AI Issue 8 2017

110 Acquisition International - 2017 Excellence Awards riskHive Software Solutions are a risk management solutions provider based in North Somerset. Sandu Hellings tells us more about the company and the services they offer. iskHive Software Solutions are at the forefront of risk technology and process, providing enterprise risk management, portfolio risk analytics and desktop analytical risk solutions and services. Sandu explains how it feels to have received the award and outlines the reasons he believes are behind the firm’s success. “Essentially, we were absolutely delighted to receive the Most Outstanding Enterprise Risk Management Solutions Provider award. Our success is almost certainly due to our ability to work as well as we do as a team and to utilise our expertise in a way that delivers the products and service our clients need. Our clients come from both the private sector and the public sectors in the UK and as far afield as New Zealand and the UAE.” Being an ambitious and innovative company, Sandu outlines the firms aims and missions of the company to us, noting how the company ensures clients from the outset have the confidence to understand exactly what the clients’ needs are. “The overall aim as a company is not only to provide industry leading risk management solutions to business and government. We also aim to ensure that our clients from the outset have the confidence that we understand exactly what their needs are and that we can deliver for them. Naturally, innovation comes hand in hand with this. If we do not have the exact solution a client requires, we create it.” Sandu believes that the company size sets the firm apart from key competitors. As a small team, staff believe that they are best placed to deliver the best product as they are the team who built it. Company: riskHive Software Solutions Ltd Contact: Sandu Hellings Email: sandu.hellings@ riskhive.com Address: Dilkush, Farlers End, Nailsea, Bristol, North Somerset, BS48 4PG, UK Phone: 01275 54 58 74 Web: www.riskhive.com Most Outstanding Enterprise Risk Management Solutions Provider r GE170003 “Standing out in the industry, we are different from our key competitors in that we are a small team. Those who are charged with delivering the solutions and managing them for our clients and the designers of the solutions in the first instance are one and the same. At riskHive we are convinced that nobody can better deliver a product better than the very team who built it and that is precisely what we do.” Providing a brief overview of the industry in the UK, Sandu discusses the specific challenges and outside influences which may affect the company. Highlighting Brexit as a clear challenge, riskHive are actually excited about the opportunities that may arise, contrary to popular opinion within the industry. “This industry is one that is growing and growing despite the doom and gloom in the media. One clear challenge that the industry is facing is Brexit. Whilst leaving the European Union does indeed pose some risks, we are excited about the opportunities that Brexit may afford. We look forward to working with existing clients and markets in the future and we are very optimistic about the future and the UK’s future trading relationships with the world.” Working within such a fast paced market, Sandu mentions what techniques the firm employs in order to stay ahead of any emerging developments which may arise. Allowing a personal touch, the company is in constant touch with its clients, ensuring that everyone, including board members is informed of important trends within their business. “Benefitting from a personal touch, we are in constant touch with our customers – we work closely with their risk visionaries and we explore how the demands of the market are developing alongside the requirements of statutory reporting to keep our Users, their Consumers (all Board Level Members) and their Customers informed, up to date and abreast of trends developing in their business.” Providing excellent personal customer service is important to the firm in order to keep ahead of emerging developments, the internal culture within “ The future is very bright as we continue to look at growing and expending our services to reach more children needing ABA and research based support.”