Pictured: Mercato MD Peter Robbins
A business that is helping IBM and global insurer JLT drive down
costs and increase sales world-wide with software tools, is the
first of its type to be nominated as a world beating British based
manufacturer alongside Cadbury's, Airbus, Astute submarines and
Coca Cola.
Birmingham based enterprise applications provider, Mercato
Solutions, has entered the UK's hall of manufacturing fame thanks
to a 'Made By Britain' nomination from Birmingham MP Shabana
Mahmood.
And the business has been selected by the MP for its global
export and continuous innovation, which reflects a growth in UK
based technology manufacturing.
Launched by Vince Cable MP as '650 MPs, 650 makers, 650 stories
of British ingenuity', 'Made By Britain' celebrates the very best
of British manufacturing and design ingenuity.
Shabana Mahmood, MP for Birmingham, Ladywood, said: "Mercato is
a growth business that delivers a unique combination of large scale
data management and simple online software tools that help
organisations save and make money by transforming the roles of
buying, selling and service delivery.
"This award-winning business employs a locally upskilled
workforce to turn data into gold for the most scrutinising global
organisations right from the heart of Birmingham's oldest
industrial heartland, the Jewellery quarter. It epitomises
the new-wave industrial revolution sweeping across the
midlands."
Mercato Solutions' approach is helping global customers take
bespoke products to market 1000%+ quicker, drive sales across 37
countries in 22 languages, cut cost from procurement processes as
well as facilitate four year growth highs of 380% for an IT
reseller that has won a Queen's Award for Innovation as a
result.
Mahmood continues: "Mercato has earned its place on the 'Made By
Britain' map for leading the Midlands' switch to technology
manufacturing with cutting edge innovation that is unlocking
domestic and export markets.
"This is a reflection of the business's commitment to invest in
and train local people, re-igniting the Jewellery Quarter's
historical landmark position in UK manufacturing."
Mercato is uniquely accredited for delivering Procurement
Excellence by the world renowned Chartered Institute of Purchase
& Supply as well as Best Practice Best Value by the Institute
of Chartered Accountants, recognising its capability to deliver on
the bottom line.
Mercato joins a current list of 194 British manufacturers that
appear in the 'Made By Britain' hall of fame.