IT procurement, cybersecurity, hardware
and managed services in Leicester.
IT, cybersecurity and managed services for Leicester and Leicestershire — Next plc HQ at Enderby (one of the UK's largest retailers), Hastings Direct, plus the universities, NHS Leicester, and the broader manufacturing and food-processing economy. UK-wide engineer dispatch with next-business-day parts to LE postcodes.
Services we deliver in Leicester
Leicester clients use Servnet as their single IT partner — from buying the kit, to securing it, to running it day-to-day. Eight service lines, one accountable team.
IT procurement
Vendor-direct sourcing across Dell, HPE, Lenovo, Cisco, Fortinet, Pure, Nutanix, NetApp and more — with UK + global logistics.
Explore it procurement →Cybersecurity
NGFW, SASE, EDR/XDR, vulnerability management, Cyber Essentials Plus and 24×7 monitored response.
Explore cybersecurity →Hardware maintenance
Multi-vendor break-fix, post-warranty support and 4-hour engineer + parts dispatch — keeps EOSL kit running.
Explore hardware maintenance →Business laptops
Fleet rollouts and refresh cycles — Dell Pro, Lenovo ThinkPad, Apple MacBook, HP EliteBook with imaging and asset tagging.
Explore business laptops →Vendor migrations
VMware → Nutanix / vSAN / Azure Stack HCI · Cisco → Fortinet · on-prem → cloud — parallel-run cutovers, zero downtime.
Explore vendor migrations →Servers, storage, HCI
PowerEdge, ProLiant, ThinkSystem, Alletra, PowerStore, FlashArray, Nutanix, SimpliVity — sized, deployed and supported.
Explore servers, storage, hci →Managed IT services
Service desk, monitoring, patching, backup, MDM and AIOps — covering the full operational stack.
Explore managed it services →Backup & recovery
Veeam, Commvault, Rubrik, Veritas — immutable backup, M365 protection, air-gapped vaults and DR runbooks.
Explore backup & recovery →Where we go in Leicester
Next plc HQ + retail logistics
Next plc HQ at Enderby is one of the UK's largest retail and e-commerce technology campuses, plus the surrounding fulfilment, warehousing and IT-supply cluster. ISO 27001, PCI DSS 4.0 and retail-grade operational uptime are routine engagement scope.
Hastings Direct + insurance
Hastings Direct (Bexhill / Leicester operations), Domestic & General, plus other insurance and financial-services back-office in Leicester. FCA Operational Resilience and ISO 27001 are routine.
Universities
University of Leicester, De Montfort University, Loughborough University (LE11) — research computing, HPC, faculty IT support.
NHS Leicester + ICB
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, plus the broader Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB — DSP Toolkit, HSCN connectivity, clinical IT support.
Engineer + parts dispatch SLAs in Leicester
Same-day depot dispatch to all LE postcodes, on-site morning of next business day.
Engineer driven to Leicester same week for P1 / P2 contracted incidents — typical 24–36 hour on-site response.
CCS framework supply to Leicester City Council, Leicestershire CC and broader East Midlands public-sector buyers.
Local customer profiles
- ✓Next plc HQ + retail / e-commerce
- ✓Hastings Direct + insurance back-office
- ✓Universities (Leicester, De Montfort, Loughborough)
- ✓University Hospitals of Leicester + ICB
- ✓Leicester City Council + Leicestershire CC
- ✓Food-processing + manufacturing supply chain
Areas we cover in Leicester
Leicester IT supply questions
Do you cover Leicester and Leicestershire?
Yes — all LE postcodes plus the broader Leicestershire (Loughborough, Hinckley, Coalville, Melton Mowbray, Ashby) and Rutland area under standard NBD SLA. Same-week engineer dispatch for contracted P1 / P2 incidents.
Can you support Next plc + retail supply chain?
Yes — retail and e-commerce technology customers around the Next plc Enderby campus and the broader Leicestershire retail/logistics cluster are within standard scope. PCI DSS 4.0, retail-grade operational uptime, multi-site WAN for warehousing/distribution and 24×7 P1 support arrangements are routine.
What's your experience with insurance back-office?
Yes — Leicester's insurance back-office cluster (Hastings Direct, Domestic & General, plus mid-market FS) is within standard service scope. FCA Operational Resilience, ISO 27001, secure remote access for back-office teams and the security posture FS firms demand are routine.
Are you on framework for Leicester + Leicestershire public sector?
Yes — CCS G-Cloud, Technology Services 4 and Cyber Security Services 4 frameworks apply across Leicester City Council, Leicestershire CC, Rutland County Council and the broader East Midlands public-sector estate.
Need an IT partner in Leicester?
One call. Direct to an engineer who can size up the requirement honestly — not a sales script.