Account Management – its our USP…… We decided when setting up APS we would take all of the things we liked from our previous roles and improve the areas we didn’t like to ensure our customers get the best support and management for all of our engagements and delivery. So why is account management our

IR35 will be repealed from April 6th 2023 – two years after being introduced into the private sector Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announced in the mini-budget last week, workers across the UK providing their services via an intermediary, such as a Limited Company/Personal Service Company (PSC), will once again be responsible for determining their own employment

APS have been awarded ‘Most Innovative Technology Consultancy’ by Corporate Live Wire Innovation & Excellence Awards 2022. Co-founders Mark Blake and Dave Newland commented “Technology is moving quicker and faster than ever before and being recognised for the support APS provides into our Wealth, Investment Management and Insurance clients is greatly received” We have supported

APS have been awarded ‘Data Consultancy of the Year 2022’ by SME News. Mark Blake (Co-Founder and Director at APS) commented “APS have worked on Data Transformation and Data Regulatory programmes since 2015, we are now Subject Matter Experts in how organisations need to transform their data to support with growth, boost their analytics process

APS have been awarded ‘Asset Management Consultancy of the Year 2021’ by Corporate LiveWire Innovations & Excellence awards 2021. During the awards Corporate LiveWire invite over 90,000 businesses and corporate professionals, magazine contributors and LiveWire subscribers to nominate companies & individuals based on factors such as service, innovation, experience, sustainability and other key criteria.  Dave Newland

Monday 1st February 2021.  APS a UK based Wealth & Asset Management consultancy has appointed Adrian Grimshaw to its board as Head of Consulting for Asset & Wealth Management. Commenting on the appointment, Edward Bearcroft Director of APS, said: “Adrian brings substantial expertise and experience given the senior roles he has held at leading asset management firms

APS a UK based Wealth & Asset Management consultancy and is delighted to announce that Julian Fava has been appointed as an Associate Director. Julian brings a proven track record and undoubted expertise in change management and delivery within Wealth & Asset Management into the business and is a great addition to the APS team

APS a UK based Wealth & Asset Management consultancy is delighted to announce that Steve Parkinson has been appointed as a non-executive director. Steve’s expertise in Wealth & Asset Management supports the future growth strategy and direction of the APS Board. Commenting on the appointment, Mark Blake Co Founder and Director of APS, said: “Steve’s

APS a Leading UK based Wealth & Asset Management consultancy has announced that Barry Buzer has been appointed as Associate Director. Barry brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the APS Board Barry has 39 years’ experience working in the City of London, mainly within the financial markets, witnessing the expansion and development while

Breast Cancer Awareness Month – APS TEAM ARE GETTING ACTIVE. Each APS TEAM member is set to conquer 5K a day for 2 weeks by running, walking, swimming and cycling to raise money for a Breast Cancer treatment TARGIT – IORT! From Wednesday 21st October – 4th November 2020 we will be giving it our

APS are delighted to announce that Clive Richards has joined the APS team as an Associate Director to head up our Digital Data Lab. Clive’s expertise and our product allows decision makers within Asset & Wealth Management firms to fully embrace data led decision making, enabling your teams to focus on creating valuable insights from

APS a UK based Wealth & Asset Management consultancy has announced that Graham Smith has been appointed as a non-executive director. Graham brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the APS Board. Commenting on the appointment, Dave Newland, Co Founder and Director of APS, said: “We welcome Graham to our Board. His experience in

APS have been awarded the Most Innovative Wealth & Asset Management Consultancy – UK by the Small Business awards for 2020. Dave Newland (Co-Founder and Director at APS) commented “We are delighted to receive this award as it aligns with our mission, vision and values to be the consultancy of choice as a digital pioneer

Mark Blake (Co-Founder Assurance Programme Solutions (APS) has been extremely busy over the last 5 months and has been contributing to Southampton Football Club’s campaign called Saints As One during this very uncertain time. Saints As One has partnered with FareShare Southern Central which is a charity that combats hunger and food waste in the

