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Shrewsbury IT Firm Recognised For Their Work With Local Businesses
Thursday, 10-5-2012Shrewsbury based Information Solutions Limited have won an award at the Mayor of Shrewsbury annual awards ceremony. The award was presented by the mayor in recognition of Information Solutions’ “outstanding contribution to the community in the business sector”.
On receiving the award, company director Simon Atkin said: “It’s great to be recognised for the hard work we do in the town helping local businesses with their IT requirements. We’ve been helping local companies to improve their competitive edge with advanced information technology for the last nine years. Information Solutions also trade as The Web Orchard and we’ve been very involved with local creatives to add web development to our portfolio. We like to think that the services we provide are of great benefit to the town”.
Mayor Tony Durnell with Pete White
Presented by Mayor of Shrewsbury, Councillor Tony Durnell, the awards are held annually at the town’s Guildhall and cover categories including Business, the Environment, Tourism, Community and Youth activities. Shrewsbury takes civic pride in being an innovative and dynamic area for businesses.
Information Solutions have been providing IT Support and Services to businesses throughout The Midlands and Wales since 2003. They serve some of the largest - and smallest - organisations in the area from their offices in The Pump House, Shrewsbury. The company provides a wide range of services, from advanced ecommerce websites and advanced network installations through to computer maintenance and IT consulting services.
Chris Pritchard from shropshirelive.com & Pete White with their respective awards.
Simon Atkin with the award.
Website for local MP Daniel Kawczynski
Saturday, 14-4-2012The Web Orchard are pleased to anounce the launch of the new website for Shrewsbury & Atcham MP for parliament Daniel Kawczynski.
Frontier Travel Insurance
Tuesday, 10-4-2012The Web Orchard are pleased to launch the website for Frontier Travel Insurance, it offers cheap travel insurance to almsot anywhere in the world including some of the worlds riskiest regions such as Iraq and Afghanistan.
www.frontiertravelinsurance.com
New Website For Shrewsbury Charity
Sunday, 11-3-2012Build IT International build schools, health facilities and housing; employing local materials and sustainable technologies throughout sub Saharan Africa and are based in Shrewsbury Shropshire.
After a period of fantastic success, completing their latest projects , Director, Andrew Jowett knew they needed to raise their profile to take the charity to the next phase. "I've always known how the Internet could be used as a powerful social tool, but I've been too focused on the work at hand to spend the time on it required" explained Andrew. For this reason he employed local web designers, The Web Orchard to create a complete online personality for the charity. "We're very pleased with our new website but it's been the extra attention to detail, promoting our activities on Facebook and Twitter that really gets our message out there. We can easily communicate with massive audience." said Andrew, adding "Please follow us on Twitter @build_it_int
Their previous website had lasted for a number of years however the short comings were becoming increasingly clear in an era defined by social interaction and interactive media. The Web Orchard's Chief Web Architect Pete White said “Build It International have some outstanding past and present projects and with their archive of content, imagery and videos we wanted to showcase as much as possible whilst maintaining an easy to use, informative website. Build It have a lot to say and we didn't want to overwhelm a visitor, so there's some neat design gone into their website to allow the reader to view the information at their pace.”
Since its launch in October the website has seen a 50% increase in traffic and has helped generate a greater awareness of the charity and the work it does. Charity Director Andrew Jowett added “We’ve been thrilled by the work The Web Orchard have completed for us, their attention to detail and service has been excellent”.
Find out more about Build It International at www.builditinternational.org
Find out more about The Web Orchard at www.theweborchard.com
Severn Magazine Issue #3
Monday, 9-1-2012The third issue of Severn Magazine, The Web Orchard are excited to be involved in providing web services for the Magazine.
It's a Nomad Life
Thursday, 1-12-2011
It’s A Nomad Life is a new online emporium, bringing you an eclectic collection of globally inspired goods from the ancient Neolithic period to the edgy 1980’s.
They are experts at gathering fine quality interesting pieces from all over the world. They travel far and wide to visit antique and collector's sales, private collections and auctions to bring you the best quality, competitively priced items for your home and garden.
We know our stuff
It’s A Nomad Life is owned and operated by Sam Handbury-Madin. Sam has over 10 years experience of working in this field.
Sam’s family have been 'in the trade' since the late 19th century and has been a collector of tribal art and antiquities since he was a small boy, when his father brought home a collection of ethnographic artefacts for him to enjoy and study.
Sam has an honours degree in Archaeology from the University of Bristol and his work in the art and antique business has taken him all over the world.
The Severn Magazine
Thursday, 1-12-2011
Severn Magazine aims to be your point of reference for the local services you may require and, in addition, will feature interesting and useful articles from well-known and respected contributors, expert in their particular subject – all from the local area. These will be supplemented by competitions and a what’s on guide to provide a great mix of information from and for Shrewsbury.
A Bumper Week of 'Go Lives' at The Web Orchard
Sunday, 20-11-2011We've had a busy week at The Web Orchard with three of our projects going live:
Tuesday - Libya Business News
With the National Transitional Council putting together an interim goverment the oil rich country will soon be a hive of business activity. Based on the sucess of Iraq Business News, getting over 100,000 monthly visitors, we were asked to design and develop the platform for Libya:
Wednesday - Sports Booker
An exciting midlands based startup has developed online software allowing gyms, personal trainers and a range of other sports activities to take bookings and payments online. We were asked to develop a website to help demonstrate how easy to use and powerful their software is:
Friday - It's a Nomad Life
It’s A Nomad Life is an ecommerce website showcasing an eclectic collection of globally inspired goods from the ancient Neolithic period to the edgy 1980’s. Using Drupal and Ubercart we developed a sophisticated ecommerce website allowing easy viewing and purchasing of products as well as an easy to use administration system allowing for quick management of products.
To see what we can do for your website - visit us online or call 01743 367927!
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