Business Environment of Softcat Plc

Business Environment

Executive Summary
Business environment can be defined as aggregation of different factors that surround
business and influence operations of the business. This report has discussed about business
environment of Softcat Plc, a company that provides IT infrastructure. This report has discussed
about internal environment of the company through analysis of its governance and structure. This
report later analysed importance of pestle analysis, this is a framework that is used to identify
and understand impact and influence of different macro environmental factors on business
operations. These environmental factors are political, economical, social, technological, legal
and environmental. Later, this framework was applied on Softcat Plc in order to identify different
opportunities and threats. Analysis outlined that every factors of environment has some positive
as well as negative influences on business. Positive impacts becomes opportunity whereas
negative become threat for the organisation.

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................4
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................4
Governance and Structure of Softcat Plc.....................................................................................4
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................6
Importance of carrying out Pestle Analysis for an organisation..................................................6
Task 3...............................................................................................................................................8
Pestle Analysis of Softcat Plc......................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Business environment can be defined as aggregation of all conditions, events and
influences that surrounds and affect it. This means internal and external factors that affect and
influence decisions and activities of the organisation. This report will discuss about business
environment of Softcat Plc. Company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered at Marlow,
Buckinghamshire. Operating in information technology industry Softcat Plc is an IT
infrastructure provider. It has UK offices in Bristol, London, Manchester, Leeds, Marlow,
Southampton, Birmingham, and Glasgow and has its Irish office in Dublin. From 1993 to 2015
Softcat Plc was a limited company and in 2015 it became public limited company. This report
will discuss about internal and external environment of Softcat Plc. Internal environment will
involve discussion about governance and structure of the Softcat Plc. Later, report will also
discuss about importance of carrying out Pestle analysis for an organisation and this framework
will be applied for Softcat Plc.
MAIN BODY
Task 1
Governance and Structure of Softcat Plc
Softcat Plc is an information technology infrastructure provider company. This company
was founded in 1993 by Peter Kelly. The company originally was founded as Wardswift in
Wycombe and Martin Hellawell became managing director of the company who is presently
chairman of the company and in 2006 headquarter of the company was moved to Marlow.
Earlier, Softcat Plc was a limited company which later in 2015 became public limited company
and is traded on LSE. The company started its office in Glasgow, Scotland, it was first office of
Softcat Plc outside UK. This office was opened in 2016 and in 2018 Softcat Plc opened its office
in Dublin, Ireland and it was first office of Softcat Plc outside UK (Raziq and et.al., 2020).
Overall Softcat Plc has 9 offices and to manage all these offices and carry out all operations of
Softcat Plc, it has employed around 1330 employees. Product and services of Softcat Plc involve
Hybrid Infrastructure, Digital Workplace, Cyber Security and IT Intelligence. Goal of the