APS today launched its online training courses in the United Kingdom for people who want to attend courses being run online.  The courses currently being offered include Certified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Product Owner and a Design Thinking Course starting from September with more courses being added throughout 2020 such as the Agile Business Analyst,

Shepherds Down School heroically has been open throughout Covid 19 , only closing during the May half term week. The school has been supporting those parents who are key workers and those children that would find it too disruptive by not having the routine of school. They started off with 23 children attending, but has

APS enables our clients to realise their business ambitions by providing superior solutions supported by excellent products and partners. This is achieved by understanding the problems, providing the best people and products whilst working in partnership to deliver clients’ business goals APS, Redefining Consultancy Services: A sector catalyst with a trusted network of professionals ,

The APS team recently completed the Agile LeSS training course with the excellent Ben Maynard. Following completion of the course, we have created the APS change enablement office which complements our agile portfolio solutions offering.  The APS Change Enablement office establishes transparency over the change process. Once transparency is there, constructive governance and oversight becomes

APS today announced the addition of Edward Bearcroft as Chief Digital & Data Information Officer to the company and an APS Board member. Prior to joining APS, Edward has held a number of senior leadership positions in Digital and IT at blue chip Wealth and Asset Management firms where he has been a pioneer in

APS recently completed remote delivery for business process mapping for a global foreign exchange client, read below the challenge and approach APS took to deliver new processes created which will in themselves deliver enhanced value, these also provided a platform for further development through the deployment of knowledge management both internally and to our clients

Co founder and Director at APS Mark Blake has been helping the local community and the Southampton Football Club foundation with the other Ex Southampton FC players, well done Mark Blake.   You can donate to the Saints Foundation by following the below link https://lnkd.in/e8pKmDY  

APS today confirmed it has been selected to become a Professional Services partner and sub-contractor with SoftwareONE, through their partner program, ONEClub. APS will be supporting SoftwareONE with System Integration and implementation delivery across the UK and Europe. SoftwareONE is a leading global provider of end-to-end software and cloud technology solutions, headquartered in Switzerland. With

APS are delighted to announce we have been chosen as a new consulting partner for SGN (Scotia Gas Networks), supporting them with consulting services which include our Security and Transformation services. Dave Newland, co founder and Director at APS commented “we are delighted to be selected for our expertise with our consulting practices from Financial

APS last week completed Palo Alto Networks training and accreditation’s and we are now a fully-fledged Innovator Partner and ready to rock and roll.  Big thanks go to Matt Paynter and Adam Legge for the training.    Palo Alto are the world’s cybersecurity leader and the technologies give 65,000 enterprise customers the power to protect

No industry is safe from the unstoppable wave of sweeping digitisation through finance, retail, transportation, and more. 2020 will welcome more transformative developments that will impact businesses. While this digital transformation presents a range of opportunities, this also brings challenges, with the most prevalent being lack of understanding of companies’ cyber risk exposure and the

Post the announcement from the FCA in October setting out its proposals to improve climate change disclosures by issuers and information to consumers on green financial products and services, many of the Industry’s Asset Management companies are now looking into the changes needed to support compliance. APS have experts and consultants to support you through

Is your organisation ready to be compliant with the SMCR rules being implemented by the FCA from 9th December 2019. The aim of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR) is to reduce harm to consumers and strengthen market integrity by making individuals more accountable for their conduct and competence. APS have helped our clients

Post GDPR we are seeing many organisations wanting to utilise the Big Data they hold and enable them to retain and gain competitive advantage within their sector. APS have a full end to end solution in place from strategic upfront reviews, data analysis and support using our lessons learnt from previous engagements through to showing

APS Support with IR35 Assurance Programme Solutions (APS) have been helping our clients with the IR35 reform, we have been delivering consultancy engagements covering all business and IT delivery since our inception.  Our delivery model and engagement process as well as APS falling into Chapter 8 of the IR35 rules, makes us the go to

