The Welwyn Festival 2016 - a bumper size programme

Just when you start to think that a paperless lifestyle has finally been achieved...

The BPc recently completed creating the Welwyn Festival programme for 2016, our 15th year of assisting this hardworking group of volunteers who have raised tens of thousands of pounds for local charities. 5,000 copies are being printed for distribution within local schools and hand-delivery around the locality, including Oaklands, Ayot Green, Digswell, as well as Welwyn village. A downloadable/printable PDF version of the 2016 Welwyn Festival programme is available online.

Last year, we re-vamped the Welwyn Festival Website and, a few weeks ago, held training sessions for a group of people who are helping to update the website news and events plus social media. This year, for the first time, the website is displaying a handful of advertisements for which local businesses and organisations have paid a nominal fee. Clicking the image below will take you to the Welwyn Festival website.

Just yesterday, we quoted for 1,000 business cards for a client and discussed a high quality product presentation pack with a printer and another client so maybe paperless hasn't quite arrived - as can be confirmed by the amount of unsolicited mail and advertising leaftets that we pick up from the doormat for recycling every day.

So, if you'd like us to produce artwork for your promotional materials - paper or digital - let us know. We are currently updating The BPc website but you can use the email address below.

New Website aimed at a small percentage of the populace...

Not every company is keen for their website to be seen at the top of Google. We recently published an information site for potential investors in a UK property fund. This information is aimed at specific industry investors/advisers and not for the general public (as stated within the website), in accordance with government and financial institution rules and regulations for this type of investment fund.

To discourage anyone who stumbles across the site from wasting their time, some pages have been password protected so that seriously interested parties will make contact with the company's representatives.

Our interest, of course, is to show potential clients of The BPc another of our websites designs, this one for a property investment company.

On the Home (above image) and Contact pages, we've used a moving image of London (where the company is based)

We have used a standard slider on the Properties page (above image), plus a gallery of thumbnails that provide more information (these links are password protected).

The news page has no image header. Instead, each featured post has a related image.

Very little SEO was required for this website as the client will direct viewers to it as an information source, rather than printing and posting glossy brochures.

The obvious advantage over traditional printing is that tweaks and even major changes can be accommodated as required, fairly instantly and without paying for full reprinting and postage.

Please contact The BPc with details of your website and graphic design requirements.

Award Winning Design

An extension on a Victorian terraced home in Shepherd’s Bush *featuring UltraSlim doors and windows* has won an award for architect Henri Bredenkamp of Studio30, achieving an enviable third prize in a Don’t Move, Improve! magazine competition.

 

UltraSlim is the best selling range of slide-pivot patio doors, designed and manufactured by our client, SunSeeker Doors.

Their aluminium side frames are less than 2cm wide, barely disrupting views when the doors are closed. When the doors are fully open, they rest at the edge of the opening, enabling maximum walk-through width.

This is achieved by opening the first door (or window!) as usual, then sliding susequent doors across the open space and opening each of them outwards or inwards, depending on your installation.

The Dezeen Magazine website includes several photographs of the winning entries. Visit the SunSeeker Doors website to view the full range of products.

Celebrating 10 Years as a Successful small (growing) Business

We recently wrote about MPS Facility Management / Millers Property Services and have now created a celebratory logo-style panel celebrating their 10-year business anniversary. The image has been added to their website and will be used during 2016 on social media and correspondence. Here it is:

We are pleased for MPS/Millers that their dedication and hard work has seen them survive the recession and even grow through it. Well done guys at www.MillersPropertyServices.com - here's to the next 10!

UPDATE: MPS has been named as a Business of the Year 2016 Finalist for Hertfordshire.

Graphic Design, SEO & Social Media Clients

We're not just a website company. We have a number of clients who have had their websites created by other designers (and some who don't yet have or need a website). Some clients prefer our involvement to be low key, for example, if we are ghost writing for their blog or posting to social media on their behalf.

This is not the case with other clients who are happy for us to collaborate publicly. This post will feature our clients Host Capital, OVIO Wellness and Signcraft.

Independent ACD, Host Capital: Graphic Design projects.

Host Capital Ltd

Based in the heart of London, Host Capital offers a flexible, cost-effective alternative in their financial field. Their dedicated team remains focussed on core business as they out-source design work for marketing materials to The BPc, including printable brochures and PowerPoint presentation templates.

OVIO Wellness, olive leaf extract products: Social Media posts.

