Our portfolio
See also our testimonials page and UK client locations map.
Small businesses and community organisations in Pocklington and Yorkshire |
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| The Mile Farm Shop www.themilefarmshop.co.uk |
The Mile Farm Shop is a family-run business offering local produce and animal supplies in Pocklington and the local area. As customers increasingly rely on search engines for everything, it is
increasingly important even for businesses that have a very local catchment area to be accessible online.
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| Kilnwick Sprayers www.kilnwick-sprayers.co.uk |
Kilnwick Sprayers is a long-established East Yorkshire business which supplies spraying equipment to farmers across the UK, as well as local authorities, and recreational services.
We helped to improve the management of their website by adding a content management system.
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| Dianne's Die-cuts www.diannesdiecuts.co.uk |
Based in West Yorkshire, Dianne turned her hobby making die-cut shapes into a full-time craft business. By 2008 she was getting more and more enquiries asking her if she had a website, so she approached us through one of her customers. We worked with Dianne to create a simple online shop which reflects her friendly personal way of working, and enthusiasm for her products.
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| Burnby Hall Gardens www.burnbyhallgardens.com |
We are delighted to have been given the opportunity to work with Stewart's Burnby Hall Gardens and Museum in the re-launch of their website. The new website is backed by
a content management system which allows staff to maintain details of events and activities in the Gardens, as well as an expanding directory of the National Collection of hardy water lilies for which Burnby Hall Gardens is famous.
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| Paynes Turkeys www.paynesturkeys.co.uk |
Paynes Turkeys is a long-established supplier of traditional Christmas turkeys, based near Market Weighton in East Yorkshire. We designed and developed their website, along with their turkey farm management system.
Key management tasks can be carried out using a handheld wireless Pocket PC.
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| Yorkshire Arable Marketing www.yorkshirearablemarketing.co.uk |
Yorkshire Arable Marketing, based near Pocklington, Yorkshire, provides a range of agri-chemical services to farms across Yorkshire and the North East of England.
We develop and support their sales and stock management system, which operates as an intranet website application with remote VPN and GPRS access.
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| Koteka Trading www.koteka.co.uk |
Koteka is a supplier of fairtrade products for garden living. We have supplied a shop system and content management system.
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| O'Neill Associates |
O'Neill Associates is a York-based planning consultancy. We have provided an intranet-based time-recording and job management system.
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| Oleo Solutions www.oleosolutions.com |
Oleo Solutions is a York-based distributor of renewable oleochemicals. We have supplied a website and content management system.
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| Woldsview Garage www.woldsviewgarage.co.uk |
A friendly local garage providing servicing, MOT, and repairs in Pocklington and the surrounding area. The website uses our small business publishing system.
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| Yorkshire Medical Chambers www.yorkshiremedicalchambers.co.uk |
Yorkshire Medical Chambers provide services for freelance GPs in Yorkshire. Their website uses our small business publishing system.
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| Greenwick Farm www.greenwickfarm.co.uk |
Greenwick Farm is a B&B in the nearby Yorkshire Wolds. The website uses our small business publishing system.
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| L.W. Printfinishers Ltd www.lwprint.co.uk |
Based in Market Weighton, East Yorkshire, L.W. Printfinishers provide a range of manufacturing services for the curtain and fabric industries. We have developed an intranet website application for sales and order processing, which supports the on-site management as well as allowing customers to track the progress of their orders.
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| Market Weighton Drainage Board www.marketweighton-idb.org |
Market Weighton Drainage Board is the Internal Drainage Board responsible for land drainage and nature conservation in the area between the Yorkshire Wolds and the Humber Estuary. Their website uses our community publishing system which allows the Board to manage and update the website contents.
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| Lumley Associates www.lumleyassociates.co.uk |
Lumley Associates, based in Pocklington, Yorkshire, provide consultancy services in the health, social care and legal sectors. We worked with them to design a website and content management system for barristers practising in the courts of the North Eastern Circuit.
