Case Study
THE RISE OF ACADEMY ICT
How Westcoast fostered a successful education reseller THE RISE OF ACADEMY ICT Westcoast, were willing to offer a £5,000 credit limit to the fledgling Academy ICT Academy ICT have proven their qualities in the field and have since been named as a top reseller by HP Since founding the company three years ago, Brian Stoneman has been running Somerset-based education reseller Academy ICT, which was built upon his two decades of experience in the IT industry and his identification of a gap in the market. However, while the business is now thriving, supplying IT solutions to schools, academies and colleges wasn’t always an easy journey. Here’s Brian’s story. Westcoast’s involvement with Academy ICT began very early into the business’ life. As a new start-up, finding a distributor