A real shame; I have nothing but praise for Evesham Technology. I recommended them to a colleague and he was more than happy with his system and standard of service as well.
According to PC Advisor, a major factor in the collapse was the closure of the government's Home Computing Initiative, whereby employers were encouraged to buy PCs & other IT equipment which could be loaned to staff for personal use. These companies were then given tax breaks and employees could make use of a PC at home without having to declare them as a taxable benefit.
Gordon Brown then shocked the HCI industry in the 2006 budget by pulling the plug on the scheme without prior warning. Even the head of the HCI Alliance was given no indication of this.
Evesham lost £30 million in revenue because of this, resulting in 150 redundancies, and subsequently went into administration.
Here's hoping Evesham Micros, the phoenix company, are as successful as the pre-budget Evesham Technology.