This year we wanted to do something different to celebrate the festive season... Our Christmas campaign was filmed at 'Sitch House Farm' in Derbyshire therefore all the images & video footage you see are real!
To see photos & video outtakes click here - www.gammaglobal.com/christmas
Watch our 'outtakes' video carefully to be in with a chance of winning a Lenovo Think Pad!
If you have any feedback or would like to know more about our Christmas Campaign, please contact us.
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Today we say goodbye to Roger, he has worked at gamma for just under two years & is leaving to pursue another role. He has been great to work with & will be missed by everyone.
Emerson Network Power are running a Containerised Data Centre event and would like to invite you!
The UK Channel team will be hosting a reseller focused session on Thursday 23rd September from 3pm, followed by refreshments and canapés at the nearby Crowne Plaza Hotel in Marlow.
The channel session in a nutshell will cover one unique source for multiple needs: Rack, Power, Precision Cooling, Monitoring, and Infrastructure Management.
Gamma Global would like to announce the launch of its new website.
As a leading independent IT Distributor, we like to keep up to date with today’s technology and market changes in order to stay ahead of the game by offering our clients useful tools and to help them learn more about Gamma and what we offer.
New benefits for our clients include: · A quicker product search tool · A better overview of our products · More Special Offers · In-depth specifications sheet for most of our products · Industry news feed · Quick Newsletter Sign Up · New Online Brochure
Gamma expanded their UK sales team this summer by opening a new office in Birmingham. Sales Manager Tracey commented ‘The new team has a dynamic and positive attitude, our focus is to expand sales through developing long term relationships’.
Beth, one of Gamma's senior buyers will be leaving Gamma this month to pursue her dream of becoming a vet........ returning to student life for 5 more years!
Beth has been at Gamma for 6 years and will be sorely missed but we wish her all the luck in the world!
If you want to follow Beth's progress or help her along the way please visit -
Here at Gamma Global, we don't just have employee of the year, we have employee and salesperson of the half year, giving more people the oppourtunity to shine. Its all voted for by Gamma Employees so everyone is included and everyones got a chance to win!
Our salesperson of First Half Year 2010 is…………….
LEE BROMLEY!
Lee has been working at Gamma for over 2 years now and he has consistently gone the extra mile. He has taken his performance from being one of the lowest in the sales team to, today, being our star performer in the first half. No overnight success, simply pure hard work, commitment and focus. A fantastic example to the whole team.
Our employee of First Half Year 2010 is..............
TRACEY SMITH!
For the first time in Gamma history it has gone to someone in sales. Here are some of the comments about Tracey -
“She is a great role model, leads by example, and the new sales office looks fantastic”
“She is always there to help people….. always works hard, and will always listen”
"Always humble, always honest and always loyal to our company. Tracey has done an amazing job, in incredibly difficult times."
Red Nose Day at Gamma Global This years Red Nose Day was all about Doing Something Funny for Money.
At Gamma we like always like to get stuck in and have some fun and this was a great opportunity to do just that and raise some money for a great cause.
Friday 13th March 2010
We all came dressed in something red and made a donation We bought Comic Relief Merchandise such as red noses and whoopee cushions We donated £10 for every UK order that we received on the day We paid for our MD (Martin Smith) to do something funny for money:
Martina arrived in his dress, make-up and accessories for a day in the office Martina attended a number of meetings in his attire He enjoyed his time dressed as a lady and is now considering having regular Martina days
We employed a new tea boy for the afternoon Martin makes a wonderful cup of tea And he isn’t bad at washing up either Our cleaner has got a fight on her hands
His afternoon attire consisted of Y-Fronts and braces which he wore very proudly over his trousers (notice that his make-up is still on)
Overall, we had a great day and managed to raise a total of £650 for Comic Relief!
Gamma completes the transition to ISO 9001:2008 certification. Gamma supports Avocent at the CRN Fight Night. Gamma opens operations at Madrid in Spain. Gamma opens operations at Warsaw in Poland. Gamma staff supports Comic Relief and raises £1,000 for the charity.
- Michael Jackson, the King of Pop sadly passes away in June 2009
- Barbie turns 50
- England wins the Ashes back from Australia
2008
Gamma partners with Rittal to become their sole UK Distributor.
