Latest RM articles

RM offloads Isis Concepts to complete the great sell-off

Secondary activity is likely to keep steady in the coming months but discounts are starting to increase

Furniture firm sold back to founder at a £2.5m loss

11 May 2012

RM puts M&A back on agenda

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Education provider vows to innovate in 2012 after posting ugly full-year numbers

06 Feb 2012

RM group MD Sirs jumps ship after three months

RM deconstructs LEGO business

RM group MD Sirs jumps ship after three months

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System builder's boss decides his departure is "in the best interests of RM" having been appointed in October

20 Jan 2012

BESA urges schools to stick with established suppliers

Leasing deals that look too good to be true are probably just that, trade body warns in wake of BBC probe

12 Jan 2012

RM deconstructs LEGO business

Embattled education supplier finds home for unwanted assets

04 Jan 2012

SMB sales boost at Steljes

Business development focuses on smaller firms

08 Nov 2011

Good week/Bad week

We run through who's played a blinder and who's made a blunder in the channel this week

07 Nov 2011

To Sirs with love in RM leadership change

Long-time boss Terry Sweeney leaves embattled system builder

25 Oct 2011

RM kicks off jumble sale with Computrac disposal

Education-focused system builder begins fat-trimming exercise with sale of US hardware business

24 Oct 2011

RM shares tank on gloomy update

Education specialist admits it is unlikely to hit its full-year targets

22 Jul 2011

RM shuffles boardroom pack

Education specialist appoints new chairman and non-executive director

24 May 2011

RM sales down 15 per cent in challenging market

Education specialist drives £5m of operational savings during belt-tightening H1

16 May 2011

RM slashes costs as cuts continue to bite

But education specialist remains upbeat, citing new contract wins and a strong underlying business as reasons to be cheerful

31 Mar 2011

Sober RM ekes out BSF cash

Contract wins continue, but reflective trading update points to tough market

10 Feb 2011

RM bags cut-price Herts BSF deal

System builder ekes another win out of doomed programme

17 Jan 2011

RM looks overseas as UK sales drop looms in FY11

After robust growth in FY10, education IT firm expects decline in revenue from core classroom technologies

22 Nov 2010

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BYOD: balancing IT risk and productivity

Organisations must strike a balance between worker productivity and the security of social media/mobile devices

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Smart working in the 21st century

Overcoming technological limitations and traditional office cultures to free employees to do more with less from wherever they want to


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Life's a beach

With a triumvirate of VARs getting into sporting sponsorship, Dave runs the rule over the brand-building opportunities

View from the channel

Views from the Channel

Why Apple wants bigger bite of channel

Latest distribution sell-through figures indicate a softening in Apple's stance towards the channel, says CRN deputy editor Doug Woodburn