UNDER STARTERS ORDERS FOR CMS GROUP

IT INFRASTRUCTURE services specialist CMS Group has been appointed as Goodwood Estate’s Outsourced IT Service Desk. 

The first in a line of account wins soon to be announced, the company is now responsible for delivering Goodwood’s outsourced IT requirements as the estate streamlines and prepares for future growth.

Specialists within business and hospitality IT solutions, the contract, worth over £450,000, will see CMS deliver improvements to Goodwood’s complex infrastructure over the next 12 months.

Famous for its horse racing and motorsport heritage, Goodwood hosts numerous annual events such as the Festival of Speed, Goodwood Revival and Glorious Goodwood which CMS will also support during these key periods.

Based in West Sussex and owned by Lord March, the estate is a fully integrated leisure complex including a hotel, restaurant, healthclub, golf course and even aviation activities.

Alex Williamson, CFO for The Goodwood Estate, comments; “Goodwood boasts a huge array of leisure and hospitality services. Combined with our busy annual events calendar, we needed a company that could streamline our IT requirements, save us money and provide first class on demand support. 

“CMS Group is experienced within our sector and understands the complexity of the entire estate with many individual businesses operating under the Goodwood umbrella. To meet our own goals and objectives in terms of rapid growth and expansion, a stable IT infrastructure is vital and we’re confident that this can be achieved through outsourcing it to CMS.”

Martin Young, Sales & Marketing Director for CMS Group further comments; “It is a real privilege to be providing the outsourced IT for one of the UK’s most famous and historical entertainment venues.

“Servicing the entire Goodwood Estate is no easy challenge, simply due to the size and variation of the organisation. Having researched each business aspect, we’ve compiled a package which not only addresses these individual needs, but the requirements of the entire Goodwood portfolio.”