{"id":2090062,"date":"2021-12-02T10:10:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T10:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/northwest\/?p=2090062"},"modified":"2021-12-02T10:10:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T10:10:35","slug":"martech-firm-acquires-leading-uk-salesforce-consultancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/northwest\/news\/2090062-martech-firm-acquires-leading-uk-salesforce-consultancy","title":{"rendered":"Martech firm acquires leading UK Salesforce consultancy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Liverpool provider of data-driven marketing and sales strategies has acquired a leading UK Salesforce partner.<\/p>\n<p>Colour Consultancy, which is also based in the city, will now become part of BluprintX EMEA, a rapidly growing group of businesses that provide services martech, salestech, and work management solutions to help companies drive revenue growth.<\/p>\n<p>The acquisition by BluprintX EMEA will strengthen the company\u2019s Salesforce stack, enhance its\u00a0Salesforce practice, and provide a platform for further growth.<\/p>\n<p>Salesforce continues to lead the CRM market and organisations worldwide are already experiencing a skills challenge when it comes to sourcing personnel with the right technical expertise to manage the salestech ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>With Salesforce capabilities already established in BluprintX APAC, the acquisition of Color will consolidate these resources to deliver global coverage and an expanded service offering<\/p>\n<p>Wyatt Bales, managing director, BluprintX EMEA, said: \u201cThe upturn in demand for Salesforce services is only expected to increase.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re seeing more organisations ready to take their next steps with Marketing Automation, integrating it with CRM, and building out a more holistic sales funnel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven our consultancy-led approach to service delivery, having in-house expertise on the Salesforce stack, backed by proven technical skills \u2013 is crucial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe addition of Color achieves this, and we couldn\u2019t be more excited to have them on board.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simon Edwards, founder of Color, said: \u201cWe recognised that the tech stack landscape is rapidly evolving and SalesTech has fast become a priority for marketing and sales departments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy joining BluprintX, we\u2019ll bring our Salesforce expertise to bolster the team\u2019s existing capabilities, while for us, the move provides the infrastructure to achieve greater scale and growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lee Hackett, BluprintX Global Group CEO, added: \u201cOur strategy is based on increasing revenue growth for global businesses through building a strong presence in EMEA and APAC. 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