Check out our new blog

After many long months of hard work we have now launched the new Sudlows website and we're very excited to have a new space to write about all our company news.

Please take your time to visit http://www.sudlows.com/.

As well as a new blog feed, you can also easily navigate each of our service divisions: Data Centres, Connectivity, Fibre Specialists, Electrical Services, Building Services and Managed Services to learn more about what we do.

Thankyou for Cycling Support

Great news! Sudlows have successfully raised a Grand Total of £2837.00 for Francis House Children’s Hospice, way exceeding our original target of £2,000!

This was a huge increase on last year’s event when we raised an impressive £1519.00

We would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to all who sponsored our team, giving so generously for such a worthy cause, and well done to all the riders for reaching the final destination!

Peter Forster from the Francis House charity was delighted at our efforts and will be featuring Sudlows in their next newsletter, “That is a really superb effort... please pass on our thanks to the whole team for your wonderful support.”

Again, well done everyone and do spread the good news and thanks to all the suppliers, friends and family who gave so generously.

Three Peaks Success

Earlier last month, adventurous hikers Dave Worsley and Collin Hallett confronted three of the UK’s highest mountains for the traditional Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge in support of Marie Curie Cancer Care.

The challenge was a real test of their stamina and in spot on 8 hours they completed the walk, reaching Yorkshire’s highest summits Pen-y-ghent (691m), Whernside (728m) and Ingleborough (723m), and back to the beginning again. Next stop Ben Nevis and Snowdon...?? Here's some of their pictures, well done guys!

Sky's No Limit!

The latest craze to hit the Sudlows office is cycling and for the second event since last month's Charity Bike Ride, speedy cyclists John Collins, Chris Dummett and Chris Hurst took to the city centre streets at the weekend for the 12km Manchester Sky Ride.

Joined by their families, all commented on the fantastic atmosphere of live bands, wacky fancy dress and mini theatre-staged performances along the route, which surely made it a great day out!

They were joined by thousands of others who turned out for a fun summer ride, even cycling stars like Victoria Pendleton and Bradley Wiggins.

Whatever next for our cycling fanatics...?!

The Sudlows Cycling Champions

The Sudlows Charity Team rode over 60 miles at the weekend, starting at Old Trafford in Manchester and finishing on the South Promenade, Blackpool.

The fantastic team of 22 set off at 8am sharp (followed by a couple of stragglers), cycling over the tops with the luck of some half decent sunny weather. However, the last 10-20 mile slog greeted us with the delights of heavy rain and a head wind to challenge even the quickest riders as everyone battled to the finish line.

The challenge was worth it - one of our keenest cyclist finished in a crazy 3hrs30, whilst others finished on a more relaxed pace of 8hrs. Darren Stephens said, “Everyone really put everything they had into the bike ride. Everyone who took part last year improved on our times and we’re thrilled with the amount of support we’ve had raising money for Francis House Children’s Hospice. We’ve raised an amazing £1205 so far with hopefully lots more to come".
If you’d like to reward our efforts visit out Justgiving page www.justgiving.com/sudlows.

8am: Smiling faces at the starting line

Andy Smith (left) from North Staffs Hospital who raised a whopping £308.50 and Darren Stephens (right) D&E Manager at Sudlows who raised £100. Terrific results!

A well deserved pint!

Diane McConochie becomes Fastest Lady at 2010 Sprint

Our Financial Controller, Diane McConochie, has safely returned after completing her second Ramsey Sprint at the Isle of Man TT races, proudly winning the Fastest Lady Trophy.

She successfully achieved a 7.92 second run on the challenging motorcycle track - beating her nearest lady rival by 0.31 seconds!

This broke her 7.97 seconds personal record and put her in 9th place overall within her male dominated cc-class!

The Fastest Lady trophy was presented by ex British Superbike Champion John Reynolds (pictured left), and one of her musical heroes, Keith Flint of the Prodigy (pictured right)!

Diane has raised over £800.00 so far for the NGVFA, an independent charity supporting brave service men and women affected by the 1990-91 and 2003-09 Iraq/Gulf conflicts.

If you would like to help Diane reach her target of £1000.000 please visit www.justgiving.com/moonwitch2010.

Huge Well Done Diane!!

Manchester to Blackpool Bike Ride

Sudlows will be riding from Manchester to Blackpool next month to raise funds for Francis House Childrens' Hospice.

