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 on the ‘Made By Britain’ hall of fame.