Bristol, BS20 7AN,
United Kingdom
QuickThink Cloud
QuickThink Cloud, a prominent reseller, system integrator, and consulting company, that plays a vital role in numerous system integration and digital transformation initiatives. QuickThink Cloud collaboration with software players such as UNIT4 empowers organizations to embrace disruptive technologies and accelerate their journey to the cloud, thus reshaping their business models.
| Reseller and SI | Vendor | Application | Category | Market |
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| QuickThink Cloud | UNIT4 | Unit4 Business World | ERP Financial | ERP Financial Management |
| QuickThink Cloud | UNIT4 | Unit4 Business World HR | Core HR | HCM |
| QuickThink Cloud | UNIT4 | Unit4 Business World Payroll | Payroll | HCM |
| QuickThink Cloud | UNIT4 | Unit4 Business World Employee Self Service | Employee Self Service | HCM |
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West Northamptonshire Council | Government | 2655 | $1.2B | United Kingdom | UNIT4 | Unit4 Business World | ERP Financial | 2020 |
In 2020, West Northamptonshire Council moved its Unit4 Business World ERP Financial solution, ERP Gold, to cloud hosting and completed a milestone upgrade with QuickThink Cloud as SI/VAR. In November 2020 the migration and upgrade were executed without downtime, maintaining continuous availability for thousands of users while enabling scalability for onboarding two new unitary councils.
The implementation concentrated on core HR, payroll and finance capabilities within Unit4 Business World, with configuration and system scaling to support payroll processing for approximately 27,000 people paid monthly and a user base exceeding 14,000. QuickThink Cloud provided cloud migration, cloud hosting, technical managed services and milestone upgrade implementation consulting, while the shared service internal teams focused on business process configuration and day to day system operations.
Operational coverage for the Unit4 Business World deployment spanned the lead authority shared service including West Northamptonshire Council, North Northamptonshire Council, Cambridgeshire County Council, Milton Keynes Council and multiple partner organisations, supporting eleven operational clients such as unitary councils, a county council, pension funds, a fire and rescue authority, independent organisations and a payroll bureau serving hundreds of schools. The project required bespoke access models per council network, technical onboarding workflows and staged capacity scaling to preserve round the clock availability.
Governance and rollout emphasized collaborative delivery, with QuickThink Cloud and the shared service conducting joint troubleshooting, knowledge transfer and a proof of concept to reduce risk ahead of the milestone upgrade. The resulting operating model centralizes infrastructure and cloud hosting responsibilities with QuickThink Cloud under a technical managed service, while the shared service retains control of finance, HR and payroll workflow management within the Unit4 Business World ERP Financial environment.
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West Northamptonshire Council | Government | 2655 | $1.2B | United Kingdom | UNIT4 | Unit4 Business World HR | Core HR | 2020 |
In 2020, West Northamptonshire Council implemented Unit4 Business World HR as its Core HR platform, engaging QuickThink Cloud to deliver a cloud-hosted configuration and initial rollout across council HR operations. Unit4 Business World HR was positioned as the authoritative personnel and payroll data store for the organization, establishing a single source of employee records for the council workforce of approximately 2,655 staff.
The deployment emphasized standard Core HR capabilities, including employee records management, an employee self-service portal for payslip delivery and absence requests, automation of annual leave workflows, and expense claim submission functionality. Configuration work focused on HR data model alignment, role-based access controls, and self-service user journeys to support on-device access for employees across council sites.
Integrations were implemented to connect Unit4 Business World HR with on-premises and cloud payroll interfaces and the broader Unit4 Business World ERP estate, enabling transactional exchange of pay and absence data and supporting downstream finance processes. The implementation preserved an integration surface suitable for external ESS portals and third party supplier solutions, consistent with later procurement activity seeking ESS capability that integrates with Unit4 Business World.
Governance was structured under central HR and ICT oversight with QuickThink Cloud responsible for configuration, testing, and cutover support, and HR process owners accountable for policy alignment and workflow sign-off. Rollout targeted organization-wide adoption of self-service and core HR processes, with ongoing configuration management to accommodate council policy and regulatory requirements.
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West Northamptonshire Council | Government | 2655 | $1.2B | United Kingdom | UNIT4 | Unit4 Business World Payroll | Payroll | 2021 |
In 2021 West Northamptonshire Council implemented Unit4 Business World Payroll, deploying the Unit4 Business World Payroll application to manage municipal payroll operations. The deployment addressed Payroll responsibilities for council staff across local government departments, aligning the application with public sector payroll governance and statutory reporting requirements.
Unit4 Business World Payroll was configured to run automated pay runs, tax calculation and reporting, payslip generation, and pension and deduction handling, reflecting standard Payroll functional modules. The implementation included configuration of pay elements, pay schedules, and payroll control reporting, and was instrumented for integration with HR and finance workflows.
The project integrated Unit4 Business World Payroll with Unit4's Business World Enterprise Resource Planning HR module to provide end to end employee records to payroll flows. The council has also issued a 2025 Prior Information Notice seeking Employee Self Service optimisation, which specifies ESS portal integration with Unit4's Business World for device accessible payslips, expense claims and annual leave management, indicating planned extension of payroll-facing self service channels.
QuickThink Cloud served as the implementation partner for configuration, testing and rollout activities, and governance was structured around joint payroll and HR process ownership to manage statutory compliance and user access. Operational rollout emphasized payroll control points, test and acceptance cycles, and provisioning for ESS integration and mobile access as part of ongoing application lifecycle planning.
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Government | 2655 | $1.2B | United Kingdom | UNIT4 | Unit4 Business World Employee Self Service | Employee Self Service | 2021 |
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