The event was opened by Millennium Consulting’s COO, Jeremy Lucas, who also compered the event. The morning started with three presentations from the lead sponsor Unit4; Dave Anstey, Engineering Director, began with a keynote update on the recent commitments and investments made in Financials by Coda, followed by Jane Dolan, Product Owner, who provided a detailed product update. Before the mid-morning break Oliver Sullivin, Sales Growth Director for FP&A, shared a session on the value and functionality offered by FP&A Lite.

The mid-morning sessions started with Chris Peall, Director of Professional Services at Millennium, presenting Millennium+. Next, we heard from our first sponsor, Avalara, followed by a presentation on Complex Billing, the solution from our partner ICORP. Luke Sherratt at Scanmarket rounded up this session.

After lunch, Benoit Dallaporta, Cloud Migration Team Manager at Unit4 and Chris Peall explained that Cloud is great for everyone! Millennium’s cyber security expert, Ben Hart, then took to the stage to explain the importance of cyber resilience. At 3 pm, we welcomed a panel of experts to the stage. During the live Q&A, the experts; Phil Leaf, Jawaid Maqbool, Chris Peall and Ben Hart answered questions from delegates and presented different perspectives, creating a lively discussion in the auditorium.

The day ended with presentations from Good Business Charter and Gold sponsor, Trintech.

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As part of our Green Agenda, we have been involved in many beach cleans over the years. Last Thursday, on July 14th 2022, our team from Millennium Consulting went out with the Folkestone & Hythe District Council to pick litter along the Hythe beach and canal. It was such a beautiful day, and we were glad to take part in the voluntary cleanup. We want to thank everyone who came to help us. It was a great success! We believe that everyone can contribute to a cleaner environment, no matter how small the effort.

A few highlights:

 Millennium Raising Futures Kenya Golf Day

It’s fair to say that the summer of 2021 has been unpredictable weatherwise, so when the annual Millennium Consulting Raising Futures Kenya Golf Day took place last Friday it was hard to know what to expect.

Faversham Golf Club in Kent played host and the event continued the tradition of supporting Raising Futures Kenya (formerly Vision Africa) over the past 16 years.

Heartfelt thanks are due to the loyal support of our many corporate sponsors, the players who took part and the event organisers without whose organisational skills the day would not have run so well.

The weather turned out ideal and with the golf course in good condition, an enjoyable day was had by all. The format was a Ryder Cup style competition with European v USA teams vying once more for the Millennium trophy. With evenly matched teams, this year it was the turn of Europe, captained by Craig Bassingthwaighte and vice-captain Malcolm Coton to emerge as victors.

The 4-ball team prize was won by Ben Hunt, Harry Wallis, Mark Cranefield and Shoaib Laher. Harry Wallis also won the individual stableford prize and the ladies winner was Gwen Finch. The individual scratch score winner was Adam Bassingthwaighte who went round in a creditable 76. Closest to the flag was Roger Lightfoot whilst Harry Wallis extended his winning run by achieving the longest drive.

Covid-19 restrictions meant that the traditional pre and post round presentations/awards could not take place in the normal manner however Andy King of Raising Futures Kenya had recorded a video which brought us up to date with what has been happening in Kenya during this difficult Covid period. It is worth taking a few minutes to watch it as it highlights the value of the financial contribution we make each year from our golf day.

£3,000 was raised and we look forward to hearing from Raising Futures Kenya how the funds are used when we get together next year.

If you are interested in taking part in 2022 then please refer to www.millenniumconsulting.com for details and registration when available.

 Millennium Raising Futures Kenya Golf Day

Following postponement in June on account of COVID-19, the annual Millennium Consulting Raising Futures Kenya Golf Day finally got underway last Friday at Surrey National Golf Club.

Millennium has supported Raising Futures Kenya (formerly Vision Africa) for over 15 years and thanks are due for the support of our corporate sponsors and the players who took part including special guest, former World Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion John Conteh.

The players faced cold weather, high winds but thankfully no rain. It was a Ryder Cup style Europe v USA team competition with the US team captained by Clive Hunt emerging as winners. The 4 ball team prize was won by Jono Hill’s team whilst Matt Sutton won the individual stableford prize with a creditworthy 41 points. Closest to the flag was Tom Edmonds whilst the longest drive was achieved by James Conteh who clearly packs a punch in common with his father John Conteh.

Following the golf and post round dinner, a short presentation was provided by Andy King, Board of Trustees Chair at Raising Futures Kenya, who shared an update about how the funds raised in 2019 have been spent. He explained that with lockdown forcing the closure of all Seed of Hope centres, the team has adapted their education programmes to provide young Kenyans with distance learning via smartphones. This has been a successful initiative although additional smart phones (costing £43 each) are needed so that the program can be extended to a larger number of students.

£3,000 was raised for the charity and we look forward to hearing how the funds are being used when we meet again next year. If you are interested in taking part in 2021 then please refer to www.millenniumconsulting.com for details and registration.