The whole package: Providing clients with an end-to-end cloud-based technology solution How partnering with a field service management software can help
enhance client business success
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Martin Whiteside, Partner Manager UK, simPRO Martin is responsible for building and managing partnerships with Accountants, Business Consultants and Suppliers who work with field service business and together add value to their mutual clients. Martin has over 20 years experience working with Partners across industry sectors, with the focus of helping customers achieve their goals.
Accounting and financial advice firm, Scrutton Bland specialises in
advising clients on cloud technology solutions. Discover how partnering with leading field service management software, simPRO, has allowed Scrutton Bland to further this advice to create an end-to-end cloud technology solution for clients.
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wo years ago, simPRO Partner, Scrutton Bland implemented a Systems Advisory team to help its clients transition to cloud-based solutions. Now a main service of the firm, their Systems Advisory team supports clients as they transition to cloudbased accounting software and field service business management software. Through this service, Scrutton Bland is helping business owners and managers use cloud technology to make
their business more efficient and generate better business insights. Scrutton Bland Head of Cloud, Ryan Percy said the transition to providing advisory service on systems technology came as a result of making tax digital. “That has grown into something where we have generated a year on year base around 70,000 additional fees. Purely on helping clients transition onto cloudbased technology,” he said.
“We do that in a very bespoke way...We have an all encompassing service which we can assess businesses’ processes and advise them on what tech is best for them. “That has developed a much deeper relationship with our clients. We are now not only looking and working with them at a year end or at set periods throughout the year, there’s a lot more of a fluid conversation. It has helped us, and our clients, to drive our businesses forward.” Ryan says that while this advisory service is very popular for some clients, transitioning to cloud in both accounting and business management can be daunting for others. “There are clients which are more timid when it comes to change or technology,” he said. “A lot of that is actually about change management...
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