APS Attended the Southampton Expo on Thursday 7th November 2019 along with circa 100 other businesses. We had a great day meeting other local companies as well as new clients discussing our business growth and delivery expertise within Change Management, PMO, Regulatory Delivery, Security and Cyber, Data Management and Innovation around cloud migration and AI

Assurance Programme Solutions (APS) have been delivering consultancy engagement Programmes and Projects with our clients, covering all types of both business and IT delivery roles. With the IR35 reform in the Private Sector fast approaching, we are helping our current and new clients to review the impacts of IR35. Our mission is to break the

Investec Corporate and Investment Banking have supported APS with providing a strong and flexible platform which has allowed APS to grow since our inception back in 2015. Please read the case study below for further information

On Monday 24th June, Mark Blake, David Newland and Alex Baker attended our first Hampshire Chamber of Commerce event called ‘Meet the Chamber’ at St Mary’s Stadium in Southampton. It was a fantastic event and we had the pleasure of meeting many local organisations and people.

APS supported a golf day for the Ex Southampton Football Club players to attend at Hockley Golf Club today, a few of them are missing from this photo but who can you spot and name a few Southampton FC legends?

With IR35 and off pay working rules likely to come into effect from April 2020 in the private sector, APS are currently supporting our clients with the legislation both in terms of consultancy engagements as well as a managed service offering for roles inside of IR35. Many organisations are taking steep measures in 2019 to

APS today presented Shepherds Down School with some Mud Kitchens for the children to enjoy.  APS supported the School earlier this year by attending a day to paint the canteen area, the new outdoor mud kitchens have already been a huge benefit for the children.

APS today announced the signing of a British multinational life insurance and financial services company headquartered in Londonn supporting them with Consultancy and delivery services. APS Director and co-founder Dave Newland commented “having worked in another part of the group, our client has decided to bring us into the other organisation following positive feedback and

Assurance Programme Solutions (APS) and Intellect SEEC today, announced a new partnership to advance digital transformation and innovation in the financial services industry. The new partnership enables APS to maximise opportunities and provide engagement delivery for Intellect SEEC’s products across the UK and Europe. Intellect SEEC has been providing product and solutions to the financial

APS are Change & Transformation Specialists in the Financial Services industry. Our mission is to break the compromises that organisations face when using Consultancies, by being a trusted partner to deliver system integration in the rapidly changing landscape of innovation, moving to the cloud, digital delivery and platform delivery across Financial Services. Since our creation,

On Monday 18th February the APS team redecorated the dining room at Shepherds Down School in Compton. We wanted to contribute something to the local community and we felt that Shepherds Down School was the perfect place for us to lend a helping hand. Later on in the day we had a tour around the

With 2019 well underway, APS have noticed certain trends from our clients within the Wealth & Asset Management industry with regards to Change & Transformation priorities for 2019. Business as Usual (BAU) and Regulatory Change take priority when setting budget expectations but the money left over for change and transformation can be a tricky when

APS are pleased to announce they have recently gained 2 new clients supporting them with consultancy services as well as interim and permanent recruitment requirements Both clients work within the Financial Services sector with global operations, one is a premier enterprise technology solutions partner and the other a currency and payments authority. Dave Newland (co-founder

APS is pleased to announce its planned growth has continued during 2018, with a further 4 new clients helping with divesting the client base and increasing revenues by 45 % on the previous year’s results in the UK. Our new clients and continued growth comes from our expertise in the Wealth & Asset management industry

  Everyone at APS wishes our clients, consultants and connections a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

More and more of our clients are asking APS to support them with improving controls and implementing new systems with cyber security across their organisation. With the recent GDPR legislation and the high profile news of an organisation paying $50m in damages to people affected by the largest ever cyber attack globally, organisations are taking

The establishment of appropriately robust, monitoring, controls and procedures to meet a Regulated Firm’s obligations under Market Abuse Regulation (MAR), since it came into effect in July 2016, continues to be an important focus. Senior Management need to increasingly ask themselves whether they have the necessary preventative and monitoring measures, as well as reporting mechanisms

