sage 200 support staff as well as the entire Sage CRM and 200 consultancy teams!
As TSG offer excellent hardware and technical support services, they have also picked up nearly all the technical support team from BDE as well!
Its business-as-usual for those customers who decide to join the TSG fold.
As one of BDE's (now) ex-employees, I'd like to say thank you TSG!
Posted by Ben White | 28 May 2009
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