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| Pocklington Town Council www.pocklington.gov.uk |
The Pocklington Town Council website was re-launched in June 2006, and is based on the Amarsys Community Publishing system.
A separate content management system allows the Town Clerk and Councillors to publish news items, articles and photographs, and publicise local events.
A directory of local services and businesses is also part of the system.
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| Cawthorne Parish Council www.cawthorne.org.uk |
We provided a small community website and content management system for Cawthorne, a rural parish in South Yorkshire.
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| Millington Limousins www.millingtonlimousins.co.uk |
Millington Grange Estate is an innovative farm business based near Pocklington, Yorkshire. They commissioned us to provide the content management system for a website to publicise their herd of pedigree Limousin cattle.
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| Anderson Grain Marketing |
Anderson Grain Marketing is a local grain merchant business, providing a personal service to customers throughout Yorkshire. We designed their internal contract management system.
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Giftware industry |
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| The GA www.ga-uk.org |
The GA is the trade association for the UK gift and home industry. We have provided the main website and associated content management system, which integrates with the GA's internal membership record management system.
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| Gift of the Year www.giftoftheyear.co.uk |
The Gift of the Year awards recognise and reward products of excellence within the industry. The annual awards are run by the GA, and we have worked with them to establish a website where competitors can enter their products for various award categories. We have also provided an extensive content management system which allows the GA to manage the annual award process, from managing subscriptions, providing sponsorship opportunities, to the judging process and final award ceremony. The system is a unique combination of online shop and event management.
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| Museum of London www.museumoflondonshop.co.uk |
We have worked with the Museum of London to create their online shop and online shop management system, which specialises in gifts and books about London.
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| Glorious Britain www.gloriousbritain.co.uk |
We provide the online shopping system, secure payment gateway, and extensive back office tools for managing website products, product categories, promotions, marketing campaigns, and email-based customer marketing.
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UK Retail and Supply Chain projects |
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| M.P. Levene www.mplevene.co.uk |
M.P. Levene is a long established family business, offering a selection of the finest English silverware. We provide the XML and search engine optimisation technology for their online catalogue.
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| Stenco Flowers www.stencoflowersltd.co.uk |
Stenco Flowers are wholesalers of a range of craft flowers and accessories. We have provided their online catalogue system.
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| TK Maxx www.tkmaxx.com |
We provided consultancy support during a website procurement and development project.
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| Promod www.promod-diecast.co.uk |
Promod supply and manufacture model vehicles and collectors' miniatures. We have supplied their online shop system.
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News Publishing, Media, Content Management |
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| Energy-Pedia www.energy-pedia.com |
Energy-Pedia from Energy 365 provides news, information and research services to the upstream oil and gas exploration industry worldwide. We have worked with Energy 365 to develop a sophisticated research management system, providing newsfeeds, affiliate resources and online publishing facilities.
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| Hackman the Dog www.hackmanthedog.com |
Hackman is a canine hero with all the stresses and insecurities that a paranoid New Yorker can suffer. We helped Hackman to build his website and database.
It hasn't solved any of his personal problems, but at least now he can share them with the rest of the world.
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| Gary Newbon's World of Football www.garynewbon.com |
Gary Newbon, featuring, the Pieman, with his unique take on the world of football.
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| Yarto Group www.yarto.com |
The Yarto Group offers a range of quality and fun products to department stores, mail order catalogues, tourist attractions and museums. We provide the eCommerce framework for their online trade-only shops such as:
www.yartousa.com, www.yarto.co.uk, and www.yartopromotionalgifts.com.
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Horticulture and related industries |
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| Orange Pippin www.orangepippin.com |
Orange Pippin is a specialist resource about the flavours and origins of apple varieties - see www.orangepippin.com and www.orangepippinshop.com.
We originally established this website as a demonstrator for our search engine optimisation techniques, although it has now taken on a life of its own and receives more than 30K hits per month. Bearing in mind that "apple" is a very common word, why not try some searches on Google or MSN to see where our Orange Pippin website comes in the rankings:
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| John Richards Nurseries |
John Richards Nurseries is a leading supplier of specialist plants to garden centres in the UK. We have worked with them to establish a comprehensive online ordering and information system for their trade customers, which links with their existing sophisticated back-office order processing systems.
