Microsoft Office 365 Use Cases

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Office 365 for Financial Services

We have formed strong relationships in the financial sector, delivering powerful software solutions for a range of businesses.

From intuitive intranets that engage a global workforce to dynamic systems that give a complete, end-to-end view of customer relationships, we have a depth and breadth of experience serving the financial sector.

The systems we create empower workforces to share their collective intelligence, bringing people together and making their businesses more efficient.


Our customers include Tesco Bank, Standard Life, National Australia Group (Clydesdale Bank) and Hymans Robertson LLP.

Discover how we worked with Standard Life to design and deliver their brand new, global corporate intranet, “Stan”.

Find out how Tesco Bank boosted the way their staff communicate with a Kira intranet and Office 365.

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Office 365 for Food & Drinks Sector

We’ve worked with companies across the drinks sector, including International Beverage Holdings, Whyte & Mackay, Edrington, and Heineken

We also work with non-alcoholic beverage companies such as Highland Spring and Coca-Cola Enterprises.

Solutions we developed are helping these businesses streamline processes and enabling them to share knowledge more effectively across the globe.

Read a case study about the New Prouct Development solution we implemented for International Beverage.

Read about our work developing a global brands portal with Edrington Group.

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We have helped legal teams streamline their internal processes and better manage their legal matters.

We have worked closely with lawyers to develop systems that benefit the legal sector. Solutions based on our Matter Management System (MMS) have enabled legal teams to plan proactively, track cases and KPIs in real time and assess the risk of contracts and disputes.

We can provide integration with existing systems and develop new components to help you adapt to the changing legal landscape. We would also be happy to explore how we can develop the system to fit your needs – get in touch to start the conversation.

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Office 365 for Oil & Gas

We are proud to work with the Oil & Gas industry.

By creating solutions that help the day-to-day running of businesses such as Cairn Energy plc and Subsea 7, we empower their staff to work more efficiently and in more collaborative ways.

Read our Cairn Energy success story to discover how we created a more intuitive, user-focused intranet which went on to replace their existing content management systems.

You can also find out about our work with Sparrows Group to help implement a SharePoint-based digital workplace.

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Office 365 for Public Sector

We have implemented systems that help public bodies save time, reduce costs and ultimately improve people’s lives.

On top of the gratification of a job well done, it is a great feeling to know our work contributes towards improving standards in public life.

For example, our work with the Scottish Housing Regulator is helping them achieve the Scottish Government’s aims of improving social housing in Scotland.

Read our Scottish Housing Regulator success story, which goes into more detail about the positive impact of this work.

We also worked closely with the Registers of Scotland to develop their online Reports Portal.

During the recent Pandemic we worked closely with Scottish Water on a number or projects including the rapid deployment and user adoption of Microsoft Teams. Read the case study here.

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Office 365 for NHS

We are proud to contribute towards improving the services provided by healthcare providers across the UK.

We have expertise in working within the public health sector, having worked closely with organisations including NHS Health Scotland, NHS Education for Scotland and Great Ormond Street Hospital.

We are also working on multi-year projects with multiple NHS Health Boards to deliver a National Clinical Decision Support Infrastructure and a National Formulary to NHS Scotland.

Read about how our work has helped NHS Health Scotland reduce health inequality in Scotland through their ‘Fairer, Healthier Scotland’ initiative.

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Office 365 for Housing

We have extensive experience of working within the housing sector, designing and deploying complex systems that make life easier for staff, tenants and landlords alike.

Our dedicated product for housing associations, TenantPlus, provides a fast and affordable way of getting a stable, modern system up and running.

We have done extensive work with the Scottish Housing Regulator, implementing a system which has made the social housing system in Scotland fairer, while bringing innumerable benefits to the Regulator. Read the success story to discover how.

We also worked with the Registers of Scotland, implementing a Reports Portal as part of their ambitious digital transformation programme. 

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Office 365 for Charity

We understand the daily pressures charities and non-profit organisations face, and can create efficient solutions to help.

We have built systems that help charities and non-profit organisations reduce their costs, save staff time and improve the quality of their public-facing services.

CompanyNet has worked with not-for-profit organisations including CHAS (Children’s Hospice Association Scotland) and NCVO, the National Council for Voluntary Organisations.

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Get in touch with our friendly team now:

The CompanyNet Team

The CompanyNet team has more than 20 years’ experience of creating Microsoft digital workplaces that really work.

We’re a tight-knit team that delivers results for customers including Scottish Water, Mencap, the Student Loans Company, Walt Disney, Tesco Bank, the Scottish Housing Regulator and many more.

We’re always keen to discuss whether we can help you get more out of Office 365.