More companies being certified by Accredit UK

May 1 2009 by Jon Griffin, Birmingham Post

Brothers Richard and Paul Tubb have notched up twin successes – after achieving the Accredit UK certification for their IT businesses Netlink IT and 4mation IT.

Both brothers say they started their technology businesses out of a desire to change the perception that IT providers are ‘cheap and cheerful’ and not necessarily highly professional.

Being certified by the independent Accredit UK body further underlines their commitment to quality, they say.

Richard, 32, started his business as he wanted to provide independent IT support and consultancy to small businesses in Birmingham and beyond, and Paul, 29, launched 4mation IT out of a desire to provide businesses with professional bespoke software solutions.

Richard is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and Paul heads up a team of qualified IT professionals.

A growing business, Netlink IT recently won a major project to upgrade a client’s infrastructure to Microsoft’s Small Business Server 2008, and successfully implemented a CRM package to a multi-national client in the manufacturing sector.

Richard Tubb, managing director of Netlink IT and author of Tubblog, ‘the Ramblings of an ICT Consultant,’ said: “The Accredit certification provided us with a framework to achieve efficiency and systematically incorporate best practices, which we’d previously been struggling to implement, into our business.”

Paul said there were “two main reasons” why 4mation IT decided to take part in the Accredit UK certification.

“The first reason was by working through the certification, it made us think about the way we operate and interact with our customers. It enabled us to identify our strengths and weaknesses and reinforced that our current procedures were largely correct.

“The second reason was so we could prove to ourselves and to other businesses out there, that a small company like 4mation IT can offer a high level of service and professionalism despite our size.”

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