Saville are proud to announce that we have been awarded official SMART Gold Business Reseller status. Saville have successfully completed all of the steps required to obtain the official accreditation to become part of the SMART Reseller Accreditation Programme.

The SRAP programme emphasises SMART’s and our authorised distributors’ commitment to providing customised and professionally supported solutions targeted at the education and business markets. The SRAP is designed to acknowledge the value add that resellers bring to promoting, selling and providing services to our customers, with the aim of creating customers for life.

The new three-year agreement for the supply of Audio Visual Equipment and Installation secures Saville’s place as the leading provider to education establishments across the UK, with preferred supplier status on more frameworks than any other AV supplier.
The company has unrivalled experience in the audio visual industry, supplying AV products, integrated solutions and videoconferencing to both public and private sectors for over forty years.

Sales & Marketing Director Ed Everard said: “We are excited to be a new supplier to the NEUPC and understand the changing needs of our education customers. With our head office in York, Saville is perfectly placed geographically to deliver the audio visual requirements of the HE & FE sectors with cutting edge solutions and real value”.

Many Saville installation case studies are featured in the latest edition of the company’s annual brochure, Communicate 2012, which is published this month. An interactive version is available on-line at www.saville-av.com/catalogue

With over twenty years industry experience, his extensive portfolio includes a period as project manager with the Leisure division of Electrosonic, looking after international projects for clients such as Nokia and Nike. He has also spent five years running his own audio visual installation company in United Arab Emirates.

In his new role, Simon will manage Saville’s southern team of installation, project and administration personnel to support the delivery of AV system projects, ensuring processes are consistently applied, reviewed and improved. He will be responsible for the co-ordination of planning, control, integration and completion of engineering projects, including quality management, customer care and health and safety issues.

Despite the persistently tough economic conditions, Saville has continued to expand its deployment of AV and videoconferencing systems substantially over the past three years. The company has also invested more than half a £million in new demonstration facilities at its head office.

Simon said: “I’m delighted to have joined a company with such a proud history and a growing reputation for quality and innovation in AV integration. I hope I can help to consolidate Saville’s market share in the south even further”.

Saville unified comms Business Manager David Willie said: “We’re delighted to welcome Ian to the team. He has an excellent understanding of videoconferencing and the benefits it can bring to all types of businesses and organisations. Having previously worked to support Polycom’s authorised partners with technical demonstrations and global fulfilment, he is looking forward to playing a part in Saville’s rapidly growing VC business”.

Despite the persistently tough economic conditions, Saville has expanded its VC and telepresence solutions by over 30% annually for the past three years. The company has also invested more than half a £million in new demonstration facilities at its head office.

Ian said: “I’m impressed with the commitment and investment that Saville has put into growing its share of the VC market, particularly with blue-chip customers in the south of England. I hope I can add further impetus and help bring new business into the division”.

Saville Audio Visual has completed the installation of a comprehensive range of AV/IT and videoconferencing facilities in the first phase of the newly created Bristol & Bath Science Park. The development provides a dynamic new hub for the region’s science and technology businesses, connecting entrepreneurs, fledgling businesses and established brands with vital investors, academia and design facilities.

Forum Area
The Forum area is a large multipurpose open space designed to handle audiences of up to 600. To cope with the naturally bright environment, the AV facilities include a Christie large venue projector, set up in rear projection mode projecting on to a 3m by 1.8m screen. Audio is delivered via Q-Flex line array speakers, determined by the requirement to cater for both voice and programme sound and to cope with the nature of the space – an atrium area with three large glass surfaces. All source inputs, including multiple floor box positions and an equipment rack are distributed and controlled via a Crestron Digital Media system.

Conference Rooms
Saville equipped eight conference rooms with wall-mounted flat HD screens and a Polycom HDX videoconferencing endpoint, operated via a Crestron Digital Media input and control panel. This system also caters for single distribution within each individual room.

