A TECHNOLOGY company based in Bury has scooped a prestigious award.

Cloudsource Technologies is celebrating after being awarded Best Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) Vertical Market Solution at the Comms National Awards.

The annual awards, which are organised by Comms Dealer magazine, one of the UK's leading telecoms and technology publications, took place on Thursday, October 13.

The Best SME Vertical Market Solution category recognises resellers that have created tailored solutions to help SME clients be more effective.

Cloudsource's entry for this category was based on a solution designed for Blue Diamond Group, a group of 17 garden centres throughout the UK and Channel Islands.

The hybrid cloud solution they created, which included a new telephone system, IT infrastructure and broadband, enabled Blue Diamond Group to communicate better between its websites, improve customer service and lower costs.

Sales director, Paul Mahon, said: “This award acknowledges one of our strengths which is to listen to the customer and work around their needs, rather than our own.

“Our team worked closely with Blue Diamond Group to make sure the solution was the perfect fit for their business requirements, from day to day process through to their plans for future growth.”

Carl Lowe, managing director, added: “At last year's ceremony we were so close to taking the win but ended up coming home with Highly Commended in this category, so we couldn't be happier to walk away with the award this time.

“It's well deserved as the team has put in so much hard work this year and we've focused heavily on creating solutions that are tailor made for vertical markets - in this case, retail.”

Cloudsource also received Highly Commended in the Best SME Unified Communications Solution award category.