Gamma renews its Investors in Poeple certification. Gamma switches banks from RBS to HBOS to provide better transactional handling and faster response times enabling a more efficient service to our clients . Gamma re-locates London operations to cater for a growing team of sales & purchasing in that region. Gamma turns over £58,000,000 with 59 staff Gamma sells to 1,204 unique customers across 39 countries
- Britain officially enter the ‘Great Recession’
- Barack Obama becomes the first African American President of the United States of America
- The first Blu-Ray Disc titles are introduced
- Honda begins selling its zero-emission, hydrogen fuel-cell powered vehicle The Honda FCX Clarity
2007
Gamma maintains its UKAS ISO 9001 : 2000 and Investors In people Certisication. Gamma commences making use of offsite warehousing to cater for the over-flowing stock making up its £6 Million worth of inventory. Gamma establishes operations at Milan in Italy.
Now with 58 staff across 5 operations, Gamma turns over £51,000,000. Gamma sells to 1,061 unique customers across 43 countries.
- Gordon Brown replaces Tony Blair as the prime minister of Great Britain
- The summer of 2007 was the wettest since UK rainfall records began in 1914
- The New Wembley Stadium in London, UK is completed
- Apple introduces the iPhone
- The Final Harry Potter book is published Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Following its introduction in late 2006 Nintendo Wii with it's motion sensitive controllers is the game system in demand
2006
Avocent acquires Cyclades and Gamma is awarded Avocent’s Best UK Distribution Partner in the first trading partnership year With 48 staff Gamma turns over £48,000,000 Gamma sells to 855 unique customers across 40 countries
- Myspace goes live, launching a new era of social networking around the globe
- Saddam Hussein is charged and found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death by hanging
- The one billionth song is purchased from Apple iTunes.
- Pluto is downgraded from a Planet to a dwarf planet by The International Astronomical Union ( IAU )
2005
Cyclades spots a Gamma advertisement at Manchester Airport and recognises Gamma as a forward-thinking, innovative distributor for their product range.
Gamma goes global and announces goal to reach the £100M mark. Andy Bridden, Gamma Global’s newly appointed Finance Director leads a second Management Buy Out.
Gamma turns over £47,000,000 with 56 staf Gamma sells to 823 unique customers across 42 countrie
- Pope John Paul II Dies and Benedict XVI becomes the next Pope
- London is hit by Islamic terrorist bombings, killing 52 and wounding about 700. It is Britain's worst attack since World War II
- England takes home the Ashes
- London, UK is chosen to host the 2012 Olympics
- The Xbox 360 is launched
- Live 8 concerts happen in members of the G8 cities around the world to put pressure on the Leaders of the G8 countries to do more for the world's poor
2004
Gamma Global refurbishes its Head Office to create a better atmosphere for staff Gamma Global acquires small French Broker
– Alter Options Gamma turns over £44,000,000 with 53 staff Gamma sells to 562 unique customers across 32 countries
- An enormous tsunami devastates Asia, causing 200,000 deaths
- The 60th anniversary of D-day is remembered by world leaders
2003
Gamma installs Sage Line 500 to increase performance, reduce downtime and streamline the business processes.
Gamma re-structures its warehouse to enable increased stocking and a more efficient picking process. Gamma relocates Birmingham operations to cater for a growing team in sales & purchasing.
Gamma turns over £43,000,000 with 46 staff & sells to 437 unique customers across 26 countries.
- The United Kingdom celebrates the 50th anniversary of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II - Lord of the Rings: Return of the King won a record 11 out of 11 Oscars
- Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected as Governor of California
- Concorde makes its last commercial flight
2002
Gamma Global becomes an ISO 9001:2000 registered company. Gamma commences a new £150,000 IT infrastructure roll-out.
Gamma acquires adjacent premises to improve efficiency in stock and delivery turnaround. Gamma Global is re-branded to create more awareness throughout the reseller market. Management buy out by Managing Director, Martin Smith.
Gamma increases staff numbers to 46 and turns over £42,000,000 - an impressive 53% growth.
