I’ve always been into DIY. In the past, I’ve helped renovate houses, been handy with a paint brush and even tried my hand at a bit of carpentry. The current house has also benefited from my DIY work as well, adding an ensuite wetroom shower room to a bedroom, painting, decorating, tiling and so on…. Read more »
2016 has officially been my 6th year as a full time freelance web designer. In that time, I’ve dabbled in many different things. I’ve connected with some amazing and inspirational people and I’ve learnt so much about myself, my abilities and what I can accomplish if I put my mind to it. In this post,… Read more »
This weekend I got the news that Farmison & Co has won ‘Business Website of the Year’ at the Harrogate Advertiser Series Business Awards 2016. Farmison & Co, based in Ripon, sell the finest heritage meat from their now ‘award-winning’ website and deliver it to the door of it’s customers. At the beginning of 2015,… Read more »
Quick client summary: Rob Blake Associates are experts in building scalable and highly-available web applications on AWS (Amazon Web Services). Previous successes A few years ago, I had the pleasure of working with two local entrepreneurs who were working on software that had the potential to significantly disrupt and change the sector it was being… Read more »
Quick client overview: Caring for Cats is an award-winning, independent cat rescue and rehoming charity based in Market Weighton, near Hull. A small charity in need of rescue Earlier this year, after reading about how I helped a similar charity overcome their problems, Caring for Cats contacted me to see if I could help them…. Read more »
Quick Client summary: Fairfax House boasts of being England’s finest Georgian town house. Saved from decay and certain ruin by the York Civic Trust in 1982-84, Fairfax House is now a thriving museum that transports you to the splendour of city-living in Georgian York, the centre of polite society. Project background It was a familiar… Read more »
Recently I worked with a great company called GroupBC who provides data driven BIM software for it’s corporate clients. Having worked with the Head of Marketing at GroupBC in the past, I was the go-to person to help them solve a few problems they were experiencing. What the company had was a great looking website… Read more »
Quick client overview: Gorgeous Cottages hand picks the finest luxury holiday cottages in Yorkshire. The website allows visitors to search, research and book the cottage of their choice and communicate directly with the cottage owner whilst being protected by the Gorgeous Cottages promise. Intro Gorgeous Cottages, founded by Managing Director Christina Brion, required a full… Read more »
Quick client overview: Fishpond.ie is Ireland’s definitive casting resource that connects budding and experienced actors with casting opportunities in TV, film and stage roles. Intro Recently, well towards the end of 2015, I was contacted by a client who was looking to relaunch their website and required an experienced UI/UX designer to work alongside their… Read more »
Recently I created a new brand identity and one-page website for a local digital marketing specialist based in Harrogate, called CVC Digital Marketing Services. Having worked with Carly in my early career, and having the fortune of being her ‘other half’, I can personally and professionally endorse Carly for the high levels of service and… Read more »
It’s 3am and the big event is in full swing. By 3:40am, it’s pretty hard to see the moon as it hides behind the shadow of the Earth. Come 3:50am, I think I’m done and head inside to bed. The big event, for me at least, was over. The blood-red eclipse wasn’t too impressive to… Read more »
During my agency days I worked on a great project called TheHolidayLet.com with another freelance chum of mine. They’re basically an independent holiday lettings website with over 5,000 private holiday lettings worldwide. On the website you can search for lettings, enquire and book direct with the lettings owner. The business has developed, and time has… Read more »
Today the chancellor George Osbourne announced his political #autumnstatement in front of a raucous crowd in the House of Commons. Being a home owner, and actively looking at buying a home at the moment, I was interested to hear if stamp duty was going to be part of the statement and if any kind of… Read more »
If your website isn’t already optimised for mobile traffic then a new update to Google’s mobile SERPs may make you consider changing that quickly. From today, and over the next few weeks, Google will be globally rolling out Mobile-friendly labels that will show next to each result and show if the site is mobile friendly… Read more »