Reaching out from Bendigo in the heart of Central Victoria, Bon Accord Solutions is a SharePoint consultancy with a compelling back story you can read about here. We would love the opportunity to tell you more about us and about how we can help you.
The meaning of Bon Accord
The term Bon Accord is, fairly obviously, French – the literal translation being good greeting or good agreement. The origins of the term in the context of naming our business, however, lie centuries ago during the Scottish Wars of Independence when legendary warriors William Wallace and Robert the Bruce were leading their brave and committed Scots in revolution against English invasion and occupation. I hope I’m not disappointing you at this point by revealing that neither of the aforementioned warriors ran a SharePoint consultancy…
Happy to meet, sorry to part, happy to meet again – Bon Accord!
One night in the early 14th century, a swift and brilliant revolt took place, when Robert the Bruce lead a small band of soldiers north to Aberdeen where they lay siege to Aberdeen Castle, the site where the English had set up their garrison, and in razing it to the ground they freed the town and reclaimed it under Scottish rule. Legend has it that Bruce used it as an passphrase to ensure no usurpers were amidst his band of gallant warriors. If you confirmed ‘Bon Accord!’ you were a stand up guy. The phrase is now the official motto of Aberdeen and can be seen on the coat of arms for the city. Indeed, the city’s official toast is “Happy to meet, sorry to part, happy to meet again – Bon Accord!”.
Founder and Principal SharePoint Consultant, Al McKelvie, grew up in Aberdeen, before making the journey to Australia in 2006 and becoming the proud bearer of Australian citizenship some years later.
We at Bon Accord Solutions have as our aim and promise to engage with our clients and provide SharePoint solutions in the very same spirit as the toast of Bon Accord. We would love for you to contact us and see how we can help your organisation, big or small, introduce and improve collaboration, document management, process automation or company intranet capabilities.
Who, where and how?
Our SharePoint consultancy is located in Bendigo, central Victoria. Our client base, however, stretches throughout Victoria and across the Eastern seaboard. The industries we consult with are also varied, from government agencies to mining, legal to not-for-profit, education to aged care, there is no barrier to working with us. Big or small, new or established, resource rich- or poor.
We can engage in multiple ways, be that costed projects, monthly billing, block hours, ongoing agreement, we aim to work with any budgetary or time constraints you may have. See our services for more.