I would like to thank the Version 1 team who have worked so tirelessly on this project to make it such a great success. This has very much been a team effort where everyone working on entitlements, spatial and payments systems has played a vital part in delivering this challenging programme of work. We are all very proud of the achievements delivered over the last number of years; records set in online uptake, one of the first EU countries to make payments, delivery of more value added services to farmers and more.

With the implementation of our new Energy Credits Management Systems, we wanted to embrace the latest cloud technologies to provide the highest levels of system availability for our stakeholders. With our long standing technology partners Version 1, we implemented an innovative cloud solution (Microsoft Azure) providing a flexible technology platform & higher service levels to meet our business demands while ensuring we maintained a value for money approach.

Severn Trent Water selected Version 1 based on its expertise, industry reputation and service provision capabilities. The company was also a natural fit with Severn Trent’s standards of best practice Our technology team are extremely proficient in working with Oracles products from a technology perspective, but Oracle licensing is a highly complex area which very few businesses will have the resource or expertise to fully understand. Having a partner with Version 1’s breadth and depth of Oracle knowledge is an absolute must. Version 1’s expert Oracle knowledge has placed Severn Trent Water in a position where we can confidently negotiate with Oracle, therefore strengthening the relationship with one of our key vendors.