Appetite for Business Ltd
Microsoft Accessibility Workshop
Appetite can run an 1 day Accessibility Workshop to provide guidance on the tools which are available within Microsoft 365 (including Office 365 and Windows 11) that can help you support any accessibility requirements within your organisation.
Features
- Managed Project Delivery Ad Hoc Consultancy Packaged Services Workshops
- Packaged services
- Ad-hoc Consultancy
Benefits
- Consultancy delivered by certified Microsoft Cloud experts
- Reduces deployment times
- Reduces business risk
- Expert advice and guidance on best practices on cloud pathways
Pricing
£500 to £1,600 a unit a day
- Education pricing available
Service documents
Request an accessible format
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Framework
G-Cloud 14
Service ID
4 5 3 4 6 8 8 8 0 4 2 8 9 4 0
Contact
Appetite for Business Ltd
Sheryl Newman
Telephone: 01224-824111
Email: snewman@appetite.business
Planning
- Planning service
- No
Training
- Training service provided
- Yes
- How the training service works
- We provide training either formally through a learning consultancy engagement or through knowledge transfer as part of a project engagement During project scoping we will ensure that training is discussed with each client and a custom plan is built out depending on requirements.
- Training is tied to specific services
- Yes
- Services the training service works with
- Microsoft 365
Setup and migration
- Setup or migration service available
- Yes
- How the setup or migration service works
- We have a project methodology that we utilise to setup and migrate services into Microsoft 365 incorporating; Scoping Workshop, Scope Document or Project Initiation Document Creation, Discovery, Implementation, Handover & Documentation. Full details on the recommended approach are defined during our Pre-Sales process, and documented fully in the proposal documentation.
- Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services
- Yes
- List of supported services
- Microsoft 365
Quality assurance and performance testing
- Quality assurance and performance testing service
- No
Security testing
- Security services
- Yes
- Security services type
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- Security strategy
- Security risk management
- Security design
- Cyber security consultancy
- Security testing
- Security incident management
- Security audit services
- Certified security testers
- Yes
- Security testing certifications
- Cyber Scheme
Ongoing support
- Ongoing support service
- No
Service scope
- Service constraints
- Service is available remotely.
User support
- Email or online ticketing support
- No
- Phone support
- No
- Web chat support
- No
- Support levels
-
Support is not provided as part of this service as this is a consultancy based service only. Appetite can provide ongoing support as part of a longer term learning engagement or through our CSP Managed Service and Customer Success programme for Microsoft 365.
t's a consultancy only based service. Ongoing support can be provided via our CSP Managed Services for Microsoft 365
Resellers
- Supplier type
- Not a reseller
Staff security
- Staff security clearance
- Other security clearance
- Government security clearance
- Up to Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)
Standards and certifications
- ISO/IEC 27001 certification
- Yes
- Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
- NQA
- ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
- 14th April 2021
- What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
- NA
- ISO 28000:2007 certification
- No
- CSA STAR certification
- No
- PCI certification
- No
- Cyber essentials
- Yes
- Cyber essentials plus
- Yes
- Other security certifications
- No
Social Value
- Social Value
-
Social Value
- Fighting climate change
- Covid-19 recovery
- Tackling economic inequality
- Equal opportunity
- Wellbeing
Fighting climate change
Appetite are a BCorp Certified organisation, our responsibility goes beyond the day job. As a business and individuals, we care deeply and are driven by meaningful action. We seek out opportunities to make a positive difference from reporting and reducing our carbon footprint to delivering long-term value and sustainable solutions for our customers. We also measured our carbon impact and are now managing our actions against our own internal reduction and supporting our customers with free education events. Climate change is an all-encompassing issue, and as such, it demands collaboration and collective action. In addition to We expect our suppliers to act in line with our values and to comply with our ethical, social, and environmental requirements. There are three noteworthy steps that we have taken to fight climate change: 1. Sessions are delivered remotely where possible, reducing our carbon emissions on delivering workshops. 2. For every project won we donate to a global cause in line with our Sustainable Development goals in the area of sustainability. 3. We provide Free education events that promote the use of digitalisation and reducing paper.Covid-19 recovery
We have taken positive steps post pandemic and maintain these going forward. We promote a positive culture of health and wellbeing in the workplace and ensure that employees are able to the take time to recover from Covid-19, in addition we made allowances for those who suffer from long Covid, by offering support when required. For those who work in the office we continue to operate some measures, with screens between desks, appropriate spacing and also strict hygiene in place. We have implemented wellbeing sessions and have an open channel of communication in addition to other touchpoints to allow home workers to come together in an effort to combat loneliness.Tackling economic inequality
We have always been committed to tackling economic inequality as a business since day one. We provide Microsoft training sessions to charities, to disadvantaged groups those from low socio-economic households and small local businesses and donate funding to support girls in countries who would otherwise not have access to and education or digital skills. These sessions focus on improving digital literacy to help the people in these communities develop vital digital skills.Equal opportunity
With a female founder who has a disability its no surprise that uniqueness and diversity are a huge part of who we are at Appetite. We ensure that we provide a digitally and physically inclusive and accessible working environment both when working at home or in the office. Our Recruitment strategy and campaigns follow our Equal opportunities and Ethics policies, ensuring we remove any potential for discrimination through inclusive language and equal treatment practices. We have a number of accreditations to support this, (e.g. Disability Confident Employer, Microsoft Business Pledge, Living Wage accreditation and Social Pledge), promoting accessibility internally and externally. We actively promote our employee referral scheme to encourage our diverse talent pool to recommend peers within their personal network. Our Hiring Team undergo relevant training on our Policies and Practices which are electronically signed to evidence their understanding and respect of diversity and inclusion. This training is also integrated our induction process. We have skill-based interviews to remove any chance of bias which could lead to discrimination. As part of our advertising, we promote our flexible-working culture to support both men and women. Our ads are also provided in a way that can accommodate accessibility needs. Hiring based on skills and company values. We are active promoters of Accessibility and Digital Inclusion, specifically around the use of technology to level the playing field for colleagues who have disabilities and we have a set of Belonging Policies which are regularly reviewed and through employee surveys have a quarterly action plan at our management meetings. This ensures everyone is happy, respected, supported and valued. We have an equal gender split in the business across all levels of seniority, We hire based on skills and company values.Wellbeing
Appetite has made significant investment in our ongoing commitment to encouraging positive wellbeing and good mental health throughout our workforce. We recognise that balancing everyday life with the requirements of work and home can create increasing pressures for all. With advances in technological developments to support remote working, we recognise that it is vital within Sword that we ensure that there's a productive, healthy environment for our staff and contractors that is conducive to a healthy and balanced lifestyle. We have dedicated policies to ensure we formalise and take a pro-active approach in support of positive mental wellbeing. We also have various initiatives to support the physical and well being of our team including mental health supportive. We also have an Employee Asssitance Programme which provides advice guidance in addition to counselling services and access to wellbeing apps we offer discounts on gyms and other initiatives designed to positively support the challenges faced by many trying to balance the pressures of work and demands of home life. We have monthly 1-1s in addition to other informal weekly and daily check ins as controls to support employee wellbeing.
Pricing
- Price
- £500 to £1,600 a unit a day
- Discount for educational organisations
- Yes
Service documents
Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format,
email the supplier at snewman@appetite.business.
Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.