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UK Websystems is recruiting

Due to continued growth, UK Websystems is looking for a PHP / mySQL developer to join the team. Ideally suited to a graduate, the position will involve working on a wide variety of projects for our Clients and maintaining existing websites. Commercial experience is desired, but not required as long as you can demostrate your PHP skills. Exposure to PHP 4 or 5 is required however as is a firm understanding of Object Orientated Programming. Knowledge of Javascript & hand coding of HTML is also required. AJAX experience would be an advantage, although training can be given on this.

Home working is available, although the position will be mainly office based in Walsall. Please note, you must be a UK Resident to apply.

If you are interested, please send your CV to steve@ukwebsystems.com.

UK Websystems Wins Award!

Reprinted from the Midlands Business Today paper:

Congratulations to UK Websystems on winning the prestigious 2005 Annual Award for E Business Solutions. Formed only two years ago, the company has gone from strength to strength, gaining high profile clients along the way. The Walsall based business has been responsible for the design and production of websites that span many industries and applications. Theses have ranged from simple promotional sites, through to high specification, fully featured e-commerce solutions. More recently, UK Websystems has signed an agreement with a major international automotive supplier, which will see the company’s E-Commerce technology deployed on a global scale.

First Class Online Presence

“Its great to get recognized for the services we provide and the effort we put into delivering exactly what our clients want – a first class online presence”, said Steve Childs, CEO of UK Websystems.

‘’We have always offered much more than a simple, static website. Through an easy to use, yet fully featured content management system, UK Websystems’ clients can take control of their online presence, saving them time, money and hassle. Quite simply, when a UK Websystems’ client needs to update their website, they can do it immediately from any internet enabled PC 24 hours a day, seven days a week.’’

‘’This approach differs from that employed by many other web developers, who deny clients access to such solutions. The result is a sub-optimal and unnecessarily expensive online presence.’’

Based in Walsall, but servicing a diverse and demanding customer base throughout the Midlands and across the UK, Steve and his team provide a comprehensive range of services, including:

Website Design

Working from even the briefest specifications, the company has a proven track record in producing high quality, affordable designs. Unlike some other web developers, UK Websystems does not offer ‘off the shelf’ designs. Instead they produce bespoke, company specific websites. As Steve is quick to point out ‘Your company is unique, so why isn’t your website?’

Website Production

This can be undertaken either to your specification or to a standard devised by UK Websystems. To ensure that the resulting site is ‘futureproof’, only industry standard tools are used e.g. Dreamweaver; Adobe Photoshop; PHP Scripting, and, mySQL search databases.

Content Management

UK Websystems do not produce static sites. Instead all their sites are dynamic. This allows clients to update your website as and when you want and at no extra cost.

E Commerce Solutions

Already deployed by UK Websystems on behalf of a wide range of clients, within a number of distinct industry sectors. Clients include car dealerships, estate agencies, art galleries and more recently, a major international automotive components supplier. From a simple shop to a massive online store selling thousands of items from many manufacturers, the software can be configured to meet client specific requirements.

Website Hosting

UK Websystems servers are the reliable, secure, fast and sensible choice for web hosting. All the servers are situated in secure, state of the art data centres in London. Whilst many competitors use servers based in the USA, UK Websystems has rejected this approach for their clients.

‘Sure a server in North America may be fractionally cheaper.’ explains Steve. ‘However, it will also be slower and less responsive than a server based here in the UK. At UK Websystems, we consciously strive to offer customers the ‘best value’ solution and we’re not in the business of cutting corners to save a few quid each month.’

MGs On Track Get Revved Up!

MGs On Track has come along with since its origins in 2003. Its now part of the MG Car Club and has grown from a hand ful of events in 2004 to almost 12 in 2005. Their new website will allow them to accept online bookings from customers using their credit or debit cards, it'll maintain lists of attendees for track days and remove a lot of the behind-the-scenes work co-ordinating payments & attendee lists. Scheduled for a launch in March 2005, it will provide MGs On Track with a website that will be miles ahead of their current website and most of the other track day organisers.

Castle Homes Get a New e-home!

Similar to MGs On Track, Castle Homes were a start up company in Jan 2004, from going from a handful of properties early on to their current list of over 50. This however did expose a weakness in their first website, as it wasn't powered by a database, so all the houses had to be edited on one large page. Not a problem with the in-built website admin tools provided by UK Websystems, it was time consuming however. Their new website now means that the Girls have more time to be selling houses and giving valuations as its completely database powered. The website has a completely new back-end (the technology that runs the website behind-the-scenes) which allows them to update their propertly lists online at any time. If they want to add a new property at 2am, they can do just that.

