Creative Times

Leading creative software company Sohnar wins another award.

Published 23.07.08

Sohnar recognised as Business Driver of the Year in Europe at FileMaker’s Developer Conference 2008

Software company Sohnar has won the “Business Driver of the Year in Europe” award at the latest FileMaker Developer Conference, held from July 13th – 17th at The JW Marriot Desert Ridge Resort in Pheonix, Arizona.

Sohnar was recognised for selling the highest number of FileMaker licenses in its region, something that has come as a result of some significant changes and constant improvement from Sohnar in the past 12 months as Tracey Shirtcliff, Managing Director explained:

“We’ve enjoyed continued growth in the past year. We’re constantly improving our product and we have added a number of key features in recent months. The chairman - Jeremy Rudge - has had a great impact. Since taking on the role around a year ago he planned to make our business grow and this is certainly something that’s been achieved through his, and the teams hard work.”

This is not the first time that the great work done at Sohnar has been recognised this year; in April Sohnar won a Queens Award for Enterprise, one of the most prestigious honours than can be bestowed on any business.

Its product, “Traffic”, was launched from the back bedroom of a house in London just five years ago. Since then, it has risen to become a multi-million pound international business with customers in nine countries and offices in London, Sydney and New York. Users of Traffic typically work in graphic design, web design, multimedia, digital, advertising, design for print, interior design, package design, product design, PR, marketing and branding and it is the preferred system of more than 4,000 creatives around the world.

Tracey Shirtcliff continued, “Winning the award was a surprise but a very happy one – we’re delighted! This is our second award in just a few months which is quite an achievement. This award is further proof of the great effort being put in by everyone and just shows we are doing things right.”

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About Sohnar Ltd Traffic, from Sohnar is a multi award-winning management system, designed for all types of creative companies. It’s achieved 5 out of 5 mice from MacUser and 5 out of 5 stars from MacWorld. Traffic manages every aspect of a creative business from managing time in the studio to winning new business, it creates estimates and raises invoices at the click of a button and provides business reporting that’s second to none. It can also power push information directly to Sage, MYOB or Quickbooks. Traffic provides business analysis and practical tools for delivering higher, more consistent service with massively reduced effort, plus it looks great.