MANDATA LTD

Mandata (Management and Data Services), was formed in 1974 as a collaboration between North East Co-operative Laundries and Andrew Wilson to provide computer facilities for the Laundries own data processing requirements and to exploit local market demand for these services. For the first five years this arrangement proved to be successful, especially in relation to obtaining work from outside organisations. During this period Andrew Wilson acceded full control of the company following the retirement from the Laundries of one of the main instigators of the venture. During the 1980's the business continued to expand and moved away from the data processing origins to a developer and reseller of its own financial accounting software.

During this period share ownership was widened on several occasions, but by 1991 was totally held by Don Welsh and Andrew Wilson. By the early 1990's the company had passed the £1M turnover mark and was developing an excellent reputation as a company that specialised in the development and resale of financial software for the Construction industry. This period also saw the start of the Road Haulage Industry being approached as a target market, with continued work from the Co-operative Societies, as a legacy from the Company's founding.

In 1990/91 the Company also changed it's structure, to provide for certain key employees, in that a new holding Company was formed, Mandata Group Plc, which was equally owned by Andrew Wilson and Don Welsh. In turn this Company held 50/54'ths of Mandata with the remaining balance being held equally by four senior employees. With a portfolio of traffic office solutions, warehouse management, vehicle and delivery tracking solutions; no matter what your requirements are, Mandata can help.