Following our successful APS C Suite event held in April 2018, we will be holding another event in October 2018 with full details to be confirmed over the coming weeks. Take a look at the short video below from our last event. www.apsolutionsuk.com

APS and RFA are pleased to announce a new partnership which enhances the offerings for both organisations allowing us to support our current and new clients with services across both RFA and APS. Dave Newland COO and Co-Founder at APS commented “this is a really exciting partnership for both organisations as RFA serves the IT

APS is pleased to announce we have officially opened our new office at 6 Lloyds Avenue in the heart of the London Financial district. Mark Blake CCO and Dave Newland COO, co-founders at APS commented“2018 has seen a huge growth in our client base in London and to respond we have invested in an APS

Thanks to everyone that attended our first APS C-Suite last night with over 40 people attending from 25 different organisations across Financial Services. We would also like to give a huge thank both Ed Bearcroft and Ed Dymott as the guest speakers, as well as everyone’s active engagement throughout both presentations / debates. Lastly a

APS today announced it has signed its 3rd new client of 2018 to support them with delivery consultants and expertise within Wealth Management and Life Insurance. Our new client is a leading global solutions and Transfer Agency services provider for superannuation, pension, life insurance, investment, private wealth, funds administration and financial messaging, employing over 1,000

We have had a fantastic response so far with over 50 people confirmed in attendance already at CEO, COO and CIO level from Global organisations which include Aegon, M&G, Prudential, The Investment Network, Calastone, Embark, TISA, Old Mutual Wealth, NEX, Barclays Wealth, HSBC Wealth, DST, Bravura, Sanlam, Willis Towers Watson, Zirra, Money Hub Wise, Smaterley,

APS has secured the status of Preferred Strategic Supplier for FTSE 100 Wealth Management company providing Resource Solutions across the group. Our client offers investment planning, retirement planning, intergenerational wealth advice, estate protection, and other personalised financial services and is approaching 100bn assets under management. Mark Blake Co-Founder and Director at APS commented “2018 for

APS today have secured a new client who operates globally within Financial Services to provide electronic trading platforms, services and tools across the entire trade lifecycle, pre during and post execution into their customers ensuring better ways to execute trades and manage risk. Dave Newland, Director of Consultancy & Operations commented “We have been engaged

APS are holding our first C-Suite event on 26th April in the City of London. We have had a fantastic response so far with over 50 people confirmed in attendance already at CEO, COO and CIO level from Global organisations which include Aegon, M&G, Prudential, The Investment Network, Calastone, Google Cloud, Embark, TISA, Old Mutual

APS can support you during the due diligence and synergies analysis phase as well the execution of a merger, acquisition or separation.  Our proven expertise of delivering successfully in multiple major tier one organisations within UK and Europe gives us a competitive edge and insight into successfully delivering these strategic organisational initiatives. Click here for

APS is pleased to announce the launch of the APS C Suite with the first event to be held on 26th April 2018 in London. The C Suite will met quarterly to discuss Industry Challenges and Trends, with APS facilitating the evening. Our first event includes discussion items with “Blockchain and the Impact to Asset

As part our newly launched service lines, APS provide recruitment or partnership resourcing solutions for your organisation, tailored to your requirements covering: APS Resource Solutions Traditional Recruitment Our varied resourcing solutions, whether it be Partnership or supplementing our clients organisations with the required skills, experience and expertise with a service to ensure APS are delivering

Following the success for one of the APS directors to review and define the Target Operating Model (TOM) for an International Financial Services Fund Management and Global Distribution business and also a UK Leading SiPP provider. APS have been asked as experts to support another tier 1 financial services organisation in defining the target operating

APS NEW WEBSITE LAUNCH APS Change & Transformation specialists who provide Consultancy and Resource solutions today announced the launch of its new revamped website. The new website has a clean uncluttered design and enhanced rich content focused on the Company’s mission to provide as the Change & Transformation specialists within Financial Services. “We are excited

