WMita Introduction

WMita was set up in January 2003, with grant support from AWM, to encourage the growth of small businesses across the West Midlands by providing them with a single source for all their ICT needs. It has drawn together an increasingly large number of reputable local ICT companies and has established a situation where members can, and do, work together to provide the quality solutions modern businesses deserve.

Wmita is equally important to its members and their customers.

Members benefit from increased business opportunities, free or subsidised training, regional and local networking and the chance to complement their skills with those of fellow members for collaborative ventures.

More details of benefits of membership can be found at Members Benefits

Customers benefit in having a reputable source from which they can select appropriate companies to bid for the supply of solutions to their discrete ICT needs.

For additional customer benefits please see Customer Benefits

WMita also awards an "Approved ICT Supplier Status" to member companies who have satisfied the approvals criteria. This includes agreeing to abide by our Code of Conduct and the provision of three current customer based references for jobs they have successfully completed. The criteria is further strengthened by a requirement for mandatory PII Insurance, Peer Group Review and a comprehensive Web Site Audit.

As individuals we are urged by the Consumer Associations to seek personal recommendations before we get jobs done around the home. WMita Approved Supplier Status brings this concept into the ICT business world.

What better recommendation can there be than that supplied by a fellow SME who has used the company and who is completely satisfied with the results? All Wmita approved members are proud of the quality they provide and that, by spreading the use of ICT across the SME community, they are helping to make the region and its businesses more prosperous.

For further details please see Approval

Membership Benefits

The most significant benefit is that you will be joining an Association that, by promoting the expanding use of ICT across the region, aims to generate more business opportunities for all members.

Another major aim is to encourage businesses to work together, to pool complementary skill sets in order to be able to bid for contracts that would not be possible as individual businesses. This has already proved to be a successful approach and is one that WMita intends to further develop.

WMita is broken down into six geographically based branches to provide local support and networking opportunities. You will be entitled to join any branch.

Further support is available from our head office staff at Blythe Valley, Solihull.

Membership events are run both locally and centrally and attendance at most WMita events is free to members.

For full details on how to join please visit the WMita Website

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Customer Benefits

The creation of WMita has, for the first time, given local businesses a "One Stop Shop" which can satisfy all their ICT requirements.

Whether you are looking for a cartridge for your printer, a single PC, a new web site, with or without e-commerce, a proprietary financial package or a complete system specifically written to satisfy your needs, one of our members, or perhaps several working together, can guarantee to satisfy your needs with a solution you will be confident about.

Our members cover all aspects of ICT: -

• IT Network
• Hardware including Cabling
• Packaged Software
• Bespoke Solutions
• E-commerce
• On Line Marketing
• Back End Systems Integration
• Training
• Graphic Design
• Multimedia
• Legal Advice
• Presentation Skills
• Consultancy
  • Business
  • Internet
  • Software
  • Hardware

If that was not enough we also award the WMita Approved Status to members who can demonstrate, through customer references, that they have a track record of supplying quality solutions to the problems of customers from a similar background to your company. All approved members carry Professional Indemnity Insurance, and whilst we never expect you to have to claim, it demonstrates the value our members place on your complete satisfaction with the service they provide. All applications for approved status are subject to comment from the rest of the membership, so not only do approved suppliers have to have been recommended by their customers but they also have to have a quality reputation with their peer group.

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WMita Quality Mark

WMita ICT Approved Supplier Status

In today's demanding environment organisations seeking ICT Solutions are only willing to commit their business to reputable suppliers.

With this in mind WMita has established an ICT Approved Supplier Status. This Customer Recommendation/Peer Group Knowledge of Quality of Service based approved status is aimed to reassure customers that they can obtain quality solutions that meet their needs on time and within budget.

WMita actively encourages all new and existing members to seek approval in line with the application process detailed on the WMita website (WMita)

The approved status is renewable annually through a similar reference based process to the original application.

Approved status tells fellow members and, more importantly, prospective customers something very important about a business. This is that they have SATISFIED customers who are happy to recommend them to other businesses. It also tells customers that they are regarded as a good supplier by the rest of the membership. This in itself is a valuable reference in that by associating themselves with the approval of a company the members have put their own professional standing behind the granting of the approved status and the quality of the solutions provided.

Couple these reasons with the knowledge that the company's website has been checked and that they carry Professional Indemnity Insurance and you have found a supply source that will deliver the solution that your business needs and deserves.

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