Celerity boss on landing £15m investment and evolution from reseller to MSP

Josh Budd
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Celerity boss on landing £15m investment and evolution from reseller to MSP

COO Craig Aston tells CRN that the company aims to generate at least 80 per cent of its total profits from services as Celerity looks to make acquisitions to scale its managed services business

Celerity said that it's almost four-year transformation from a reseller to an MSP helped it to land £15m in investment from BGF as its COO laid out its future plans to CRN. At the end of Novembe...

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