APS today signed another new client within Financial Services. They are one of the UKs largest and longest established investment houses, managing a wide range of assets including Equities, Fixed Income and Property. They also manage more esoteric assets within the private finance arena such as Structured Products (including CDOs), Leveraged Finance, Project and Infrastructure

Having grown 7 times revenues in 2017, APS have recently successfully secured another 2 new clients from the UK within the Wealth & Investment management industry to help them with delivery of change and transformation moving forward due to our expertise as change & transformation specialist within Financial Services. Our proven delivery and experience within

Our new partnership with Solgari is adding value to clients looking for compliance solutions (GDPR and MiFID II being a few) across all channels such as voice (Phone or WEBRTC conversations), chat, SMS/Texting, Instant Messaging.

APS are specialists in driving Programme and Project Management delivery within Wealth Management, Insurance & Financial Services. Having grown substantially in 2017 across 4 clients with 40 consultants working for us, we are delivering complex change including: Regulatory change (MiFID II & GDPR) Transformation support for companies moving to the cloud IT and business change

APS GDPR Data Guardian Location: London Start Date: ASAP APS is currently seeking a data guardian to support one of our clients with delivering GDPR.  Supporting the Data Protection Officer (DPO) in delivering business level compliance with the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Data Guardian will ensure that employees are fully aware of their

APS are delighted to announce our new partnership with Solgari.  Solgari provides all the digital communication channels – voice, video, chat & SMS – and any related compliance needs to customers in 32 countries to date. Dave Newland, Co Founder and Director of Consultancy of Operations at APS commented “this new partnership builds on our

Consultancy Vs Agency by APS Consultant (Kathryn Reay) I’ve seen a lot on LinkedIn recently about recruiter bashing and as much as I believe that recruiters are just doing their job and most are nice normal people I think we’ve all had bad experiences with recruiters over the years. I know I certainly have –

Our new Brochure which gives a simple view on what we do and how we do it. APS Brochure APS are focused on delivering high quality solutions and skilled resource into Change Programmes and Projects that demand results. Priding ourselves delivering projects on time, budget and to the quality expected to stay competitive in the

APS have come across many organisations where the PMO are seen as an administration function and not adding value to an organisations change function in the manner it could if set up appropriately. APS highlights some of the real life examples we have encountered: The Central PMO and Federated PMO not aligned or talking to

Recently APS have won multiple new clients that need support with meeting compliance for GDPR by May 25th 2018 , but how have we managed it? The main feedback we receive when sitting down with new clients is that we are not scaremongering around fines for non compliance but wanting to understand exactly where they

Why start to look at IFRS17 when its not coming into effect until 2021? Completing an early initial impact assessment across your organisation against the new draft standards will help you understand what work will be required, what can be done on current Programmes and Projects inflight or planned to support compliance (and know the

Is now the time to take GDPR and Cyber Security seriously? With the news over the weekend that a major provider who claims to keep your data safe was breached, is now the time to take the regulation of GDPR seriously along with ensuring your monitoring for breaches stands up against common threats. From May

The benefit of early engagement with Service Management for Portfolios & Programmes of change. We support our clients with ensuring that once a new product, service or software has gone live they can support and monitor this adhering to the required ITIL standards. Its vitality important that Service Management are engaged early into a project,

As the implications for organisations regarding the impact of GDPR is becoming clear for all.  Our GDPR framework (based on GDPR project experience) is helping APS provide real benefit to other organisations we are now engaging with on this subject as they focus on preparing and meeting the deadline to be compliant on the 25th

Many organisations are now moving away from traditional and virtualised environments towards the cloud. The increasing need and demand of data being produced by companies is leaning ever more towards cloud based solutions. Having greater scalability, performance and costs savings is a clear benefit to why organisations would want to move the cloud. Reports suggest

The Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR) replaces the current Approved Persons Regime, changing how people working in financial services are regulated.  The aim of the new SM&CR is to reduce harm to consumers and strengthen market integrity by making individuals more accountable for their conduct and competence

More companies are moving towards cloud technologies for increased efficiency, improving cash flow and removing legacy estate.  All of this while trying to operate in an increasingly complex regulated financial sector and while fending off challenges from new competition into their sector from organisations not burdened with legacy applications and IT systems. In our experience

Its a common request for APS to come in and help review and improve a programme or project in one of our clients, but what approach do we take and what are the benefits? APS Approach – We immediately engage with the business to confirm scope of the activity – Confirm if the requirements have

We have a number of roles with one of our clients on the South Coast. If you are a Project Manager, PMO, Business Analyst or Service Management & Transition consultant who would like to be considered please send your CV to recruitment@apsolutions.org.uk or apply on www.fluxible.co

Could GDPR create a demand for lawsuits for Consumers/Clients? Following a recent event APS was asked to comment on GPDR.  Some of the discussion centred around the Question:  could the new GDPR EU data laws create a wave of consumer lawsuits with rumours that Legal Firms are being set up to support the potential demand

Regulatory Project Management Office Regulatory programmes are a key focus across all organisations. Ensuring you are compliant, hitting regulatory target delivery dates and providing assurance to executive teams that the delivery of these programmes is achieving the requirements of your organisation to meet the regulators directives. APS is working across a number of regulatory programmes with our clients and

The Benefits of Regulatory Change In these current times,the Regulatory change budget has increased year on year to ensure your organisation is compliant and is meeting todays and tomorrow regulatory landscape.  Balancing this with improving your legacy systems and moving to a more digital organisation has its challenges. APS are currently delivering multi million pound

Our GDPR approach provides an in-depth assessment of your organisation’s personal and unstructured data, risk and remediation-focused insights, and guidance regarding your retention policies, procedures and practices. The end state being to strengthen your overall Information Governance. Click Here to see an overview of our approach and what is needed to achieve compliance.

Assurance Programme Solutions (APS), the UK’s leading Project and Programme Management Company, has announced its partnership with Talent International.  Talent is a progressive and highly innovative technology and digital recruitment specialist, supplying thousands of contract and permanent technology professionals across the globe. Dave Newland, Co Founder and Director of Consultancy of Operations at APS commented

APS require Experienced Programme Directors covering London and the South for our Financial Services clients. The successful candidate will be responsible for a Strategic IT Transformation programmes and must have the below skills and experience: The roles will be commencing in early August 17/Q3 – (2 year programme) 10 years plus experience and track record

Due to our continued growth we require GDPR SMEs and GDPR Data Analysts covering London and the South Coast for our clients to deliver: Regulatory Policy & Guidelines analysis/support Dealing with 3rd party suppliers, senior stakeholders Assurance delivery for the policy and guidelines Data systems analysis to analyse data and systems (both structured and unstructured

Improving Service Management and Transition Service Management and Business Readiness is often forgotten when programmes and projects need to deliver quickly. Its vitally important that once the Project goes live, both the business and IT can support the solution as it transitions into BAU. Below are just a few items that can help to ensure its transitioned smoothly: Make

APS was pleased to be invited to the GDPR in the Clouds event at the Shard on the 15th of June. The guest speakers covered the implications and challenges faced by all organisations on the topic of GDPR in detail and reinforced many of the aspects APS is experiencing at first hand working on GDPR

We have all been involved in projects that go wrong, in fact I personally enjoy projects that are broken and need a review / improvement to re-align the delivery within reasonable timescales. But have you been involved in a project that delivered the intended business case objectives and benefits? I was lucky enough to be

At APS we are being asked what is the success to our delivery and hitting the ground running so quickly.  A few simple steps we take early into the engagement are: Understand the key stakeholders (across all parties) We map out the stakeholders and document these as part of our governance, noting roles, business areas