We also added a very powerful, yet easy to use search facility based around our postcode distance technology. As each prooperty has a postcode entered against it, the visitor to the website can search for properties within a selectable radius of a town. The website uses the postcode of the town & the postcode of the property to calculate the distance between the two. Sounds complicated! But with the Technology developed by UK Websystems, its super quick and searches are typically returned in a matter of milliseconds.

The technology developed for the new Castle Homes website is already attracting interest from other estate and letting agencies, such is its power, flexibility and ease of use.

url: www.castle-homes-mids.com

EyeCandyGallery Chooses UK websystems

EyeCandy Gallery is a new company from EyeCandy Shop, an existing UK Websystems client. The shop is built on the powerful new UK Websystems online shop software, but in a demonstration of the software's flexibility the category based display as used in The Very Nice Company's site has been replaced with a gallery view. Thanks to the cutting edge design methods employed by UK Websystems, this transformation took just under 2 weeks, which included adding all the pictures. With UK Websystems again using cutting edge technology, the process of adding new pictures to the online shop has been automated to a large degree, reducing the need for only 3 images per picture.

url: www.eyecandygallery.com

The Very Nice Company Website Expands

The Very Nice Company, based in Devon recently launched phase two of their website. This website features a new online shop, written completely in house at UK Websystems and is the first site to feature our powerful new eCommerce Software. Following the success of their first website, The Very Nice Company wanted to expand the range of products they offered and also took the opportunity to chose a new layout and colour scheme. The new online shop features full order management, status updates by email, comprehensive product options management, price banding, multiple currencies and online payment clearance to name but a few. The shop has been designed to be as flexible as possible, as demonstrated by the EyeCandy website which uses the same online shop software. The Very Nice company is also conducting a comprehensive PayPerClick advertising campaign with the major search engines which is being devised and managed by UK Websystems. This ties into the affiliate management features of the online shop to enhance the management of the campaigns effectiveness on a keyword by keyword basis.

url: www.theverynicecompany.com

TWOC steals a lead with UK Websystems

Twoc.co.uk is a website aimed at combating the sale of stolen cars by encouraging people to report thier car's details with the website should it be stolen. They want to try to give the general public another way to check if that vehicle they wish to purchase, is a stolen one or not. Its another check, another way to stop you making a very costly mistake. In the eyes of the law, if you purchase a stolen vehicle, there is very little that can be done for you in financial consideration.

The project was one of the largest taken on by UK Websystems to date but will be supassed in a couple of months by projects currently under development. It involved the creation from scratch of the website and provided the basis for the new UK Websystems Content Managment System which will be implemented into future websites. Added onto this are various modules, such as the Newsletter module. This allows TWOC to create newsletters to send to their member based. The newsletters are HTML and are created using the same HTML editor that is used in the Content Managment System.

The other features of the administration website all help to provide a very low maintence website and one that can easily be updated by the operator within minutes, be it sending a news letter, approving the latest stolen reports, editing the automated emails that get sent to members when they perform certain actions on the website orif the operator wants to add a new news item. Everything is controlled from one place, the adminsitration website.

url: www.twoc.co.uk

Unit6 skates ahead powered by UK Websystems

Unit 6, a skatepark in Wellington, Somerset has chosen UK Websystems to design & develop their website. Completed on a tight schedule, the website went live on the 23rd of July, just a little over 2 weeks from the time the order was placed. The website includes the standard UK Websystems Content Management system and also a gallery enabling people to have a look at what goes on at the skatepark and also allows them to check it out before they visit.

url: www.unit6.co.uk

Jam packed June signifies busy times for UK Websystems!

June signifies a busy time for UK Websystems with an estimated 3 websites going live during the month. First off was TravelTalk II's website and quickly followed the next week by Edge Business Solutions.

url: www.traveltalk.co.uk

url: www.edge.org.uk

EyeCandyShop Chooses UK Websystems

Berkshire based Eyecandyshop limited selected UK Websystems to develop an affiliate system to add on to their exsiting site. Eyecandyshop, via its website sells high quality photograph prints, printed onto canvas or perspex. We've seen the products they sell and its simply stunning, photos of them simply don't do them justice. The affiliate section will be live around Mid April.

url: www.eyecandyshop.com

April 2004 - Management buy out at UK Websystems.

Up To 1st April 2004, UK Websystems was a company owned by Richardsons Group, as of 1 ^st of April 2004, following a management buy-out, UK Websystems will be fully owned and operated as a trading name of Online Enthusiasts Ltd.

Mark Edgecombe founded UK Websystems and we are delighted that Mark has agreed to be a shareholder of our new company and will continue to be available to us for advice and assistance.