OVIO Wellness has developed a range of supplements and refreshing InFusion drinks based on olive leaf extract. The products are totally organic and free from sugars, artificial sweeteners and preservatives. OVIO products are stocked by Holland & Barrett and Boots, also available from Ocado and online at Amazon.

The company's staff are often too busy to post updates to social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, so The BPc is currently managing social media posts for them.

UK signage company, Signcraft: Page SEO and Blog posts.

The BPc works with Signcraft's current website designers, Oracle Creative, to update the site content. We have been writing blog posts for Signcraft for a number of years, originally on their external blog but more recently on their website, under News and Case Studies.

Signcraft creates and installs a wide range of signage and is able to provide some very interesting images to include on their website. Some of these are shown below.

Printed hoardings

Printing tiles for the film Cinderella

Printed hoarding

Metallic effect lettering

Lettering for Restaurant

Internal wall covering

Retail Park Signage

Website Refreshed for Facilities Management Company

A year ago, we posted details of a client whose cleaning business had expanded into property services and here we are again, with an update.

Millers Property Services (Welwyn GC) has successfully expanded and evolved to become MPS Facilities Management, with an impressive client list that includes Tesco and St John's Ambulance.

The website content was updated to reflect the expanded services offered by the company, including new photographs to illustrate some of the tasks they manage: gas, electrics, plumbing, painting, gardening, etc..

We also designed a new company logo. The quaint green house image (not one of ours) has been replaced by a simple but descriptive, no-nonsense, business-style "This is us and this is what we do" logo.

The website was developed in WordPress and general content is updated in-house, as are their social media activities. This client is an excellent example of how a company can manage their own online presence and utilise a third party (The BPc) as required.

Utility Services Company Website

Following on from the website we created for Roseground Ltd, a construction company in Luton, Bedfordshire, we were asked to create a similar website for NDC Utility Services.

NDC supplied an image of a logo's vehicle but had very few useable images - muddy trenches are not the most inspiring photographic topics - but eventually, we sourced a few to enhance the website pages.

The company is an Independent Connection Provider (ICP) which emerged as a direct result of the Government opening up competition for connections provisions when the electricity industry was privatised. NDC is able to design, lay and connect cabling systems for a number of industries, from street-lighting and residential homes to connecting large-scale commercial buildings nd retail parks. Health and Safety compliance is at the centre of all projects undertaken by NDC.

The website was created within a few days and would benefit from some future seo as the company increases its foothold in this relatively young industry sector.

Please contact The BPc if you would like us to quote for your professional CMS (WordPress) website.

Living the Dream: Designer Villas website

Creating a website for spacious, contemporary homes in the sun was a welcome break from the dull weather outside the window. Designer villas in the Mediterranean, featuring an abundance of glass for natural light and peaceful views, fully functional minimalist living / kitchen design and contemporary style bathrooms is a dream for many.

 

The client is aiming to hear from potential buyers who want to follow that dream. The villas are reasonably priced, costing far less than most cheap housing in popular areas of the UK. The villas are bult to order in Denia on the Costa Blanca, between Valencia and Alicante, where there are a few British ex-pats already enjoying the milder autumn/winter climate.

 

Ideal for full time living or an investment opportunity - a luxury villa can be rented out as a short term holiday let for a good return ... perhaps until the owners are ready to 'retire' to live in the sun. There is currently a choice of 4 pre-approved plans for three and four bedroom properties, all covered by a 10 year guarantee. The established building company, which has an enviable reputation in the area, has a number of plots (approx 800m2) available in a nice residential area.

We're looking forward to researching information to add to the site over the coming months, and to writing a few interesting and informative 'lifestyle' blog posts.

Website for Established Construction Services Company

Roseground Ltd. in Luton is a national construction company, experienced in commercial and industrial projects; they have been very successful despite having no website or online presence.

Recently, however, they have received an increasing number of requests for a link to their website, therefore the decision was taken to go ahead. The BPc was recommended to them by another of our clients and we were invited to meet with Roseground's MD and submit a quotation.

The website has been launched with a few pages giving basic information and is designed to accommodate growth. It was developed in WordPress CMS which enables the clients to manage the content themselves, following a short training session. They will be able to add more photographs, more pages and news items as required. The website has also passed Google's 'mobile friendly' test.

Some of Roseground's projects include: industrial cleanrooms, office construction and refurbishments, secure areas and a housing development in partnership with Sundon Homes.

Take a look at the website www.roseground.co.uk