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This week it has been announced that Westcoast have been shortlisted at the Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce Business Awards 2022, in the Equality and Diversity category. This is a fantastic achievement with a huge amount of work being put in by so many great individuals at Westcoast, to help increase the awareness and knowledge on the topic of equality and diversity across the business.

Earlier this year, we announced that Henley Festival is back and in July 2022, it will be celebrating it's 40th anniversary. Westcoast are sponsoring this event and earlier this week it was announced that Westcoast's chairman, Joe Hemani has been appointed as an Honorary Life President of the event.

Congratulations to the 67 Westcoast and Westcoast Cloud employees who have been nominated in these initial stages. This is a true testament to the fantastic female and diverse workforce that we have at our business and we wish them all huge amounts of luck for the final shortlist which will be announced in July.

Westcoast, the UK’s leading privately-owned IT distributor, is now part of an exciting partnership with Aruba EdgeConnect, providing an end-to-end approach to its SD-WAN offering.

Last week the CRN Sales and Marketing Awards shortlists were announced. We're thrilled to announce that we were nominated for two awards: Best Company to Work For & Best Marketing Campaign - for our Booster the Robodog campaign.

Earlier this year we announced that Cancer Research UK would be Westcoast’s charity of the year, raising funds for the largest single funder of cancer research globally. This charity is close to many of our employee’s hearts, and fundraising has begun already. This week, we’d like to give a special shout out to Joshua Smith, one of our SMB Account Managers as he ran the London Landmarks Half Marathon recently, raising a fantastic £125 so far for Cancer Research.

Westcoast, the UK’s largest privately owned distributor, has revealed its new partnership with Dell. This collaboration is set to bring significant opportunities to resellers and their customers alike, through innovation and accelerated digital transformation.

For the past two years, Westcoast were committed to support and raise vital funds for our chosen charity, the NSPCC. There were a number of different events that some of our employees took part in, including the Big Skydive, the Thames Trek and the London to Paris Bike Ride, among others. We are thrilled to share the latest article from the NSPCC directly, which confirms that our charity efforts have raised a fantastic £37,076 for the NSPCC. We are so proud of all our employees and want to say a massive thank you to everyone who donated.

It's International Women’s Day today. Achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls is one of the key Westcoast Commits, because at the end of the day, gender bias devalues all of us. Today we are running a special webinar for our female employees with Diana Parkes, a leading authority on women in the world of work.

Yesterday, the Business Magazine held the Reading 2030 event at the Royal Berkshire Conference Centre bringing the Reading and wider Thames Valley business community back together in person to unveil development and business updates from some of the largest companies in these areas.

The pandemic has not only shaped how we live and work but has also accelerated the change in how we communicate. Recently, Managing Director Alex Tatham spoke to Business Magazine about what we can expect to see in the short and long term and how the Thames Valley is positioned to take advantage of these changes.

Henley Festival is back and in 2022 it will be celebrating it's 40th anniversary! We are thrilled to announce that Westcoast are sponsoring the event in 2022, which is set to be a brilliant few days with a full programme celebrating the best of UK and International music and arts.

We are pleased to share that this year, we are partnering with Cancer Research UK in our company wide fundraising efforts. Cancer Research UK is the largest single funder of cancer research globally and as this is a charity which is close to many of our employees' hearts, and we would be grateful for you to assist in our fundraising efforts this year.

Last week, the latest episode of PIMsights was published where our managing director Alex Tatham was talking about the road to a net zero supply chain, and what this means for Westcoast. There were some insightful snippets of information, but ultimately, it falls to our drive for sustainable consumption and achieving a more sustainable future. We’re committed to adding net zero carbon to the carbon we directly control by 2035.

It’s always an honour to be nominated for an award. That’s why we’re extremely proud to have been shortlisted for the Wholesaler of the Year award at OPI’s European Office Products Awards for 2022.

2021 has been a challenging year for many, but it’s the time of year to look back and be grateful. And this year, with the support of our customers, vendors and suppliers, the fantastic Westcoast team has really outdone itself. Thank you to everyone who made these achievements possible.

It's a real honour to have been named "Best Distributor" at the 2021 Britain's Reseller Choice Awards.

We’re thrilled to announce that we have made the top 20 of the Logistics Manager Top 50 Service Providers for the second year running. This year we have climbed from 18th to 8th which is testament to the flexibility of Westcoast and the expansion of the business into a whole range of services.

We're thrilled to announce that for the second year running, Westcoast have been named Aruba Distributor of the Year for UK & Ireland 2021 at the EMEA Channel Partner Awards!

At Westcoast, we’re always looking for new ways to support our partners in the education sector. That’s why we’re working with Microsoft’s Devices for Education program. The program is designed to help resellers put HP devices, which are fit-for-purpose, and fully secure and managed, into the hands of every pupil across England. Allowing parents, teachers and pupils alike to focus on learning.