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The eagle-eyed among you may have already noticed that we’ve recently added another name to our roster of trusted AV vendors: JPL, one of the largest channel suppliers of headsets and telecom equipment in the UK.

Westcoast Limited, a leading UK distributor of IT products and services with over £3 billion in annual revenues, today announced a distribution agreement with AppGuard, a global endpoint security provider that protects organizations from cyberattacks by disrupting malware from causing harm.

It's been a while coming, but last night we attended the Print IT Awards 2020 (virtually of course!), which celebrated the achievements of the ever changing technology sector. We were lucky enough to be awarded "Marketing Team of the Year".

We're excited to announce the launch of our new management programme, called "Managing the Westcoast Way" with People Unboxed. Together we will look to pave the way for the leaders of tomorrow, using a range of elearning courses and virtual classroom sessions. The course will include 6 components across 72 sessions, with 150 managers to guide us through.

Westcoast Limited, the UK’s leading distributor of IT products and services for the channel market, has partnered with Authlogics, a world leading provider of End-to-End Authentication solutions. The deal, which further strengthens Westcoast’s Cyber Security offering, will allow organisations to move away from password-based login mechanisms to a simplified passwordless world.

We are delighted to be working with Beyond Encryption as a strategic shareholder, investing to support their ambitious growth across multiple sectors.

It’s National Apprenticeship week, and this week we’re sharing Brandon’s story. Brandon works in the L&D team at Westcoast as a Digital Learning Designer Apprentice, working closely with the digital learning experience lead on research, storyboard, design and digital learning experience projects.

New Partnership with Avast Business

Westcoast are thrilled to announce that once again we will be taking part in the Business eSports FIFA Tournament on 19th January, against Incipio. We are committed to supporting our chosen charity for 2021, which is the NSPCC, supporting their fantastic work during these testing times.

New statistics unveiled today (15 January) by Berkshire Opportunities shows that despite the economic challenges facing the UK, there are over 40k job vacancies in Berkshire, 32k of which are for permanent positions. The demand for IT and telecommunications professionals has risen 12% in the last year. Alex gives his thoughts.

Earlier this week, Channel Pro released their latest interviews with a number of companies in the Channel to see what their predictions would be for 2021.

As 2020 has been a year like no other, we are proud to have received these figures from the team at the NSPCC. This year, Westcoast have raised a massive £7,500 for the NSPCC during fundraising efforts such as the 2.6 challenge, the eSports FIFA tournament, and many activities virtually.

Latest Coronavirus updates. Like all businesses, Westcoast are concerned about the recent Covid-19 outbreak. We are following government advice closely and are primarily focused on ensuring the safety of our staff, customers and suppliers.

We’re absolutely delighted to report that Westcoast has been awarded the accolade of Best Renewal Distributor of the Year 2020 at the Juniper Networks global, virtual awards.

As you will be aware, 1 January 2021 marks the first day where the UK will no longer be part of the EU. Hewlett Packard Enterprise remains focused on accelerating readiness to ensure a smooth exit, and as a result need to make some internal changes to reflect the new terms. These changes will affect HPE & Aruba orders in the short term.

We’re thrilled to announce that we have made the top 20 of the Logistics Manager Top 50 Service Providers for 2020.

To assist with Brexit preparations, together with CRN, we have questioned more than 300 UK channel partners to see how prepared they were for Brexit and what their most pressing concerns were pre-January 2021

Westcoast have recently been announced as the Lenovo Distributor of the Year at the Lenovo Channel Awards 2020. The award this year is for the Distribution Partner who has shown sustained business growth through an innovative and proactive approach, together with increased engagement and results across all Lenovo brands.

This year, the Women in Tech Festival, hosted by Computing and CRN, is going global! The event will focus on empowerment, development, management and even the taboo of managing inappropriate workplace interactions. And this year, our very own Alex Tatham will be a guest speaker at the event, speaking about the importance of 'getting girls into IT'.

It's been a fantastic day today for Westcoast, as we are named both Aruba Distributor of the Year and Networking Distributor of the Year at the CRN Channel Awards 2020! Our Warehouse team also picked up the new 2020 award of 'Heroes of the Year' - a very well deserved recognition for working tirelessly throughout the Covid pandemic.