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23 Jul, 2025
Mike Wardell Appointed Executive Chairman

We are pleased to announce that Mike Wardell, former CEO of Business Systems Ltd, has transitioned to the role of Executive Chairman of both Business Systems and Wordwatch. This strategic move marks a significant milestone for both brands as they continue to strengthen their market-leading positions in customer contact solutions and communications governance and archiving. Mike has been instrumental in shaping the vision, scale and success of Business Systems over the past 18 months. Under his leadership, the company delivered...

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31 Jan, 2020
Business Systems (UK) Ltd Shortlisted for Major Sector Awards

To find out more and to cast your vote, go to: Leader in regulatory voice recording management for Financial Services and enterprise workforce optimisation solutions is in line for FinTech Vendor of the Year award at the Citywealth Magic Circle Awards 2020 Isleworth, January 27, 2020 – Business Systems (UK) Ltd,  a market leader in regulatory voice recording centralised management and enterprise workforce optimisation solutions, is delighted to announce it has reached the finals of the Citywealth Magic Circle Awards,...

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21 Nov, 2019
Business Systems Awarded Place on Network Services 2 Framework

Isleworth, November 21, 2019 – Business Systems, a leader in voice recording and enterprise workforce optimisation solutions, has been named as a supplier for Lot 13 of the Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) Network Services 2 framework for contact centre services. This agreement allows Business Systems to provide call and contact centre services to all UK public sector organisations. Lot 13 specifically relates to the provision of technology that enables outbound contact, response to an incoming contact and the ability to...

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20 Jul, 2018
Business Systems awarded on to the G-Cloud 10 Framework Helping Boost UK Public Sector Move to the Cloud

London, July 2018 – Business Systems (UK) Ltd, a leading provider of Call Recording and Workforce Optimisation solutions with a 30 year history in quality monitoring, analytics, workforce management and cloud contact centre technology, has once again been awarded a place on the G-Cloud 10 framework for the supply of cloud-based software to the Public Sector. As well as other services, the G-Cloud framework is a UK Government initiative designed to support the growth in procurement of Cloud to the...

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11 May, 2017
Business Systems’ partner TeleWare celebrates 25 years of innovation and communication

Communications technology business TeleWare has begun its celebrations of 25 years of market-leading innovation. Over the last quarter of a century, the company has embraced a philosophy of ‘better business through better communications’ and has held innovation at its core, resulting in a number of world firsts. TeleWare has consistently been at the forefront of the communications industry, initially working with British Gas to deliver hot-desking solutions and improve pager connectivity in the early 1990s. This was just the start...

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28 Apr, 2017
Business Systems’ partner gets highest rating for vendor satisfaction in DMG Consulting’s 2017 WFM report

Business Systems’ partner, Teleopti, has achieved the highest ratings for customer satisfaction in the 2017 WFM Product and Market Report by DMG Consulting LLC. This is the 3rd year in a row that Teleopti WFM has been named a top Workforce Management provider by the analyst firm, consistently receiving high scores from satisfied customers. The report closely examines eight contending vendors, exploring the capabilities of their WFM suites. In addition to DMG’s review of vendors and the WFM landscape for...

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04 Apr, 2017
Business Systems wins Compliance Project of the Year award

Business Systems has won the award for Compliance Project of the Year at the FStech Awards 2017, with its Vocal Wordwach solution.Business Systems (UK) Ltd, leading compliance and performance optimisation solutions provider, announced that it has won the ‘Compliance Project of the Year’ award at the FStech Awards 2017. Now into their 17th year, the FStech Awards recognise excellence and innovation in the field of information technology within the UK and EMEA financial services sector. The Compliance Project of the...

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10 Jan, 2017
Business Systems Announced Finalist at FStech Awards

The company is shortlisted for the category Compliance Project of the Year up against industry specialists like SWIFT and Hitachi London, January 10 2017 – Business Systems (UK) Ltd, leading compliance and performance optimisation solutions provider, today announced that it has been shortlisted for the category Compliance Project of the Year at the FStech Awards 2017. The company’s entry described the successful deployment of the Vocal Wordwatch portal by a leading multinational financial institution to address major technology and compliance...

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11 Oct, 2016
Business Systems customers named Finalists for the European Contact Centre and Customer Service Awards

Equiniti and Dekra secured their spot within two hotly contested award categories Winners will be announced during the Awards Dinner in London on November 21, 2016 Business Systems (UK) Ltd today announced that two of its customers, leading business process services provider Equiniti, and business performance optimisation specialist Dekra, have been selected as finalists in the European Contact Centre and Customer Service Awards (ECCCSA) competition. Equiniti and Dekra were awarded finalist positions in the ‘Best Deployment of Customer Insight’ and...

