Its time for the Qi 2025 Round up- and what a great year it has been!
January
Qi starts another another exciting year as a Microsoft Solutions Partner- Business Applications Specialist and commences 2 new projects!
Take a look at one of our success projects
Qi also attended a careers evening at our local secondary school to support our local emerging student talent (and keep an eye out for future team members)
February
Another successful Business Central development piece is launched to meet very industry specific estimating and quoting requirements- moving our customer away from legacy bespoke software and improving the user experience
March
Joe Wilkinson joins the Qi team as a support technician expanding the infrastructure support team further
April
Lottie signs up for the London Marathon 2026 in support of Action against Hunger- watch this space for how she gets on next year
Take a look at our LinkedIn post all about it here and take a look at Lottie’s Just Giving page to learn all about the charity she is running for!
Another new member to the Qi development team as we welcome Josh McCready!
May
Continuing our ethos of supporting students to get hands on work experience, Qi welcomes “9 week Archie” not to be confused with Archie Tilling from our Reporting and Automation team for a 9 week work placement.
Here’s the lovely message he gave us just before leaving!
“My 9-week placement at QI was eye-opening. I gained real-world cybersecurity experience, improved my communication and analytical skills, and saw how classroom theory connects to practical solutions. it has been truly enlightening to work with Qi”
June
Lydia Bautista joins the expanding the Qi team to support our Digital Marketing and Customer Communications strategy!
July
Archie Tilling completes his BCS Level 4 Software Developer Apprenticeship with a Distinction! Congratulations Archie!
Qi VA is launched providing cost effective Ai pen Testing and Vulnerability Assessment across our customer networks
Qi sponsors a local music festival “Amp Fest” – it rained hard but boy, was it fun!
August
Qi enters the world of Instagram! (Be sure to give us a follow!)
Qi designs and orders its first range of branded merchandise for events and training seminars
Tom Sheehan becomes the Qi Technical Manager following 24 years of technical development for Qi and its customers. A huge congratulations to Tom!
September
Qi develops and implements the Qi Sales Order Processing App for Business Central.
Elliot McGeorge joins the Qi team to head up the Dynamics for Sales department. More of our customers have identified a need for the additional layer of features Dynamics for Sales brings – and as ever, we listened and are delighted to have Elliot on board. Give him a ring if you would like a demo or a free 30 day trial.
Jamie achieves a Microsoft Certified Business Central Core Development Specialist accreditation
Another customer successfully becomes Cyber Essentials accredited for the very first time! on this occasion it was to attract more customers! (Read the article to find out how & why).
Lydia attends her official graduation ceremony for her 1st Class Honours in Business and Marketing from the University of Hertfordshire
Qi adds new useful ‘how to’ videos to its growing YouTube channel (thanks Joe!)
October
Qi has a record month for demonstrating Business Central core functionality and Qi Automation Apps, to new prospects and existing Sage 50 customers looking to “move on”. Four new Business Central projects get underway!
Jamie also achieves a further accreditation, Microsoft Certified Dynamics 365 Business Central developer associate (MB-820) A massive well done to Jamie- this is not easy! (Becoming quite the rising star.)
November
Qi wins the Emerging Excellence award at Companial Connect UK & IE. Achieving an award in this particular category really feels like such an achievement as it recognises our considerable successful endeavours as Qi continues to innovate across all Microsoft technologies. Watch this space as this ethos continues in 2026 and we will of course update our customers about new technologies and solutions, built to make life more easier and overcome data bottlenecks!
Growing Social Media presence – (love it or hate it). Qi is reaching more of its customers and potential customers with information and ideas – 36% increase in LinkedIn followers in the last 6 months alone and a growing Instagram channel! If you are not already following us – you can do that here!
December
Qi becomes the subject of the first Business Partner case study for Cim50 software! We are very proud that we were selected for this. We have worked with Cim for many years and it is lovely to be recognised for our efforts and success with Cim50 MRP.
Tim Moore and Tom Sheehan achieve their Dynamics 365 Business Central Developer Associate MB-820 certification.
Dominic Hill undertakes Business Central Service training to achieve ‘Boost’ level – it’s a Microsoft thing!
Mike Lannon achieves the prestigious PL200 Power Platform Consultant Certification
Archie Tilling achieves the prestigious PL400 Power Platform Developer Certification
Joe Wilkinson gains additional certification in the realms of infrastructure and hardware CompTIS A+ Certification Exams 1 & 2. Well done to Joe!
Qi remains eternally thankful for our loyal and lovely customer base and we look forward to working with you all in 2026 and beyond!
