The Team

When we talk about Why Settle Technology’s early days in business in 1996, we mention rolling out networks, deploying databases what it was like to bring email into Scottish businesses. Those were revolutionary technologies, but the real revolution, was how transformational the tech was for our clients.

If the technology is right for the client, it should help them grow as a business, make better decisions and provide a better service. It should also make them money. Tech should not only be a cost, it has to benefit the business, or someone is not doing their job properly.

Several clients we went through those changes with back in the 90s are now leading players in their sectors across the central belt of Scotland. We are still on the revolutionary path together, enabling them to out-perform their competitors and grow their bottom line.

Most staff at our clients think of us as a Helpdesk, but we are a business partner to those who lead our clients. We find inefficiencies, mitigate risk and improve productivity.
I remember the day we installed our first PC with email at an Edinburgh chartered surveyors' office in 1996. Before I left the office, I knew we needed to come back and help the client change the way they worked. They had bought the PC because one of their clients required them to have it. The plan was to leave it in the corner of an office and check for email a couple of times a day.
Our job has not changed since 1996. We started out by making businesses in Glasgow and Edinburgh more productive and profitable through technology, and we are still doing exactly the same thing, just not so much with email.
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Paul Brennan

Managing Director and Founder

Paul Brennan

Managing Director

I love the job, it is very stimulating, but I can sit on a chair without moving for hours, so outside of work, I am a runner. I did my first marathon at 50 and would really like to do another.

Why Settle Technology has provided IT Support, Strategy and Cybersecurity to businesses across Central Scotland since 1996.

The majority of our client base is in the professional services sector around Glasgow and Edinburgh; mostly solicitors but there are a good number of surveyors too. Among others, we work with charities, events organisations, construction and transport companies, who all have a few things in common:

Business depends on systems being safe and available.

The consequence of downtime is high.

Data security and compliance standards are important.

We have 12 staff in our team, who, on average, have been with the company 13 years. This means that when a client gets in touch with an issue, an unparallel wealth of experience will respond.

Today, our work is less about fixing problems than bringing strategic technical oversight to our client’s businesses. We know what works well for our clients and bring that experience to others in similar sectors.