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Leading point of sale software specialist CES acquired by Consolis Systems
1st April 2008 (Press release)
Consolis Systems Limited - a new London-based retail management software and services company, announced on Friday 7th March, that it has acquired CES Software, the company behind the market-leading CES Touch Screen electronic point of sale (EPoS) software system used by thousands of UK pubs, clubs, hotels, restaurants, CTNs, grocery stores, jewellers and dry-cleaners.
CES Software will continue to operate under its own name as part of the Consolis group of companies.
Consolis will make an immediate long-term investment into the ongoing development of CES Touch, CES’s market-leading EPoS software suite. This will further enhance the software’s functionality and will ensure that it continues to meet the ever-changing needs of CES’s broad customer base of retailers. Plans for later in the year include the launch of an innovative new range of fully-integrated retailer services.
Terms of the acquisition deal were not disclosed.
Consolis says all of CES Software’s current employees will be retained. Indeed, it intends to recruit further staff immediately in order to provide increased support for CES customers and dealers’ sales and technical teams.
Peter Moore, managing director of Consolis Systems, will become managing director of CES Software with immediate effect. Moore was previously managing director of electronic payment solutions companies Omega Logic and the Eposs Group.
Gordon Griffin, Consolis Systems’ director of IT and operations, will also become director of IT and operations at CES Software. Griffin has over 16 years of experience in retail, telecoms and accounting software and was previously IT director at Omega Logic.
Peter Moore, managing director of CES Software, says: “CES Touch already provides excellent functionality and reliability, but we aim to take the software suite to a new level. By combining the resources and expertise of Consolis with CES’s proven technology, we believe we can deliver a unique offering that will enable retailers to increase revenue, reduce costs and improve customer satisfaction.”
Moore adds: “CES Touch customers will continue to receive excellent support from their dealers and this will be strengthened by an increased focus from our reinforced sales, support and development teams.”
Gordon Griffin, CES Software’s director of IT and operations, says “Retailers in all sectors will be able to take advantage of new functionality and additional services that, can be fully integrated into their EPoS system. This will deliver unrivalled revenue, cost reduction and efficiency opportunities - all without the need for additional hardware or communications links in-store.”