The UK IT channel’s 9 biggest stories of 2025
From mega-mergers to mind-blowing marketplace milestones, here we round up the storylines that moved the needle this year
Tag: Trustmarque
Trustmarque-Ultima: Assessing the scale claims
TechMarketView's Georgina O'Toole digs into the channel's latest mega-merger
Exclusive: Trustmarque on course for £1bn after ‘yinyang’ Ultima merger
Deal set to close in about two weeks' time
‘Mergers always take a bit longer’ – Trustmarque CEO on M&A hiatus
Simon Williams opens up on two-and-a-half year M&A hunt that culminated in Ultima merger
Channel to pocket 59% of hyperscaler marketplace spend by 2030 – Canalys
Total spending to hit $163bn by 2030, analyst claims
‘We go with different USPs’ – Phoenix Software MD on boosting 4% share with sister company Bytes
"We've both got really strong brands", Clare Metcalfe says of BTG's strategy of keeping its two businesses separate
Microsoft unleashes CSP goodies, claims 70% of incentives now geared to SME partners
The big EA-to-CSP shift continues
‘Remarkable’ – Reseller scores $1bn AWS Marketplace sales first
Analyst hails “largest route to market change in 44 years” for resell and distribution
Bytes Technology Group and Softcat dominate £3.7bn public sector VAR market
Tussell says VAR sales accounted for over a fifth of wider public sector IT spending in 2023/24
Oxygen 250 2025: UK’s top 250 resellers and MSPs unveiled
Collective sales exceeded £29bn, but who was crowned number one?