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| Keepers Nursery www.keepers-nursery.co.uk |
Keepers Nursery is one of the largest fruit tree suppliers in the UK. We develop and maintain the website for their online shop as well as the associated nursery management system. The website is one of the most comprehensive online resources about fruit trees.
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| Philip Wilson Arboriculture www.pwarb.com |
This website for a Kent-based tree advisory service is based on our small business system, and is a good example of how a simple website can help a small local business to advertise its services online in an attractive and cost-effective manner.
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| Lealans Garden Centre www.lealansgardencentre.co.uk |
A family-run garden centre with the emphasis on real plants for real gardeners. The website uses our online catalogue system.
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| Yorkshire Orchards |
We started this brand-new orchard in 2002 in partnership with a local farmer, and it is now a highly-successful small business. The concept was to establish an online orchard and to this end we also developed tools for orchard management data capture using PDAs and wireless networks.
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| DEFRA |
We carried out market research into supply chains for local orchard produce. See www.orchardfruitresearch.co.uk for more details.
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| Joan Morgan's Fruit Forum www.fruitforum.net |
Joan Morgan is the author of the "New Book of Apples", the definitive guide to the apple varieties in the world-famous UK National Fruit Collection. We helped her setup her own website and blog, a webspace for anything and everything to do with fruit.
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Other Projects |
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| Streamline Surgical www.streamline-surgical.com |
Streamline Surgical is a team of surgeons specialising in bariatric procedures. We provide some back-office database systems for assisting patient care.
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| Extend Now www.extendnow.co.uk |
Extend Now helps owners of leasehold properties in north London to take advantage of new legislation which allows leaseholders to extend the terms of the lease or purchase the freehold. We have provided the website, content management system, and appointment booking system, as well as search engine optimisation advice.
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| de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School Association www.dhaetsa.org.uk |
This is the website of the thriving association of former "DHAeTS" students, who passed through the de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School since it was founded in 1928.
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| Fairlands Valley Spartans Running Club www.fvspartans.org.uk |
We have provided some back-end website administration tools for this UKA running club.
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| Whole Systems Partnership www.thewholesystem.co.uk |
WSP helps to improve partnership working and
service integration in the UK health and social care sectors.
We have supported WSP with IT and systems development
consultancy in a number of UK health and social care organisations and local authorities. We have also developed online versions of some
of their systems dynamics models. See
http://cheshire.thewholesystem.co.uk for example.
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| Help Internet www.helpinternet.co.uk |
We provide the help desk job management system for this IT and communications services company.
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| Meet Markets |
Development of the content and subscriber management system for an online dating website.
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| Alpha Retail www.worldnewspromo.com |
Alpha Retail came up with the innovative idea of using an online auction model as a way of selling advertising space in their retail outlets. This approach means that all clients have an equal opportunity to get the best locations for their magazine portfolios, or perhaps pick up some extra space at a bargain price. We worked with Alpha Retail to develop the auction system, along with the back office management system for setting up the auctions and notifying bidders of the results of their bids.
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Community involvement |
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| Pocklington Allotment Association www.pocklingtonallotmentassociation.org.uk |
We have provided the website and hosting for the Pocklington Allotment Association website. In return the Committee has agreed to keep an open mind about the extent of weeds on plot #9.
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| Action Access A1079 www.a1079.org |
We have contributed website content management software and hosting for this local partnership, campaigning to improve safety and reduce congestion on the local A1079 York-Hull road.
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| Lemsford Village local history group www.lemsfordhistory.co.uk |
We have contributed website content management software and hosting for this group of village historians from Lemsford Village in Hertfordshire.
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Since many of our projects relate to content management systems, website / database integration, and other 'behind the scenes' systems it is not always possible to demonstrate our contribution here. If any of these projects are of interest please contact us to find out more, and we will be happy to put you in touch with the relevant client project manager.
See our testimonials page for more details.