Francis House is a very special Hospice caring for terminally ill children, who have been diagnosed with having "no cure". It's therefore very unlikely these children will become adults, however Francis House is a fantastic facility focussed on improving the quality of their short lives.

For every hour the Hospice needs £222 just to stand still - to pay for the fabric of the building, lighting and so on, as well as pay for the care they provide, such as nursing, physiotherapy and a whole range of specialist care.

The more money we raise the bigger difference we can make to the lives of these children. The easiest way to donate is through our Justgiving page. Visit www.justgiving.com/sudlows.

Find out more about their work at www.francishouse.org.uk

Sudlows goes International!

John Collins (MD) and Chris Dummett (Commercial Director) are currently in Chicago celebrating the grand opening of Panduit's new HQ.

Chris and John met up with climbing legend Gary Guller (pictured Centre) who gave the closing speech at the inauguration. Gary who is an inspirational athlete led the largest cross-disability group to reach Mt. Everest Base Camp at 17,500 feet, before setting another record, becoming the first person with one arm to summit Mt. Everest!

Sudlows Plays Charity Tournament at the Theatre of Dreams

Sudlows donned their best football boots earlier this week, taking up a once in a lifetime opportunity to play on Old Trafford's Football Ground.

We played against teams from across the region to raise funds for Francis House Childrens' Hospice and Manchester United's legend Clayton Blackmoor even joined our team on the pitch to claim victory.

Unluckily we didn't quite make the grade to bag the final match against the legends & celebs (Tyrone from Corrie!) winning two games of four, but that didn't matter!!

Thank you to everyone for such a fantastic day!!

Photoblog from Datacenter Dynamics 2010

“If Data Centres are at the core of your business... you need to talk to us”. And boy did we do a lot of talking!

This week Sudlows Ltd exhibited at the Datacenter Dynamics conferencing event, which took place at The Hilton Manchester. Here are a few pictures from the day... check out our amazing stand all thanks to the effort and support from everyone involved in the preparations.

Eggstra Special Easter

The INS Sudlows Easter Bunnies delivered bundles of chocolatey and cuddley surprises to all the children at Camberwell Park Specialist School in Manchester on their last day of term.

The School is a centre dedicated to helping children with wide-ranging learning difficulties and, if the smiley faces were anything to go by, then the well-deserved treats made their Easter a little bit extra special.

INS Sudlows rewarded with hot tickets!

Our hardworking Data Centre Team has won a trip to the Carling Cup Final at Wembley this coming Sunday - a highlight to 2010’s footballing calendar.

Last week, our office saw INS Sudlows' allegiances split when United defeated City at Old Trafford. Now, the defending champions are up against Martin O’Neil’s Aston Villa and if last year’s closely fought battle between Man United and Tottenham Hotspur is anything to go by, then we face some hot competition ahead!

The well deserved and anticipated reward comes after some late nights in the office over the last couple of weeks, preparing new contracts and for generally being pretty spot on. All we can say is...

Come on you reds!

Manchester United Charity Pitch Day

In support of Francis House Children’s Hospice, INS Sudlows are teaming up for a Charity Pitch Day at Old Trafford’s Theatre of Dreams.

This one-off charity event at Manchester United's football ground in May 2010 will raise vital funds for the Manchester Children’s Hospice and offers a once in a lifetime opportunity to go to see and to play in the heart of a world class stadium.

After the seven-a-side tournament, seeing our staff, family and friends become Premier League footballers, further of the day's highlights will include a penalty shootout with a celebrity goalkeeper and a rare photo opportunity with the premiership trophy.

So cheer us on and we’ll do Francis House proud!

INS Sudlows Drives in New Fleet

INS Sudlows new fleet of vans have hit the street. The white vans sport the new INS Sudlows logo “since 1912” and endorse our NICEIC approved contractor status, as well as our accredited membership to The Green Grid for Data Centre efficiency.

Find out more about INS Sudlows' Green Grid accreditation at INS Sudlows News

INS Data Centre gets the go ahead

We are very excited to announce preparation has begun for the building of our very own demonstration Data Centre.

The 700 square foot space at our Manchester HQ is being cleared out to make way for the anticipated Data Centre prototype, which will be completed in the next 6 weeks. It is being constructed from scratch by INS engineers and will model all the latest "room within a room" technology.

More updates to follow...