Stone Group

Originally founded as an Original Equipment Manufacturer, Stone Group has matured into one of the UK's leading Value Added IT Resellers, retaining its own Stone branded hardware products within a broader portfolio founded on strategic partnerships with HP, Lenovo, Dynabook and Acer. The Group enjoys direct strategic relationships with Intel and Microsoft from its heritage as an OEM and a level of technical skills, logistics and support, through its own facilities, vehicles and Stone employed engineers, far beyond those of the average reseller. Its market leading deployment and support services can be applied effectively across its entire product portfolio regardless of brand. Alongside its traditional hardware offerings, Stone has developed a full range of modern IT infrastructure solutions and services from the edge through networking and hybrid infrastructure to the cloud. Stone's credentials are validated through an unparalleled range of vendor accreditations and the strength of its solutions is demonstrated by the leading positions on all the major UK public sector frameworks - Stone is homegrown and rigorously tested alongside a range of multi-national competitors. In 2009 Stone invested in its own inhouse IT Asset Disposal facility and is ADISA accredited with distinction and Government accredited to the highest level, placing it clearly in the top echelons of UK IT Asset Disposal service providers. Stone is fully committed to the circular economy and to providing true 360 IT asset lifecycle management services, sustainable by design and beneficial to the environment. Stone provides fully audited traceability of assets and the highest possible levels of data security for total peace of mind. Stone's solid hardware heritage underpins its services and solutions for public and private sector, offering cost effective and sustainable strategic IT purchasing to customers. Encore-PC is a strong brand choice for the procurement of refurbished desktops, laptops and accessories, supplying big-brand hardware economically. Stone Approved provides a dedicated purchasing portal for public and private sector businesses needing more capable reliable tech to procure refurbished devices with standard two-year warranties. In 2019 Stone acquired specialist PC Gaming firm DinoPC to bolster its market offering of high-powered custom PC gaming hardware both direct to consumer and to answer the academic HE/FE gaming requirement of its customers. All DinoPC machines will now be created bespoke for customers at Stone's Staffordshire manufacturing plant, and supported by its quality customer service provisioning.