About FluidOne
Our vision is to become the best quality provider of Connected Cloud Solutions to UK businesses.
We consult to help customers and partners digitally transform their IT and communications, enabling them to be agile and focus on their core business.
We focus on delivering a fantastic customer experience, creating multi-cloud, multi-connected environments that are secure and simple, from end user to application.
Why Fluid One
With over 30 carriers and suppliers delivered by our Queen’s award-winning network, Platform One, we have the most connected network in the UK.
With solutions across IT & Cloud Managed Services, UCaaS & CCaaS, Cyber Security and Mobile & IoT, all underpinned by the best network, FluidOne can give the best advice to meet your specific requirements.
Our Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 81 for October 2024 is the highest in UK telecoms. The voice of the customer is at the heart of our business.
Our solutions are built on our award-winning software defined network, Platform One, that boasts 100% core network uptime and we combine this with best of breed services to ensure resilience for your business.
Meet our team
What we do
At FluidOne, we are proud to be an award-winning Connected Cloud Solutions provider that’s consistently achieving one of the highest Net Promoter Scores (NPS) in the industry (securing 81 for October 2024). Our own national fibre network, Platform One, underlies each of our services and is the most connected network in the UK. This allows us to support the needs of our 2400 customers, including 200 channel resellers, with services covering connectivity, SD-WAN, cyber security, IT managed services, mobile & IoT, UCaaS and CCaaS.
Focusing on the mid-market, we consult with our FluidOne customers to design solutions that complement their in-house IT structures. We know that every customers’ needs are unique to them and their business. That’s why we design tailored solutions to help customers and partners digitally transform their IT and communications. We combine the services of our specialist partners in cyber security, IT managed services and UC with our unparalleled connectivity to create multi-cloud and multi-connected environments that are secure and safe for them to use. It all comes down to having an inherent understanding of how to take complex hybrid multi-site environments and making them simple, so end-users can access their business applications at any time, no matter where they are.
FluidOne is an expert in the right SD-WAN solutions to fit your business, partnering with best of breed SD-WAN vendors and combining it with the best choice of connectivity in the market via our award winning software defined network, Platform One.
FluidOne have partnered with global SASE leader, Zscaler, to bring SASE services to customers who either have the majority of their applications in the public cloud or are SaaS-based.
We work with your IT Team to solve their key challenges, so that they get noticed for the right reasons.
With an ISO 20000 for IT Service Management, we complement your in house IT team to reduce your expenditure and deliver the best possible service to your end users.
We don’t believe in marking our own homework and so we have invested in a market-leading cyber security company. Our dedicated Cyber Security sister company, Cyber Security Associates (CSA), is led by the best cyber specialists in the market.
This separation, with its own leadership, allows CSA to be arm’s length from our IT managed services and ensures an independent review of anything we provide.
Specialists in 8x8, Mitel and Teams, we combine market leading solutions for UC (Unified Communications) and CC (Contact Centre) with our award-winning connectivity, to provide unrivalled quality of service.
From mobile fleet managed services to rapid site connectivity and IoT, with over 15 years of experience in mobile services, we have the mobile solution for you.
Our Values
At FluidOne we put the customer first
We have some of the brightest minds in the industry with over 540 staff across 6 locations. Staff culture is key to our business, we are investors in people silver accredited and won several awards in 2021 including being one of the top 50 technology companies in the UK and ranked as outstanding in the Sunday Times Best Companies to work for.
Companies that rely on FluidOne
Awards & Certifications
Our History Of Innovation
FluidOne expands its Business IT branch network into the North-West, offering local IT services out of Chorley and adding a further specialism in Professional Services with the acquisition of Orca IT.
FluidOne adds 5th office to IT branch network, now offering local IT services in the Brighton area with the acquisition of CNC (Computer and Network Consultants Limited).
This acquisition of the Camberley based IT MSP further builds on FluidOne’s strategy to invest in creating a branch network for expertly delivered localised services for its SME customers.
Sheffield based and Microsoft Gold Partner, Highlander, is a leading supplier of enterprise IT infrastructure and SME IT managed services. The acquisition expands FluidOne’s reach into the North of England creating a centre of excellence for SME IT managed services.
A Microsoft Gold Partner for Cloud Services Management, Marathon specialises in cloud transformation, modern workplace, security, and contact centre, providing solutions that transform, manage and secure IT for UK businesses.
SAS designs, deploys and manages SD-WAN hybrid networks, supported by its innovative monitoring and management portal. SAS boasts a team that includes some of the top managed service experts in the industry whose knowledge on LAN, Wi-Fi, WAN, SD-WAN, SASE, App Dev and IT services complement FluidOne's existing portfolio.
In the lead up to a recent series of successful acquisitions and investments, Roy Hastings joined as Group CFO to help with the company’s next stage of growth. Roy leads the finance organisation with the support of Group FD Hermant Patel. Boasting a proven track record in fast-moving, commercial CFO roles within private equity-funded businesses across sectors, Roy also has a leading role in the buy-and-build acquisition strategy alongside Russell Horton.
A dedicated cyber security consultancy and managed services specialist, boasting a management team with the best experience in the market, including cyber leadership roles for the UK Ministry Of Defence and the Bank of England cyber security.
PSU Business Technology Limited has over 30 years of experience providing IT Managed Services, Mitel UC, Connectivity, Mobile and Telecoms Services with a strong focus on quality and delivery of excellent customer satisfaction.
With over 25 years experience in IT and Communications, Russell joined FluidOne in April 2018 with a vision to combine our market leading connectivity with over the top services in IT, UC and Cyber to build the best quality provider of connected cloud solutions. The first step in achieving this vision was leading the MBO to acquire the business from the Rigby Group in Feb 19. He has executive responsibility for the business, it management Board and strategy.
Fluidata acquires Onepoint communications, a specialist in mobile communications founded in 2004, and rebrands as FluidOne.
Acquires Fluidata
After 9 years of successful growth and innovation in connectivity the Rigby Group invested to acquire Fluidata, with co-founder Chris Rogers continuing on the board as COO, and Fluidata operating as an autonomous business.
Queen’s Award
2 years after investing in Platform One, its innovative design in combining the services of multiple carriers to deliver best choice to its customers won it the Queen’s Award for Innovation.
After 6 years of successful growth Fluidata made a multi-million investment in its nationwide fibre network, Platform One, using Juniper and Cisco equipment and is still referenced on the Juniper site as a quality case study.
Technical Director
Having joined the business in its early stages in 2007 Dan became the lead architect for Platform One in 2012 and continues to lead the development and support for the network with one of the most experienced teams in the market.
Co-founded by Chris Rogers COO
Fluidata was cofounded by our COO Chris Rogers and his school friend Piers Daniel. Led by CEO Piers until Russell Horton joined in 2018 the business enjoyed year on year success with an award winning culture and market leading connectivity services, supporting customers ranging from O2 (Telefonica) to SME’s.
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