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About illumo digital
illumo digital is an award-winning tech company headquartered in Bristol, specialising in software development, IT consultancy, data management solutions and IT infrastructure services for private and public sector organisations.
Formerly known as Helastel, in early 2023 we rebranded to illumo digital to better reflect our core purpose – creating digital products that illuminate the path to business success. ‘illumo’ represents both our work and our team – we’re a bunch of bright minds achieving brilliance together.
The illumo digital culture
We’re pretty down to earth, with a casual dress code and plenty of socials.
illumo digital is defined by bright minds doing brilliant things. We pride ourselves on our fun, rewarding and hardworking culture. Our three cultural principles are: Integrity, Positivity and Quality. We also strive to be:
- Adaptable and open to change.
- Supportive, friendly and social.
- Culturally vibrant and smart, with lots of goodwill.
- A place to work hard and play hard.
Just as constellations shine brighter, we believe together we go further.
Equality and diversity
At illumo digital we are committed to demonstrating excellence in equality and diversity. We strive to continually improve our ways of working to encourage inclusion and support equality across the board. Our vision is to become recognised for our superior diversity and inclusion policies, and gain a reputation as a workplace where all employees feel welcome and fully valued.
As part of this, we are partnered with Motherboard, a movement that supports the inclusion of working mothers across the UK Tech and Data sectors.
Several of our team also volunteer with award-winning charity DigiLocal, which helps young people in underrepresented sectors get into tech.
Private Sector Experience
Since 2004, we’ve been creating conscious software that connects organisations to their ecosystems. We work with our clients to unify disparate applications, data and devices to enable whole-business agility.
We place a lot of focus on innovation. That ranges from creating highly customised bespoke solutions for keeping tabs on healthcare apps, to creating our own autonomous AI driven software platform, Intelastel.
Our expert customer service and consultancy team have worked on projects in all kinds of industries, such as healthcare, finance, and education. Building online ticketing and traffic light communications systems, and the world’s largest e-learning platform for pilots are just a few recent projects under our belt.
We also take on complex, demanding work that other suppliers often won’t. In fact, 25% of our work is on projects started by other developers that need to be rescued.
We build the best solutions because we work closely with our clients’ teams, ensuring we get a sense of their challenges firsthand. Our personal approach is why 3 in 4 of our partners return to us, and why we’ve enjoyed some of those partnerships for more than 10 years.
Public Sector Experience
We are working with a fast-growing roster of public sector clients to meet their Digital, Data and Technology transformation goals. Our expertise lies in delivering innovative new platforms, standards and services through collaborative partnerships across healthcare, local and central government education, and nonprofits.
From the Maritime and Coastguards Agency to the RNLI, illumo digital has a proven track record of innovation in helping public sector organisations digitise paper-based services, transition to e-learning, and improve data management, with the goal of making digital services better for citizens and users.
We’re even trusted with some of the country’s most precious data. One of our apps is prescribed by the NHS, helping 40% more diabetes sufferers manage their condition than standard approaches – it’s the only NICE accredited software-as-a-drug service available on the market.
Our approaches align with Government Service Standards and Technology Code of Practice, ensuring our public sector clients are able to seamlessly pass GDS assessment across Discovery, Alpha and Beta.
What our customers think
4 out of 5 of our clients choose us for more than one project. And most of our clients have chosen to stay with us for a long time.
Check out some of our projects on our clients web page.