News In Brief

1) Fairtrade Foundation Chooses IT Outsourcing
2) Fisk Brett Moves into History (in more ways than one!)
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1) Fairtrade Foundation, the campaigning and certification organisation behind the FAIRTRADE Mark, has chosen appiChar to implement and help support its new IT infrastructure.

appiChar, a leading IT support and consultancy specialist for the not for profit sector is replacing Fairtrade Foundation’s server infrastructure and providing IT support to assist them with their rapid growth.

Fairtrade Foundation is the latest in a long line of not for profit organisations to choose appiChar as a highly skilled, yet cost effective IT resource.

appiChar’s Director, Ian Ryder explains “We are delighted to add the Fairtrade Foundation to our growing list of customers, especially after a very thorough selection process. The key issues for Fairtrade were to find a partner that could deliver in terms of technical capabilities but also bring a wide range of relevant experience to help make sure the projects delivered the best results.”

2) Fisk Brett, recently acquired by ASI Europe, has signed the Historical Association (THA) to its Progress product.

THA is an independent national charity that has been been supporting history since 1906. Its 6,000 members include teachers, academics, local historians and history enthusiasts. When the Association needed a new Contact Relationship Management database, it selected ProgressCRM and its membership module from Fisk Brett.

Membership Officer Matthew Woodman said “Progress will not only enable us to manage our members and 50 local branches around the country, but also improve promotion of our ‘life long learning’ and enjoyment of history, and increase our fundraising with legacies and major gifts.” THA will go on to integrate its website to ProgressCRM using Fisk Brett’s web-service software.

Fairtrade Foundation

Historical Association