Our specialist team support will help you strengthen and develop your IT requirements and approaches to ensure they are fit for purpose and can fully support your future needs.

We have extensive practical experience of providing IT advisory services and outsourced IT management to organisations, delivering strategic direction and improved efficiency.

To ensure our independence, we don’t sell hardware or software and we don’t see these as the immediate answer to every question. Instead, we take a holistic approach and consider the wider business requirements. With our flexibility and commitment to exceptional client service, we offer practical solutions that facilitate the growth and smooth operation of your business.

Services include:

Outsourced IT Director service - provides an independent source of expert advice and assistance and gives top level strategic input on the technologies, processes and resources needed
Technology services & support for the ‘Reluctant IT Director’
IT hosting, support and helpdesk provision, including remote or onsite support and maintenance
IT review: Provision of a people, process and technology assessment, with recommendations for action
IT application procurement. We can help you to capture the requirements of your business, run the procurement process, evaluate supplier and review proposals, to ensure that your needs and objectives are met
IT project management to guarantee governance, control and successful delivery
IT due diligence. Acquiring a new business? Identifying IT issues can reduce the selling price considerably. We’ll check that the IT is resilient, reliable, scalable and secure. Equally, if you’re looking to sell your business, we can conduct vendor due diligence on your IT and help to speed up the sale process

“The work that BDO performed for our Group, ranging from a strategic review through to the hands-on implementation of a centralised and virtualised infrastructure, could not have been achieved using our internal resources. The projects went to budget and timescale and I wouldn’t hesitate to work with the BDO team in the future or to recommend your services.”
GROUP FINANCE DIRECTOR, PLC, SECURITY EQUIPMENT SECTOR

IT FOR “THE RELUCTANT IT DIRECTOR”™

Experience has shown us that many ambitious, mid-market businesses have no technically qualified senior IT management and that responsibility for IT at Board level rests with a non-technical Board director, typically the Finance Director. We have termed this individual ‘The Reluctant IT Director’, and any FD with this responsibility will recognise themselves as such.

We are here help!

We understand the challenges of maintaining an effective IT solution for your businesses when you don’t have the right technical expertise. Our service has been developed specifically for you, the non-technical Board Director. We provide a tailored advisory, management and support service to suit your needs and objectives. Some of the common problems we have solved for clients include:

Disparate systems impeding efficiency
Re-occurring technical issues
Lack of strategic direction
Poor documentation and key person dependency
Security concerns

We provide a flexible, accountable and expert service that allows you to concentrate on where you can add most value.

If you would like to talk to us about how we can help you manage your IT responsibilities please complete the form below and we will get in touch. Alternatively, you can download our brochure to find out more.

"We recognised that we had many disparate IT systems that were supported by a number of local IT service providers. These were proving difficult to manage and there were different standards and systems within the group. BDO were brought in to provide an independent review and make recommendations that would support our group going forward. Their approach was professional and methodical and we are pleased that we now have a solid plan to implement a group-wide IT solution."
FINANCIAL DIRECTOR, NICK OGDEN GROUP