GDPR is coming – will you be compliant? With just under 1 year now until GDPR comes into effect, companies need to review and assess how GDPR impacts them and put plans in place to be compliant. GDPR Compliance requires detailed planning for the imposing obligations and requirements for businesses.  Some of these requirements are

The UK Government triggered Article 50 on the 29th March 2017. The process for departing the European Union has commenced. The vast majority of companies, both international and UK registered, conducting cross border trade will be preparing for how to best mitigate risk. How should they react and protect themselves and retain competitive advantage? APS

We all set out in Programme and Project management by completing our PID and Business Case to secure the funding to complete the delivery, but how many of us revisit these key living documents during the project. Then when its gone live do we put in place the owners of the benefits and are they

Given the recent events as documented on the the news in the past week, how do you as an organisation prepare for a potential threat against your data and systems? Security and prevention is becoming essential for all organisations with the further use of the cloud and internet on a daily basis globally. Are you able to

15-05-2017, London, UK: Assurance Programme Solutions (APS), the UK’s leading Project and Programme Management Company, has announced its partnership with Cigniti Technologies, a global leader in independent software testing services. This partnership will leverage the experience of APS in enterprises across the UK and European region along with Cigniti’s unique QA, Testing and Digital Assurance

APS are pleased to announce that Jodie Blake has passed her Prince2 Foundation exam. Jodie has now been with us for 3 months and we are looking forward to seeing what the future holds for Jodie within APS! Well done Jodie.

Although not coming into effect until 4 years time, the global impact across the insurance industry with the new accounting reporting standards for insurance contracts is the biggest change in the last 20 years for insurance companies. This new standard is to align the insurance reporting framework globally to ensure consistency, transparency and the ability

GDPR is focused on how personal data is managed. It introduces more specific and prescriptive data protection compliance challenges for organisations in all industry sectors. The regulation replaces the Directive 95/46/EC, which was the basis of European data protection law introduced in 1995.

APS as an Accredited Partner for Amazon Web Services believes that 2017 will see the trend for cloud adoption within the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) industries continue to accelerate as concerns around data security and privacy abate further. APS having worked with clients in their early adoption of the cloud and assisting them

Why is Governance so important? Without Governance  in complex large organisations, you often find that changes made to systems or processes may not work. But governance won’t catch everything (often down to human error) but it can help mitigate any potential issues.  Its also a method for Programmes and Projects to raise the flag for

A guide to some of the challenges being faced by leading organisations when integrating Cloud Services into their existing IT Service Model. Intro As most organisations evolve to adopt a new model for managing their IT services, many challenges are coming to light which conflict with the traditional IT delivery approaches of the past. Here

Due to our continued growth, APS have several opportunities for experienced project managers, Business Analysts and Senior Test managers. APS is one of the fastest Growing Digital Transformation Change Consultancy’s. We are working with many of the Tier 1 Retail and Investment banks and also have a reputation that is growing rapidly in the Wealth

APS a London Based Digital Transformation Consultancy, today announced the opening of two new offices. Due to the continued growth and client acquisition, APS have opened up a new operations centre at Southampton. This will allow APS to continue the first class service to its new and existing clients. Also APS have announced the exciting

QA and Testing Budgets Continue to Rise According to a recent study, 52% of QA and testing spend was allocated to new development projects in 2016, compared to 30% in 2015. QA and testing teams will continue to spend more budget on new development projects and initiatives. It is also worth mentioning that the trend

Quality Assurance & Testing fulfils a critical role in any digital transformation journey. Identifying the right tools, methodologies and measures to assure customer experience is increasingly essential to success. Companies today face two big challenges. They have to find new ways to stay on top of new technologies, while at the same time assure superior

APS, UK-based change management consultancy, has opened a new office in London – the latest step in the company’s long-term business strategy to expand its presence in the UK, America and Australia. The new office, located at 1 Cornhill in the City, is part of APS’s ongoing commitment to provide direct support to its new and existing customers at a regional and City level.