Three of the rooms can be opened up to create one large theatre space for up to 60 people, which also utilises SMART Interactive hardware as part of the overall system. Each screen can display the same source or show independent images, employing multi-touch control via SMART MeetingPro software. All the systems are fully automated via Crestron Digital Media for control and distribution. Crestron Roomview and Roombooking facilities are also installed for remote support, diagnostics and monitoring of the systems in real time.

Conferencing & Collaboration
The Polycom conferencing systems allow teams to enjoy collaborative work sessions from different locations. They enable people to share information, concepts and plans or discuss and brainstorm ideas on interactive whiteboards or interactive displays – either in scheduled meetings or informal break-out sessions, regardless of where they are based.

Bonnie Dean, chief executive of the Science Park, said: “This conferencing system offers a much more engaging way to connect with colleagues in different locations, resulting in more productive and collaborative sessions. It also means people don’t have to travel, which makes for a greener way of working too. We hope that people from across the area, as well as businesses based at the Park, will take full advantage of this technology.”

eBay is the world’s largest online marketplace with around 97 million active users globally and over 17 million unique visitors to eBay.co.uk every month. Saville Audio Visual has installed videoconferencing at eBay offices throughout Europe.

Far from an online auction house, ebay.co.uk currently has over 40 million live listings on the UK site, with fixed price goods accounting for the majority of items sold globally. Sellers include 180,000 registered businesses and over 100 high-street retailers and brands who use eBay as an additional sales channel for fashion, home & garden and consumer electronics products.

Saville was commissioned to upgrade and extend the company’s communications by installing Lifesize HD conferencing systems in six different offices at the UK headquarters in Richmond, Surrey and throughout the network of eBay offices in Europe. The systems comprise Lifesize Room 220 packages with dual 55” NEC Full HD screens, Polycom microphones and Crestron controllers.

The aim of the upgrade is to increase the company’s VC capabilities with dual screen operability at all sites, via a compact, efficient and aesthetically pleasing solution. The selected system is designed to be future proof and flexible, providing an easy-to-use experience, including bespoke training sessions. In addition the systems provide remote access and operation of all main equipment items and control systems and the initial feedback has been extremely good, reporting that the Saville solution is “really making a difference to the VC experience in Europe”.

The bespoke programming layout and configuration Saville has carried out for the APC controllers has been very well received, resulting in a request to re-configure all the company’s existing units. To date, systems have been rolled out at eBay offices in Berlin, Paris, Zurich, Bern and Amsterdam. Further installations are scheduled at these sites, followed by Sweden, Denmark, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, Israel and Turkey.

Jason has a good understanding of all types of IT/AV products, having previously held product manager roles in digital signage, videoconferencing and interactive technologies.

He said: “I’m delighted to be helping Saville develop their market share, particularly with interactive classroom systems and the expanding range of exclusive, bespoke AV furniture that the company is developing for primary schools and higher education.”

Saville regional manager Colin Etchells added: “Jason brings a wealth of technical knowledge on classroom challenges and solutions, plus experience of dealing with local education authorities and purchasing consortia. His experience further strengthens our education team and our focus on building long term relationships with schools, colleges and universities.”

The Saville team provided full project support for the outdoor event, from the design process through to production and delivery. The facilities included staging, truss and a PA rig for the 300-plus audience, plus smoke machines and external and internal lighting to create the realistic furnace effects.

The spicy version of the more familiar fizzy drink will be on sale alongside ‘trick or treat’ packs to coincide with Halloween.

Saville business manager for Scotland, Chris Lawson said: “Designing the furnace and sourcing moulded brick wall panelling was a bit out of the ordinary, but the event came together well. We had the usual logistics and health and safety issues to deal with, but it was pleasing to play a part in a successful launch.”

On behalf of AG Barr, Kathryn Dunlop of Burt Greener Communications said: ”Thank you so much for all your help over the last month – everyone is so pleased with how it went and you all did such a good job.”

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