Double client finalist success for Bluestonex at the SAP UK&I Innovation Awards 2026

We are pleased to share that two of our clients, McBride and Watches of Switzerland Group, have been named finalists at the SAP UK&I Innovation Awards 2026. Following our first nomination last year with WaterWipes at the SAP Innovation Awards, this recognition means a great deal to us and to the clients we work with.

Both nominations reflect work we are greatly proud of, and we want to take a moment to recognise these achievements for both our clients and us and celebrate well-earned success.

Recognised as a leading innovator

The SAP UK&I Innovation Awards celebrate organisations and partners that go beyond standard implementation, using SAP technology in ways that deliver real, lasting business value. Being selected as a finalist means the judging panel felt the work stood out for its innovation, not just its technical execution.

For McBride, that was the way we used SAP S/4HANA’s clean core principles and the Maextro platform to transform a business-critical quoting process during a live ERP migration, turning a risk into an opportunity to modernise. More about McBride’s quotes app here.

For Watches of Switzerland Group, it was the speed and strategic thinking behind a new integration platform built on SAP BTP and SAP Integration Suite, which went from brief to live in two weeks and has since become the foundation for the Group’s ongoing digital growth. More information on Watches of Switzerland’s two-week integration here.

Trusted to deliver

For McBride and Watches of Switzerland Group, this recognition is well deserved. Both organisations trusted us to deliver genuine digital transformation, beyond the jaded buzzword, that delivered real, measurable results – which they did. Being a finalist at an award like this is external validation of the decisions they made and the teams that delivered.

Caroline Ashton, Business Process Owner, McBride, said they “Worked with a dedicated and focused team to design and deliver the final solution. When issues occurred there was close collaboration to find a workable solution. Reactive to real-time issue resolution during both testing and go-live.”

“They (Bluestonex) act as an extension of our team, bringing innovation and expertise that we lack internally. With their support, we’ve been able to make strategic moves towards modernising our systems while remaining agile for the future.” — Glenn Bamford, Head of Business Systems, Watches of Switzerland Group

A partner with a passion for delivery

Recognition at the SAP UK&I Innovation Awards matters to us because it reflects how we approach every engagement. We are not here to implement technology for its own sake. We are here to help complex organisations solve real problems, and to do it in a way that holds up over time.

These nominations are a reminder that when clients trust us with something difficult, not only are we dedicated to getting it right, but we get it right together, and it gets noticed.

If you are working through a challenge that needs that kind of partnership, we would welcome the conversation.

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For further details on these projects, read the full case studies for Watches of Switzerland and McBride here.