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Top-tier technology now available for SMEs to finance

Seidor Bluekey has partnered with Merchant West to help SMEs invest in technology upgrades for their businesses without affecting monthly cash flow.

Johannesburg, 05 Jul 2019

Seidor Bluekey and Merchant West have partnered to bring financed technology solutions to growing businesses.

Business owners know that successful business expansion requires carefully balancing investment in new tools and services with cashflow requirements for daily operations.

“One of the challenges our clients face is the ability to invest in value-adding technology solutions for their businesses without affecting monthly cash flow,” says Warwick Hopcroft, Sales Director of Seidor Bluekey, a leading African SAP Business One partner.

“The returns on technology solutions that drastically increase an organisation’s productivity, efficiency and ability to offer enterprise-grade services cannot be overplayed, but the fact remains that these systems generally require an upfront investment,” says Hopcroft.

Technology finance solutions for SMEs

To address this need, Seidor Bluekey has partnered with Merchant West, one of SA’s leading independent financial services providers, to give qualifying and interested local SMEs access to financial assistance that will support the upgrade of their infrastructure or to implement new business management systems.

Merchant West has been providing bespoke business finance services for over 20 years, and has a division dedicated to technology-related transactions. “We partnered with Merchant West because the consultants have extensive knowledge and experience in the technology space,” says Hopcroft.

“They understand the general products and offerings that businesses may require in the technology space, and that these solutions help businesses to grow, increasing turnover and profits, and giving them the ability to become bigger players within their markets, with little effect on their monthly cash flow.”

Keith Watson, Managing Director of Asset Finance at Merchant West, says the finance house is open to applications from businesses of all sizes and operating in all economic sectors.

“While we prefer to do business with companies which have been trading profitably for three years or longer, we will consider applications from businesses with a shorter trading history,” he says.

Financing growth

Hopcroft believes there are a number of different solutions that Seidor Bluekey’s clients could use asset finance to implement, while benefiting from the expert assistance of both Merchant West and Seidor Bluekey.

“Asset finance can be used to overhaul an entire network infrastructure with new servers, computers and network connections, or to implement a new business management system, such as an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system,” he explains.

“We believe this partnership will also assist clients to roll out larger technology projects that cover areas like warehouse automation and management, customer relationship management or human capital management.”

Merchant West offers flexible repayment options on either a monthly or quarterly structure. Business owners can choose from an operating lease to finance their technology, or a rent-to-own option in which they have the choice to take ownership of the assets at the end of the lease period.

Seidor Bluekey

Seidor Bluekey is a multinational consulting firm dedicated to providing comprehensive solutions in the field of software consulting and services, strategy, development, operations, infrastructure, application maintenance, on-demand and outsourcing; with offices in Europe, Latin America, United States, Middle East and Africa.

The business has a core focus on SAP Business One solutions to many different industries in order to help businesses throughout Africa run better.

For more information about Seidor Bluekey, visit www.bluekeyseidor.com

Merchant West

Merchant West has organically grown its business across the financial services sector since 1998, when it was launched as a subsidiary within a listed asset management firm. In 2002 the founding directors identified the massive potential of the business and undertook a management buyout.

Since then Merchant West has grown exponentially, adding new branches along with an expanding professional staff contingent.

For more information about Merchant West, visit www.merchantwest.co.za.

Editorial contacts

Elaine Havenga
Regional Marketing Manager
(011) 018 3000
eh@bluekeyseidor.com