With executive support from Canon UK & Ireland Managing Director, Andy Vickers, the proposal centre increased win rates over the year by nearly 20% and received outstanding feedback from clients on the quality of their proposals. All of Canon UK and Ireland’s proposal staff achieved professional accreditation during the year, as well as being nominated in two categories for the 2008 UK Proposal Management Awards.

The award is voted on by the Managing Directors of Strategic Proposals' subsidiaries worldwide, based on the achievements of over 80 organisations with whom the international consulting and training group worked with during 2008. 

Neil McLeod, Head of Proposals at Canon UK Ltd, commented: "The personal support and encouragement from Andy Vickers, and Director of Corporate and International Accounts, Matthew Norton, has given the team the confidence to embrace a new proposal process and to work increasingly collaboratively with their sales, technical and service colleagues. We have delivered a real step change in the quality and impact of our proposals. The team continue to push the boundaries of what we can achieve with our proposals in both the public and commercial sectors." 

Jon Williams, Managing Director, Strategic Proposals UK, added, "The Canon proposal team's achievements in 2008 have been astonishing. Under Neil's passionate leadership, the team has taken onboard new concepts and processes to provide outstanding support to the Canon sales team in the UK in a fiercely competitive marketplace. It has been a pleasure working with a team so focused on delivering real improvements and we congratulate them on their achievement."

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