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New County Road Surfacing Ltd invest in Castle Dynamics Solution

New County Road Surfacing Ltd are one of the North East of England's leading road construction companies, with in-house expertise in Road Surfacing, Road Planing/Milling and Traffic Management.

To support the growth plans of the business New County have invested in a Microsoft Dynamics based solution for the construction & service management industry. Based on Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Dynamics CRM (Service Management) the solution provided by Castle Dynamics will span all areas of the business, including; Project costing, Procurement, Plant, CIS, Financials, Service Management (scheduling,reactive and planned). Castle Dynamics have become one of the UK's fastest growing suppliers of Microsoft based software solutions to the UK Construction Industry, supplying systems across all disciplines of the construction industry.

Dynamic Future After IT Acquisition

Castle Computer Services has acquired one of Scotland's fastest growing suppliers of Microsoft Dynamics based solutions to create a company with unrivalled specialised expertise and experience, providing solutions across retail, construction, wholesale and logistics sectors in the UK.

IT Group International (ITGI) is now part of the Castle Computer Services Group and will operate as a limited company called Castle Computer Services (Dynamics) Ltd, alongside the Castle Group's existing Technical Services and Applications divisions, extending Castle's reach into new markets throughout the UK.

Andrew Munro, Chairman, Castle Computer Services Group, said:
"Over the last 30 years Castle has developed a strong reputation for innovation, proven service delivery and support in financial management and business intelligence applications, virtualisation and technical services.

"We were highly attracted to ITGI's Microsoft Dynamics software development expertise and their experience in UK wide Construction and Service Management sectors, to augment our own Microsoft Dynamics capability in Wholesale and Distribution and Furniture Retail sectors; making us one of the UK's foremost Microsoft Dynamics partners.

Sam Malak, former MD of ITGI and now part of the newly formed Dynamics division, said:
"At ITGI we developed unique software solutions, becoming one of the fastest growing Microsoft Dynamics resellers in the UK. The merger with Castle will enable us to use our expertise to continue that innovative approach, creating new solutions for the sectors that we serve."

Castle was founded in Scotland in 1982 and operates from five locations in the UK, with its HQ in Bellshill, near Glasgow, serving over 500 customers. Castle is one of the UK's leading providers of virtualisation, data management solutions and financial and operational application software. This includes software and hardware supply, implementation, support and business continuity planning as well as a data centre facilty. The company has strategic partnerships with Microsoft, IBM, VMWare and QlikTech.

IT Group International provides innovative Microsoft Dynamics backed solutions to the Construction and Service Management sectors, with skills in Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Payroll and SharePoint. ITGI has developed the only product in the marketplace, which provides seamless integration with ConQuests estimating and surveying software and its SC Verify product is the only product to enable verification of sub-contractor PAYE, TX reference and insurance online.

AKP choose IT Group over industry heavyweights

Construction company AKP Scotland based in East Kilbride, and operating throughout central Scotland... have procured a 5 user system of ITGI’s Microsoft Dynamics NAV2Commercial Management software.

Having gone through a thorough evaluation process of all leading Construction Industry software packages including; COINS, RedSkyIT, Causeway, and other Microsoft Dynamics offerings from Sage for Construction and Encode, AKP Scotland ultimately chose ITGI NAV2Commercial Management.

Providing integration links with ConQuest Estimating the ITGI solution is a fully integrated pre and post contract Construction Commercial Management solution.

Barclay Dougall Holdings invests in IT Group International.

IT Group Total Business Solution IT Group International Ltd are delighted to announce that The Barclay Dougall Group of Companies through it’s Chairman Barclay Dougall has made a significant investment in the business.

The investment secured will strengthen the company’s financial position, support the ongoing growth of the business and sustain the further development of our products.
IT Group International Ltd joins a group of companies with a consolidated turnover of £50m and an net worth of £10m.

This additional financial backing will allow the company to build on our impressive performance over the last three years where we have trebled in turnover and survived an ongoing recessionary period.

Our current Dynamics NAV and CRM add-on products, mainly aimed at the construction sector, allow us to compete with the usual house hold names within this industry. With this investment and the continued support of the Microsoft foundation, we can now offer client satisfaction beyond those offered by our competitors at a more competitive price.

It is easy to see why we are so excited about the future for IT Group International Ltd.

IT Group release flagship MS based Complete Business Suite

IT Group International are now shipping their complete Business Solution built on the familiar and reliable core of Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics CRM and SharePoint Services. Click Complete Microsoft Business Solution for the full product specification and feature set.

McDermott deploy Commercial Management Suite

McDermott Building and Civil Engineering have just gone live with IT Group’s flagship Commercial Management Suite. IT Group’s Commercial management is an enterprise wide system for the construction, managing financial ledgers (multi company/ multi currency, through to project costing (budget vs actuals), Procurement workbench, Subcontractors, Contract Sales, Plant, Cost Value Reconciliation (CVR).

Southdale signs over support to IT Group

IT Group are pleased to announce that we have taken over the support contract for Southdale’s Dynamics NAV software. Operating throughout the North of England, Southdale has 20 years’ experience in development of mixed tenure communities, providing low cost housing for rent and sale.

IT Group develop .NET solution for The Royal Mint

UK Scrap Coin Maintenance:
A secure online .NET solution, allowing UK Banks and Cash Centres to request collections and shipments of UK coinage, to and from the Royal Mint.

Simultaneously IT Group developed for NEXUS an internal SharePoint solution designed to create a single authoritative resource for all product information, ensuring that the right team members have the right information at the right time.

Marcus Worthington to benefit from one central system company wide

Marcus Worthington, headquartered in Preston, are a multi disciplined construction business. Their work is a mixture of their own property developments, and new build projects for clients, like Premier Inn, Mc Donald’s, Dreams, Aldi, Lancashire University.

Marcus Worthington have procured a 7 user systems of ITGI Microsoft based Construction Industry business system - NAV2Commercial Management. The introduction of ITGI NAV2Commercial Management will enable Marcus Worthington to benefit from one central system company wide.

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