{"id":2032226,"date":"2019-07-25T12:21:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T11:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/westmidlands\/?p=2032226"},"modified":"2019-07-25T12:21:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T11:21:13","slug":"birmingham-consultancy-joins-government-framework-to-simplify-cloud-based-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/westmidlands\/news\/2032226-birmingham-consultancy-joins-government-framework-to-simplify-cloud-based-services","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham consultancy joins government framework to simplify cloud-based services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham consultancy Woodrow Mercer has been named as a G-Cloud 11 Consulting partner on an initial 12-month basis, with the option to extend the agreement by a further 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>The Birmingham agency was founded in 2012 with the vision of \u201cdeveloping an ethical staffing company that goes above and beyond for its staff and customers\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Since then it has opened an office in London in 2014, which houses its technology division and in 2016 launched a Leeds office and Finance division and today has 50 staff specialising across ten sectors.<\/p>\n<p>The G-Cloud 11 framework, which is open to businesses of all sizes, is an agreement between the government and suppliers to simplify the deployment of cloud-based services, including hosting, software and support.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Ostrowski, managing director and founder of Woodrow Mercer, said: \u201cWoodrow Mercer is a leading consulting partner in the technology sector and our status as G-Cloud 11 supplier will be instrumental in the growth of our business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuying through frameworks is faster and cheaper than agreeing individual procurement contracts and our services will be much more streamlined for clients as a result.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the Crown Commercial Service, the G-Cloud framework has facilitated more than \u00a34.7bn 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