In the mid-Victorian period when the firm was founded, Kensington was beginning to shape itself as a significant centre of Victorian commerce. In 1849 Mr Harrod set up his first Knightsbridge shop, and some 13 years later in 1862 Messrs Harvey and Nichols arrived in Chelsea.
Along with Savills (est. 1855) and Knight Frank (est. 1896), Marsh & Parsons, during much of the 20th century, was one of the leading residential agents in central London. Today it has 29 offices, seven of which are in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, making it not only the longest established agent in the area, but also the most prevalent. Marsh & Parsons is veritably a "blue chip" heritage brand that has a relevance to every day modern London life.
As far back as 2003 Global 4 had been the supplier to Marsh and Parsons for Nec telephone systems across their 7 offices. In 2005 following a management buy out moved to another supplier. Then they were acquired 2011 LSL Property Services PLC. Global 4 have been the principal supplier to the LSL Property Services PLC with its brands of Your Move and Reeds Rains.
In the summer of 2017 we were approached by Marsh and Parsons to review their telephony with a view of centralising all call traffic through and central point that in turn reduces all the branches line rentals down to just one.
The requirements of a central point this allow all call traffic to be monitored in the number of calls. Live Call Recording, Call Management statistics, with the ability to share available resources across the entire estate at any one time.
Deciding upon the NEC latest 3c communication platform that resides on just a virtual server within their environment and a second in their data centre for DR purposes gave them true flexibility for now and plenty of spare capacity for future growth.
The project was designed to be rolled out over a six-week period across the entire estate in quarter 4 2018. We would like to point out that the preparation of their requirements and the support of their IT team made the whole project a great success and finished on time. (Please see the customers comments below)
Nigel Barnett MD Global 4. commented. Having spent a life time in the industry and been involved with all the different telephone manufactories past and present. NEC is the number one manufacture in the world. Mash and Parsons had still used the systems we installed back in 2003 and we personally have customer coming up to 20 years and working fine. The industry standard is business change equipment after six years. Therefore, making the NEC an outstanding return on investment for any business and of course this can never be pointed out in a sales leaflet. I would like to thank Marsh and Parsons for their support.
Sales Survey Feedback
| How would you rate our Sales representative's level of knowledge? | Very Good |
| How would you rate our quotations? | Excellent |
| Were our quotations easy to understand? | Yes |
| After the meeting, how would you rate your familiarity with our product range? | Very Good |
| How would you rate the salesperson's understanding of your order? | Very Good |
Provisioning Survey Feedback
| Did a project manager within the provisioning team call to introduce themselves and review your order over the phone? | Yes |
| How would you rate the provisioning desk's communication with you? | Very Good |
| How would you rate the provisioning teams understanding of the order? | Very Good |
| How would you rate the timescale between signing the paperwork and service becoming active? | Very Good |
Installation Survey Feedback
| How would you rate the installation of your new telephone equipment? | Good |
| How would you rate the egineers understanding of the order? | Excellent |
| How would you rate the training provided for your new equipment? | Very Good |
| How have most of your collegues found the system changeover? | Very Good |
Account Survey Feedback
| Do you think the invoices are complete and accurate? | Yes |
| Were there any charges you were not expecting when you originally made the agreement? | No |
| Do you think our fees are fair and good value for money? | Yes |
| Are there any other service's you would allow Global 4 to quote for? | Skipped Question |
| What is the likelihood of your recommending Global 4 to a friend or business associate? | Very Likely |
| Overall, how would you rate the service provided by Global 4 | Very Good |
