Glue Reply achieves Platinum status from BCS

Glue Reply - the Reply company specialising in Strategy & Architecture, is delighted to announce it has received the highly coveted Platinum Approved Partner award from BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT. BCS is the only organisation able to award IT professional accreditation in the UK through their Royal Charter. Integral to the BCS agenda is to lead the IT industry through its ethical challenges, support the people who work in the industry, and make IT exceptional for society.

Due to their highest levels of accreditation and ongoing contribution to the IT Industry, BCS has awarded Glue Reply the Platinum Partner level of Approved Organisations. The Platinum Approved Organisation is the highest and most prestigious award that BCS provides for organisations that have demonstrated commitment to staff development; supporting BCS objectives and upholding the highest standards in their practice. Over 90% of Glue Reply’s staff hold a current membership, with over 45% holding CITP, CEng, RITTech or FEDIP. This makes Glue Reply an organisation with the highest percentage levels of accreditation in the industry. At the time of writing, Glue Reply is one of fewer than 5 Platinum Approved Organisations.

As a consultancy, Glue Reply has been helping clients through transformative change for over 20 years, from its beginning as an organisation focused on integration, through to architecture, customer experience, digital transformation and change enablement. As part of Glue Reply’s transformation journey, the organisation has evolved to be focused on driving the career development of employees through professional accreditation as one of the key drivers of the organisation’s continued success. As well as investing in BCS, Glue Reply drives a meritocracy, continuous learning, and innovation culture.
This award is a major milestone in Glue Reply’s ambition to be the best consultancy for its clients, by being able to demonstrate the highest levels of professionalism and integrity.

Holly Porter, Membership Director at BCS said: “Congratulations to Glue Reply on achieving Platinum Partner status. This recognition is awarded because of the company’s considerable dedication to promoting standards and professional pathways within their organisation for the benefit of their staff and stakeholders. The partnership with BCS shows that Glue Reply takes professional development responsibilities seriously and is using its resources to develop business-critical skills and provide genuine career progression. In meeting the requirements for Platinum, Glue Reply has demonstrated the highest level of dedication to delivering talented, ethical and dedicated professionals for the benefit of the industry and society.”

“As well as important topics such as ethics, social responsibility and environmental concerns, we believe that the professionalisation of IT is an important pan-industry topic, and we have been committed to supporting the BCS in this endeavour for a number of years. The Approved Organisation scheme offered us the opportunity to help frame our relationship with the BCS and the IT industry as a whole, and focus our efforts towards a tangible and clearly recognisable outcome. We are extremely proud of this achievement and we hope that our journey will help inspire other organisations to drive the IT profession forwards.” - John Sidhu FBCS, CITP, Partner at Glue Reply

“Both for the IT industry as a whole, and my role as one of the leaders within Glue Reply, I felt it was important that I invested time in getting my CITP (Chartered IT Professional) accreditation. It is invigorating to be recognised as an IT professional in an industry that badly needs more professionalism, and that still struggles with significant skills shortages.” – Goutham Shrikrishna MBCS CITP, Associate Partner at Glue Reply.

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