The buyout will provide the company with a very promising future, will help streamline administration and provide customers with an improved service.








UK Websystems is recruiting Due to continued growth, UK Websystems is looking for a PHP / mySQL developer to join the team. Ideally suited to a graduate, the position will involve working on a wide variety of projects for our Clients and maintaining existing websites. Commercial experience is desired, but not required as long as you can demostrate your PHP skills. Exposure to PHP 4 or 5 is required however as is a firm understanding of Object Orientated Programming. Knowledge of Javascript & hand coding of HTML is also required. AJAX experience would be an advantage, although training can be given on this. Home working is available, although the position will be mainly office based in Walsall. Please note, you must be a UK Resident to apply. If you are interested, please send your CV to steve@ukwebsystems.com. UK Websystems Wins Award! Reprinted from the Midlands Business Today paper: Congratulations to UK Websystems on winning the prestigious 2005 Annual Award for E Business Solutions. Formed only two years ago, the company has gone from strength to strength, gaining high profile clients along the way. The Walsall based business has been responsible for the design and production of websites that span many industries and applications. Theses have ranged from simple promotional sites, through to high specification, fully featured e-commerce solutions. More recently, UK Websystems has signed an agreement with a major international automotive supplier, which will see the company’s E-Commerce technology deployed on a global scale. First Class Online Presence “Its great to get recognized for the services we provide and the effort we put into delivering exactly what our clients want – a first class online presence”, said Steve Childs, CEO of UK Websystems. ‘’We have always offered much more than a simple, static website. Through an easy to use, yet fully featured content management system, UK Websystems’ clients can take control of their online presence, saving them time, money and hassle. Quite simply, when a UK Websystems’ client needs to update their website, they can do it immediately from any internet enabled PC 24 hours a day, seven days a week.’’ ‘’This approach differs from that employed by many other web developers, who deny clients access to such solutions. The result is a sub-optimal and unnecessarily expensive online presence.’’ Based in Walsall, but servicing a diverse and demanding customer base throughout the Midlands and across the UK, Steve and his team provide a comprehensive range of services, including: Website Design Working from even the briefest specifications, the company has a proven track record in producing high quality, affordable designs. Unlike some other web developers, UK Websystems does not offer ‘off the shelf’ designs. Instead they produce bespoke, company specific websites. As Steve is quick to point out ‘Your company is unique, so why isn’t your website?’ Website Production This can be undertaken either to your specification or to a standard devised by UK Websystems. To ensure that the resulting site is ‘futureproof’, only industry standard tools are used e.g. Dreamweaver; Adobe Photoshop; PHP Scripting, and, mySQL search databases. Content Management UK Websystems do not produce static sites. Instead all their sites are dynamic. This allows clients to update your website as and when you want and at no extra cost. E Commerce Solutions Already deployed by UK Websystems on behalf of a wide range of clients, within a number of distinct industry sectors. Clients include car dealerships, estate agencies, art galleries and more recently, a major international automotive components supplier. From a simple shop to a massive online store selling thousands of items from many manufacturers, the software can be configured to meet client specific requirements. Website Hosting UK Websystems servers are the reliable, secure, fast and sensible choice for web hosting. All the servers are situated in secure, state of the art data centres in London. Whilst many competitors use servers based in the USA, UK Websystems has rejected this approach for their clients. ‘Sure a server in North America may be fractionally cheaper.’ explains Steve. ‘However, it will also be slower and less responsive than a server based here in the UK. At UK Websystems, we consciously strive to offer customers the ‘best value’ solution and we’re not in the business of cutting corners to save a few quid each month.’ MGs On Track Get Revved Up! MGs On Track has come along with since its origins in 2003. Its now part of the MG Car Club and has grown from a hand ful of events in 2004 to almost 12 in 2005. Their new website will allow them to accept online bookings from customers using their credit or debit cards, it'll maintain lists of attendees for track days and remove a lot of the behind-the-scenes work co-ordinating payments & attendee lists. Scheduled for a launch in March 2005, it will provide MGs On Track with a website that will be miles ahead of their current website and most of the other track day organisers. Castle Homes Get a New e-home! Similar to MGs On Track, Castle Homes were a start up company in Jan 2004, from going from a handful of properties early on to their current list of over 50. This however did expose a weakness in their first website, as it wasn't powered by a database, so all the houses had to be edited on one large page. Not a problem with the in-built website admin tools provided by UK Websystems, it was time consuming however. Their new website now means that the Girls have more time to be selling houses and giving valuations as its completely database powered. The website has a completely new back-end (the technology that runs the website behind-the-scenes) which allows them to update their propertly lists online at any time. If they want to add a new property at 2am, they can do just that. We also added