This is great news for our future customers! Essential Systems have attained approved status and are now on the West Midlands Suppliers Register. What this means for you the customer is that if you go to the Business Link West Midlands and say you require a product or service to help your business grow they will fund half the cost of the project.

As approved suppliers we’re on the list of companies chosen by Business Link to help companies with their technical projects. Joining the supplier register required an approval process to ensure our company meets the required quality and legal guidelines set out for the register. In just 10 days Essential was approved and its a testement to the efficiency of the local Business Link service.

If you’re interested in a Business Link grant to help with your technical growth then get in touch.

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[UPDATE: This position has been filled]

Essential Systems are looking to recruit a fresh new web designer/developer for our growing company.  You have to be motivated, energetic, keen to develop your skills and be part of a team.

Deep knowledge of web development isn’t essential as training will be given but you will be expected to learn and grow in this position.

If you’re interested in working for us then get in contact with Abi Cooper via email or phone: 0845 867 9002

If you’re here you may have seen our latest frontpage video giving a run-through of our company and what it can do for you.  On there you’ll see some of the team at Essential too!  See it here.

The financial comparison site without bias is soon to go live after almost a year of development at Essential Systems.  FinanceUK promises to be the first unbiased look at the UK financial market and at launch will cover over 400 credit cards, 300 loans and thousands of mortgages.

Insurance comparison and utilities will follow in the next few months.  We’re always open to feedback from our readers so leave a comment.

At Essential Systems we’re firm believers in Agile Development and see it as a perfect melding of sound development practices and business needs.  We aim to produce all of our systems using this method and are especially keen on its customer focused and results orientated approach.  For those not in the know already Agile Development can be summed up in the following way:

• Customer satisfaction by continuous delivery of working software.
• Working software is the prime measure of progress.
• Change is inevitable and even late changes to specs. are welcomed.
• Close cooperation between business people and developers.
• Communication face-to-face is the most effective way to attain goals.
• Projects are built around motivated, adaptable and skilled individuals.
• Continuous development of people and processes so everyone is firing at maximum ability.
• Simplicity.
• Self organizing teams.
• Adaptability.

We’ve no idea what we’ll be posting on here at the moment but I’m sure we’ll find our way as time goes on.  Hopefully we’ll have lots to offer to our customers, partners and random visitors in the coming months.

You can reach our main site to see what we’re all about where you can see our portfolio or even our staff profiles.