recent general information blogs
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...

When Things Go Quiet…

When Things Go Quiet…

We try to be as responsive as we possibly can be to clients’ needs. We try to get back to emails and calls in a timely fashion, and if we can’t we will always try to post something to explain why we haven’t been able to respond. We also always try and respond to...

The Importance of Paying On Time

The Importance of Paying On Time

As a small business ourselves, we are looking to tighten up certain of our procedures – this information is so that everyone is aware of how we are going to do certain things from now on, and so that there is no confusion, or any chance that people have not been...

Working With You…

Working With You…

We know that deciding to have a website designed, is a HUGE decision. We are very aware that budget is a major consideration, especially in these very uncertain times, and so we are very transparent in the way we price projects. We always discuss pricing with clients...

I Need A Website. How Much Do You Charge?

I Need A Website. How Much Do You Charge?

OK, so we’re completely honest here. If this is one of the very first questions you ask us, we have absolutely no idea. None whatsoever. Sorry if this unnerves you a little bit, especially if you’re probably thinking we should know because it’s what we do. We’ve...

A Little Politeness Goes a Long Way…

A Little Politeness Goes a Long Way…

When we receive a design enquiry, we take it very seriously. If someone has taken the time to approach us, we assume that they have visited our website and like what they see. Like it enough to actually make contact with us. The first thing we do, when we receive an...

SSL…

SSL…

It seems no time ago that we were informing all of our clients about GDPR. Remember that panic? Previous to that, it was that all websites must be mobile friendly, or the sky would fall in. Previous to that, something or other that was probably vitally important but...

A Little Bit of Context…

A Little Bit of Context…

BLOG UPDATED FEBRUARY 2019 If you don’t know anything at all about us, it might be useful for you, in making the important decision of selecting a designer, to know about our situation. Who We Are… We are just the two of us – Pete & Helen. We’ve amassed a lot of...

The Future of Life…

The Future of Life…

In the words of Abraham Lincoln... …and this is just what we have been trying to do. If you’ve been on our Didsbury Life or WestFest mailing list, you’ll have received an email, explaining that we are deleting these lists. A part of this decision was made because of...