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our take on projects

our take on projects

We now never take on projects that don't personally interest us. If we don't get that feeling immediately, from experience, we know it's not for us. In the past, we had to take on projects which, if we are honest now, looking back, didn't float our boats at all. Our...

Hosting

Hosting

We’re sometimes asked what “hosting” involves and what people are actually paying for, so we thought it would be a good idea to provide an explanation for what the annual charge of £120.00 covers. We pay for server space and like any company who does this, we then...

what’s a vintage car got to with design?

what’s a vintage car got to with design?

What, indeed? Well, quite a lot when you think about it. And we did think about it. And that got us thinking we could offer a new service to our design clients. A service that a client could either go with or not, but a service where everything was laid out...

hassle free emails

hassle free emails

Emails are a way of life now. Whether we send long, detailed missives, carefully thought out and thoroughly checked, to a one liner, on the go, on our phone, they are one of the key ways to communicate. They are an efficient way of communicating with your client base...

and, we’re back…

and, we’re back…

Just like that! Almost in the blink of an eye, the festive season is over and we're already back, designing. We hope that you, like us, had a thoroughly relaxing time, spent with family and friends. We feel thoroughly recharged after a couple of weeks of hosting...

signing off…

signing off…

Although we'll still be working this week, in the lead up to Christmas, we're going to be applying the brakes a little and affording ourselves a bit more of a festive holiday. This year we have family coming out to stay with us, and so as well as doing last minute...

beware scam emails

beware scam emails

We're probably all used to - and now very wary of - the obvious scam emails that seem to drop into our inboxes on a daily basis. You know the ones... the sender is on their deathbed, with no living relatives, and you have been chosen to be the recipient of all of...

When Things Aren’t Quite As They Seem…

When Things Aren’t Quite As They Seem…

If something seems too good to be true, then it very often is. Not always, but usually. As we found out not so long ago... Completely out of the blue, we received a contact via our website from a well known events venue, enquiring about a new website, with a pretty...

Hello. A Little Bit About Us…

Hello. A Little Bit About Us…

  WHAT MIGHT PUT US OFF TO SOME PEOPLE: 1. We work from home 2. Home is no longer in Didsbury, but in Istria 3. We don’t drive big, flashy, executive cars 4. There’s only two of us – me (Helen) and him (Pete) 5. We don’t bombard clients with salesy bullshit. We...

Payment Flexibility

Payment Flexibility

No two websites are ever the same. (Certainly if designed by us, as all of our sites are bespoke, not off-the-peg templates). And no two clients are ever the same. And this really focuses our thinking in terms of how we work with them. Often things with clients are...