Gamma sells to 326 unique customers across 21 countries.
- The Queen Mother dies peacefully in her sleep at the age of 101
- England get the quarter finals of the world cup, losing out to the Champions, Brazil
2001
Steve Lee entered for Entrepreneur of The Year awards and is a semi-finalist. Martin Smith is brought into the company as Managing Director to take Gamma Global forward into success. Gamma increases staff numbers to 43 and turns over £30,000,000.
- Terrorists attack the Twin Towers and the Pentagon in New York, killing nearly 3,000 people, now famously know as 9/11
- Wikipedia is born - HP (Hewlett Packard) and Compaq merge - Apple computers release the iPod - Microsoft releases Windows XP
2000
Gamma signs lease on London property and increases Sales & Purchasing operations. Gamma turns over £28,000,000 with 32 staff.
- Big Brother hits our screens, opening the nation to a new world of reality TV
- Sony launches Playstation 2
- The mobile phone is now seen as a essential item
- The London Eye opens as the Worlds Largest Ferris Wheel
1999
Gamma increases employee numbers to 26 and turns over £26,000,000
- an impressive 63% growth.
- The Euro is established - World-wide Y2K scare
– computers are predicted to crash at the end of the year
- Sega Dreamcast is released, Sonic the Hedgehog and Mario Brothers become household names
1998
Gamma Management renames to Gamma Global (UK) Ltd.
Gamma relocates its Head Quarters operation to larger Manchester premises creating a better platform for its fast growing business .
Gamma brings in a Birmingham based Sales & Purchasing team and signs a lease on a Solihull office. With 20 staff, Gamma turns over £16,000,000
- Google is born – introducing the world to a easier way to search the World Wide Web
1997
Gamma turns over £12,000,000
- Britain's Princess Diana is killed in a car crash in Paris
- Tiger Woods becomes youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament
- NASA’s Mars Pathfinder probe lands on Mars
- Titanic becomes the highest grossing film ever made
- The Simpsons is the longest running prime-time animated series
- Microsoft becomes the worlds most valuable company valued at $2.6 billion
1996
Gamma opens a London Sales office With 11 staff, Gamma turns over £11,000,000
- Mad Cow Disease hits Britain
- NEXT merges with Apple
- HRH Prince Charles and Lady Diana divorce
- DVD’s are launched in Japan
- Ebay is created
- The Spice Girls go straight to number one with their first single…Wannabe
1995
With 9 staff, Gamma turns over £9,000,000
- Microsoft introduces Windows 95
- Javascript was first introduced
- The average house price in the UK is valued at £68,000
1994
With 9 staff, Gamma turns over £7,500,000
- The Channel Tunnel opens after 15,000 men worked for 7 years on the 31 mile tunnel, linking the United Kingdom with Northern France
- UK National Lottery is launched
1993
Gamma turns over £6,000,000
- Intel introduce the Pentium Microprocessor
- The first person-to-person SMS text message was sent in Finland
- Buckingham Palace opens its doors to the public
- The Dyson becomes the first bag-less vacuum cleaner
- Jurassic Park hits our cinema screens
1992
Gamma turns over £4,500,000 growing by 200% in its third full year of trading
- ‘I will always love you” by Whitney Houston hits the top spot in the charts’
- British FA Premier League is formed
- Microsoft introduces windows 3.1 - Euro Disney opens in France
- DNA fingerprinting is invented
- Bill Clinton inaugurates as President of the United States
1991
With 4 staff Gamma turns over £1,500,000 growing the revenue by 150%.
- Byran Adams was at number one for 16 weeks with his hit ‘Everything I do”
- Helen Sharman is the first Briton in space
- Apple releases first version of Quick Time
- The Internet is made available to unrestricted commercial use and the number of computers on the internet reaches 1 million
- The car airbag is invented
- The Web Browser is introduced
1990
In its first year of trading Gamma turns over £600,000 with just 3 staff.
Gamma Management was born as a small operation in Whitefield, Manchester.
- Tim Bernes-lee invents ‘The World Wide Web’
- Nelson Mandela is released from prison after 28 years
- West Germany wins the World Cup
- The first in-car satellite navigation system was introduced
