About Us / Our History

ASD Solutions is an established company with ten years of continual development and investment. Here you can learn about how we started and how we got to where we are today.

June 2002

Antony delivers first web site project for Sally Montague Hair Group. The hair salon chain is still a client of ours today, ten years later.

October 2004

The name ASD Solutions is born in Manchester whilst Antony was studying at University. The company delivers web consulting for a variety of Small to Medium size Enterprises.

July 2007

ASD Solutions becomes a full time business following Antony’s graduation. The business starts operating from Antony's home in Derby, broadening services to include Systems Analysis & Design and software development along with web site and applications development.

February 2008

ASD Solutions becomes a trading name of ASVN Limited, established to drive the company's development forward.

September 2008

Just a little over a year after trading full time, ASD Solutions moves into its first office at Friar Gate Studios in Derby City Centre, sharing office space with a start-up graphic design company. The company makes Derby its home thanks to its central location within the UK and ambitious development prospects.

January 2009

ASD Solutions rapidly grows after moving into its first office and quickly moves into its own office at Friar Gate Studios, where we remain to this day.

June 2010

ASD Solutions goes global and performs Management Information Systems consulting at banks across the Middle East, visiting Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and Oman.

February 2011

ASD Solutions posts a 200% increase in year-on-year revenue, making us one of the fastest growing companies in Derby.

January 2012

ASD Solutions launches its new marketing strategy with a new corporate message, “Systems that make business happen”, after delivering a string of successful mission-critical systems returning exceptional value to our customers.

Other quick facts

  • ASD Solutions stands for Antony Stevenson Development Solutions. We thought that was a bit of a mouthful, so use the initialism instead. This also removes the direct connection to Antony as the company grows, as all our team members and associates are equally important in delivering our services.
  • We are one of Derby's fastest growing companies, consistently posting 50-200% revenue gains each year for the past four years.
  • We have a 10% personal development policy, whereby members of our team spend 10% of their time learning new skills and maintaining pace with the state-of-the-art in technology.
  • Being located in Derby means our reach spans the entire UK thanks to our convenient central location. However we don't stop there, we also have customers in Europe and Asia.