a very powerful, yet easy to use search facility based around our postcode distance technology. As each prooperty has a postcode entered against it, the visitor to the website can search for properties within a selectable radius of a town. The website uses the postcode of the town & the postcode of the property to calculate the distance between the two. Sounds complicated! But with the Technology developed by UK Websystems, its super quick and searches are typically returned in a matter of milliseconds. The technology developed for the new Castle Homes website is already attracting interest from other estate and letting agencies, such is its power, flexibility and ease of use. url: www.castle-homes-mids.com EyeCandyGallery Chooses UK websystems EyeCandy Gallery is a new company from EyeCandy Shop, an existing UK Websystems client. The shop is built on the powerful new UK Websystems online shop software, but in a demonstration of the software's flexibility the category based display as used in The Very Nice Company's site has been replaced with a gallery view. Thanks to the cutting edge design methods employed by UK Websystems, this transformation took just under 2 weeks, which included adding all the pictures. With UK Websystems again using cutting edge technology, the process of adding new pictures to the online shop has been automated to a large degree, reducing the need for only 3 images per picture. url: www.eyecandygallery.com The Very Nice Company Website Expands The Very Nice Company, based in Devon recently launched phase two of their website. This website features a new online shop, written completely in house at UK Websystems and is the first site to feature our powerful new eCommerce Software. Following the success of their first website, The Very Nice Company wanted to expand the range of products they offered and also took the opportunity to chose a new layout and colour scheme. The new online shop features full order management, status updates by email, comprehensive product options management, price banding, multiple currencies and online payment clearance to name but a few. The shop has been designed to be as flexible as possible, as demonstrated by the EyeCandy website which uses the same online shop software. The Very Nice company is also conducting a comprehensive PayPerClick advertising campaign with the major search engines which is being devised and managed by UK Websystems. This ties into the affiliate management features of the online shop to enhance the management of the campaigns effectiveness on a keyword by keyword basis. url: www.theverynicecompany.com TWOC steals a lead with UK Websystems Twoc.co.uk is a website aimed at combating the sale of stolen cars by encouraging people to report thier car's details with the website should it be stolen. They want to try to give the general public another way to check if that vehicle they wish to purchase, is a stolen one or not. Its another check, another way to stop you making a very costly mistake. In the eyes of the law, if you purchase a stolen vehicle, there is very little that can be done for you in financial consideration. The project was one of the largest taken on by UK Websystems to date but will be supassed in a couple of months by projects currently under development. It involved the creation from scratch of the website and provided the basis for the new UK Websystems Content Managment System which will be implemented into future websites. Added onto this are various modules, such as the Newsletter module. This allows TWOC to create newsletters to send to their member based. The newsletters are HTML and are created using the same HTML editor that is used in the Content Managment System. The other features of the administration website all help to provide a very low maintence website and one that can easily be updated by the operator within minutes, be it sending a news letter, approving the latest stolen reports, editing the automated emails that get sent to members when they perform certain actions on the website orif the operator wants to add a new news item. Everything is controlled from one place, the adminsitration website. url: www.twoc.co.uk Unit6 skates ahead powered by UK Websystems Unit 6, a skatepark in Wellington, Somerset has chosen UK Websystems to design & develop their website. Completed on a tight schedule, the website went live on the 23rd of July, just a little over 2 weeks from the time the order was placed. The website includes the standard UK Websystems Content Management system and also a gallery enabling people to have a look at what goes on at the skatepark and also allows them to check it out before they visit. url: www.unit6.co.uk Jam packed June signifies busy times for UK Websystems! June signifies a busy time for UK Websystems with an estimated 3 websites going live during the month. First off was TravelTalk II's website and quickly followed the next week by Edge Business Solutions. url: www.traveltalk.co.uk url: www.edge.org.uk EyeCandyShop Chooses UK Websystems Berkshire based Eyecandyshop limited selected UK Websystems to develop an affiliate system to add on to their exsiting site. Eyecandyshop, via its website sells high quality photograph prints, printed onto canvas or perspex. We've seen the products they sell and its simply stunning, photos of them simply don't do them justice. The affiliate section will be live around Mid April. url: www.eyecandyshop.com April 2004 - Management buy out at UK Websystems. Up To 1st April 2004, UK Websystems was a company owned by Richardsons Group, as of 1 ^st of April 2004, following a management buy-out, UK Websystems will be fully owned and operated as a trading name of Online Enthusiasts Ltd. Mark Edgecombe founded UK Websystems and we are delighted that Mark has agreed to be a shareholder of our new company and will continue to be available to us for advice and assistance. The buyout will provide the company with a very promising future, will help streamline administration and provide customers with an improved service.