25th Anniversary Performance Places
Touchstone Group at top of Microsoft’s UK Partner
Rankings
20 August 2007: AIM listed Touchstone Group Plc
(“Touchstone”), a leading UK-based Business Solutions consultancy,
was recently recognised by Microsoft as their No.1 Microsoft
Dynamics partner in the UK.
With over 90 Dynamics partners in the UK,
Touchstone has gained Microsoft’s No.1 slot for the third
consecutive year. Further, with over 9,000 Dynamics partners
worldwide, Touchstone has also been confirmed as Microsoft’s
6th largest global Dynamics partner.
Touchstone has been working with Microsoft
since 2001 and has grown their Dynamics division to over £17m
operating out of seven offices and supporting over 400 Microsoft
Dynamics clients.
Touchstone is itself celebrating a strong
financial performance following their 25th year of
trading and publication of their 2007 Annual Report. Key highlights
include:
- Group turnover increased by 31% to over £30m
- Microsoft Dynamics trading increased by over 50%
- Microsoft Dynamics now representing over 57% of total
operations
- Headcount grew by 46% to 260 during the year
- Fee Income grew by 41% to £13.2m during the year
Commenting upon both the recent financial
performance and the Group’s success with Microsoft, Keith Birch,
CEO of Touchstone, said; “The Group has enjoyed significant growth
reflecting the benefits of strong technology partnerships and a
strategy centred on solving more of our clients’ niche market
business issues. To be recognised by Microsoft as their No.1
Partner is a reflection of much hard work and a growing pool of
talented staff - we look forward to building upon this success in
coming years.”
Paul White, Director of Microsoft Dynamics for
the UK, added; “Touchstone’s business continues to grow. This
reflects the quality and commitment of their team – and their deep
investment in our products and technology. We appreciate
their commitment and applaud their success.”