About us

The right mix of expertise


Key facts

  • We were established in 1997 by Tonya Hills and Jeff Hume.
  • The company has delivered hundreds of e-business projects.
  • We are committed to delivering high quality projects on time and within budget. The company is ISO9001 accredited. All our project managers have Prince 2 accreditation.
  • We are passionate about website accessibility and usability.
  • We have won nearly 100 awards for the projects we have delivered and the technology we have developed.
  • We are based in Ipswich, with easy access to London, the East of England and Midlands.

What do we do?

A Recipe For Success is a company dedicated to making e-commerce a valuable component of our clients businesses. We work with companies ranging from large corporates to sole traders. No matter what the size of your business or field, we can provide you with an e-business solution that will increase your competitive edge, and generate real business benefits.

Why are we different?

The key differentiator between A Recipe For Success and our competitors is that we focus on the benefits that e-commerce can deliver and treat technology as an enabler, rather than being purely technology led. With this approach, we have been able to achieve results that are the envy of many. The proof of the pudding is that during the last decade we have consistently won awards for the solutions we have delivered.

Examples of businesses that are already reaping the rewards of our e-business solutions include BT, City of Lincoln Council, Eloise Lingerie, Colchester Borough Council and the Royal Television Society.

In addition to our highly successful deployment of e-business solutions, A Recipe For Success has developed e-commerce best practice guidelines specifically for small to medium-sized enterprises, sharing the results throughout the UK via the DTI, Business Link organisations, seminars, conferences and other publications.

We believe this approach to be extremely rare in small businesses. Indeed, it was this kind of vision, along with our wider business strategy, that resulted in A Recipe For Success being placed within the ‘Top 100 visionary companies’ list compiled by BT and Cranfield University.


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