ANS Group, has won the prestigious title of Manchester Evening News Business of the Year 2009 at the ceremony held on Thursday 5th November at Manchester's Lowry Hotel.
ANS Group took top place in the £10 to £25m category, beating soft furnishings distributor, Character World and accident management specialist Easi-Drive Accident.
Commenting on ANS Group's win, Scott Fletcher, CEO, said:
"We are absolutely delighted to have been awarded such a prestigious accolade in our home city, it is a fantastic coup for ANS Group.
"We passionately believe in developing and rewarding our staff and this award is down to the hard work and effort that has been put in by every single member of the team this year.
"We've had a great year in terms of growth, with a 13 per cent hike in profits and taking on new staff to deal with new client wins. We want to build on this foundation next year by acquiring companies with complimentary service offerings. Exciting times are ahead for all of us."
The business is a leading provider of IT infrastructure solutions and is accredited as VMWare Gold, Cisco Gold Partner, Net App Gold Partner and Microsoft Gold Partner. Using the latest world-class solutions from their partners, ANS Group design innovative solutions that offer real business benefits for clients in a variety of sectors including healthcare, legal and financial.
ANS Group helps to simplify business challenges through technology. Delivering solutions in many areas including data centre, unified communications and collaboration, networking, security, and managed services, to company works to streamline business processes and reduce overall costs.