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20 Sep, 2016
Business Systems among the 2016 Technology Innovator Awards Winners

Business Systems wins Recognised Leaders in Workforce Optimisation Solutions – UK award, where its unique Vocal WordWatch portal is recognised as Best for Call Retrieval & Replay Technology – UK    Isleworth, September 20 2016 – Business Systems announced today that it is among the winners of the coveted 2016 Technology Innovator Awards that recognise and reward the individuals, departments and firms behind the ground-breaking developments that change the way we do business for the better. The company, with its...

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13 Sep, 2016
Business Systems and Wilmac strengthen their global support alliance

The Business Systems and Wilmac Global Partnership Alliance continues to grow in strength well into the second year of its formation [Press Release] - Business Systems and Wilmac have developed the Global Partnership Alliance to address the growing need for exceptional support and service on a global scale for recording technologies and related solutions. Founded in 2015, the Global Partnership Alliance was the result of an increasing number of global customers expressing the need to extend their service and support contracts...

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29 Jun, 2016
Survey: are key aspects being omitted when it comes to legacy strategies within the financial sector?

With the majority of respondents agreeing that the biggest threats of non-compliance are financial and reputational, it seems that key aspects of a comprehensive legacy strategy are still being omitted. Since the subprime crisis, the financial services industry has been experiencing an ever tightening regulatory framework that aims, among other things, to establish transparency in market conduct. One of the channels that is most scrutinised (and most susceptible to non-compliance) is the telephone. The one tool financial institutions have to...

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20 Apr, 2016
Business Systems partners with Wilmac

The two companies form a Global Partnership Alliance to extend the reach of their service and support network [Press Release] Business Systems (UK) Ltd, a leading independent call recording and workforce optimisation specialist, announced today its Global Partnership Alliance with Wilmac (USA) as part of its continuing commitment to cater to its customers’ service and support needs on a global scale. With the newly formed partnership, Business Systems is able to provide to its global customers a truly comprehensive service and...

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13 Apr, 2016
Business Systems partner Teleopti, named leading Workforce Management vendor

Business Systems’ partner, Teleopti, has been named a top Workforce Management (WFM) provider by DMG Consulting LLC in the 2016 WFM Product and Market Report. As detailed in the report, Teleopti WFM received a perfect overall customer satisfaction score and also achieved a perfect rating in key categories including training, implementation, vendor communication and product innovation. Overall, Teleopti WFM ranked ahead of other major WFM vendors like NICE, Aspect and Verint. Working with a partner that has been rated top...

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16 Mar, 2016
A Multinational bank selects Business Systems

Business Systems implements the Vocal Wordwatch portal to help the bank meet its regulatory obligations. [Press Release] – Business Systems (UK) Ltd, the UK’s leading independent call recording and workforce optimisation specialist, today announced the successful deployment of the Vocal Wordwatch portal by a major multinational financial institution.  Vocal Wordwatch is a cutting edge virtualised playback portal that enables organisations who store their recordings for compliance purposes, to search, replay and export all legacy audio files with their metadata from different...

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08 Mar, 2016
Business Systems releases survey results on Workforce Management adoption in UK contact centres

Despite the clear benefits, adoption of workforce management has still to pick up with only 29% of respondents having a solution in place Large contact centres driven by the insurance sector seem to be ahead of the curve in workforce management adoption 90% of those who have a workforce management solution in place do not derive the expected value [Press Release] – Business Systems (UK) Ltd, a leading independent call recording and workforce optimisation specialist, today released results of its new...

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23 Apr, 2013
Business Systems Customer Awarded Outsourcing Partnership of the Year

Isleworth, UK – May 08 2013 - BT and Standard Life have been awarded Outsourcing Partnership of the year in the FStech awards, beating off fierce competition and more impressively achieving this within the first year of the partnership. In the five year outsourcing deal, BT have been tasked with providing Standard Life, a leading provider of long term savings and investments, with a Wide Area Network (WAN) refresh as well as management of IP Telephony, Contact Centres, Contract Management,...

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01 Mar, 2004
Business Systems/Nice - Celebrating 10 years

There are few partnerships that have stood the test of time as well the one that exists between Business Systems and Nice. Since introducing the Nicelog to the UK in 1994 both companies have worked hard to bring together the best combination of product and associated Professional Services; the ultimate goal being the best possible solution for our customers. 10 years on Business Systems remains uniquely Nice's premier reseller and only systems implementer in the UK; Richard Mill Managing Director...

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23 Mar, 2003
Recording Solutions that make you a profit and cost less

2003 was a milestone year for BSL and one that brought big benefits in both products and services to our customers; our drive last year has been twofold. Firstly, to improve the level of professional services to our Enterprise level customers, focusing on better system payback. This included developing ‘PIPs’, profit improvement plans for organisations ensuring maximum returns on new system investments. Secondly, to bring smarter systems technology at lower cost to our customers in the general business and Public...

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