Bristol, UK 17th October 2011, UNIT4 Business Software, the North American subsidiary of UNIT4, the world’s leading provider of business software for Businesses Living IN Change (BLINC™), has signed a significant contract with the City of Surrey in British Columbia. The contract, worth $1,633,800 (approx. €1.18m) in software and services, will see the City of Surrey replace its numerous disparate systems and implement Agresso Business World Route 66, the next generation of fast, flexible and user-friendly enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. The second largest city and the fastest growing in British Columbia, the City of Surrey selected Agresso Business World’s Financials, Procurement, PCB and Reporting modules ahead of ERP heavyweights SAP and Oracle.
The City of Surrey has an ever-growing population of almost half a million and manages everything from the most basic needs of a municipality like governance, emergency services and waste removal to funding grants, resources and other revenue-generating activities. With a growing number of families, immigrants and others looking to make the City of Surrey their city centre through opportunities in business and employment, the City is anticipating massive growth in the coming years.
UNIT4 Business Software works with a number of public sector organisations in British Columbia including the Township of Langley, the Resort Municipality of Whistler, Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, the City of Port Moody and the City of Kelowna that have a requirement to respond to business change quickly and easily, including rapid growth. UNIT4 also works with a growing number of U.S. cities with the same needs including the City of Sparks, The City of Laguna Niguel and the City of Ventura. “The City of Surrey is a welcome addition to our public sector customer base, made up of organisations that have recognised the need for an integrated system with enhanced workflow and reporting capabilities, giving them an accurate view of the big picture at all times,” says Shelley Zapp, president of UNIT4 Business Software.
With more than 1,500 public sector customers worldwide, UNIT4 thoroughly understands the needs of these organisations and provides them with the agility to operate efficiently with a low ongoing cost of ownership, enabling them to turn a far higher percentage of revenue, grants and other funding into services that best help their citizens.
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About UNIT4
UNIT4 is a global business software and services company aimed at helping dynamic public sector, and commercial services organisations to embrace change simply, quickly and cost effectively in a market sector it calls 'Businesses Living IN Change' (BLINC)™. The Group incorporates a number of the world’s leading change embracing software brands including Agresso Business World, our flagship ERP suite for mid-sized services intensive organisations and Coda, our best-of-class financial management software.
With operations in 17 European countries, as well as 7 countries across North America, Asia Pacific and Africa and sales activities in several other countries, its revenue was €421.7 million in 2010.
In the UK we focus strongly on the public sector, where we are the leading provider of ERP systems to local government and post 16 education organisations, as well as having a considerable presence in the emergency services and health sectors. We also focus strongly on professional services organisations and a range of commercial sectors including Financial Services, Retail and Media and Publishing. Overall we aim to be the UK’s foremost business software company, providing solutions that transform the delivery of public services and comprehensively support commercial organisations in their ability to adapt and prosper in rapidly changing environments.
UNIT4 is headquartered in Sliedrecht, the Netherlands and has over 4,000 employees. It is listed on Euronext Amsterdam and is included in the Amsterdam Midcap Index (AMX).
For more information on UNIT4 or any of its operating companies, please visit the website at www.unit4software.co.uk and follow us on Twitter @UNIT4_UK
