Every website should have its own theme tune – Insignia College (needs volume on!)

Everyone loves a badly designed website, or two, or three…

360 degree video tours – get a spherical perspective on things.

The Sticky Note experiments.

BBC bows to SEO – their news website to feature longer headlines on story pages.

Drive a car with your mobile – fantastic German technology.

Ward and Rider are an experienced, Coventry-based solicitors who specialise in personal injury, divorce and employment. Based in Coventry for their entire 61 year history, the company have developed an ongoing reputation for quality and excellence and for providing individuals and their families with a legal service that they can trust.

HeadRed designed and built the new website for Ward and Rider, which was launched to the public this past month.The website provides a first class platform for all of Ward and Rider’s main service offerings and presents clear paths to relevant information to optimise the user experience.

In addition to the website, we also provide Ward and Rider with ongoing email marketing services, search engine optimisation and graphic design.

Visit the site at: http://www.wardandrider.com

HeadRed have been appointed by local tennis coaching company, Inspire 2 Coach, to deliver a new website and overhaul their existing online presence.

Inspire 2 Coach runs a wide range of tennis programs for all ages and abilities at a family of clubs in Warwickshire and Worcestershire. They also offer packages of coaching courses, workshops and mentoring for all levels of coaches and teachers.

Our work will include the creation of a new brand identity for Inspire 2 Coach. This will form the basis of the website’s overall look-and-feel with the aim of enticing and engaging visitors.

The site itself will provide a platform for budding Andy Murrays of the future to find coaching courses local to them and book a place online. Similarly, tennis coaches and teachers will have access to a wealth of information and details of how they can enroll on programs of their own.

The new site is currently under development and we are working towards a summer launch.
More details to follow.

Raebrooke are a specialist recruiter for the FMCG and Food Manufacturing sector. With over 15 years’ experience Raebrooke provides recruitment across all disciplines from Graduate to board level appointments.

HeadRed’s work for Raebrooke included the provision of a new corporate image, the design and development of a new vacancy-searchable website, plus ongoing SEO as well as a complementary stationery suite to ensure offline brand consistency.

For a taste of what we delivered take a look at their new website.

February saw the launch of the new website for Britannia Wardrobes, a subsidiary of the highly acclaimed Spaceslide.

The new site has built on the successes of its parent with a clean, crisp design supporting clear calls-to-action for potential customers. Unlike Spaceslide, there is no e-commerce functionality built in, but interested purchasers can request a free quotation by using the web forms located on the site.

Spaceslide are already one of HeadRed’s biggest clients with online sales belying our shrinking economy. We’re sure that the new site for Britannia will follow suit and become equally successful.

The website for long-time HeadRed client French Selection has received a much needed makeover.

French Selection UK is a leading recruitment consultancy who specialise in the placement of multilingual professionals. Their website was originally launched by HeadRed back in 2004 and has been used to source employees for clients and jobs for candidates ever since.

Now, four years on, the site has been refreshed and brought up to date with modern web design standards. The finished version is clean and airy but also colourful and vibrant. Clear calls-to-action engage visitors at the point of entry and allow for guided routes through to relevant information.

We’re certainly very proud of it. Take a look at the new face of French Selection here: http://www.french-selection.co.uk/

Shoes On is an independent retailer specialising in children’s and ladies’ shoes. The company was set up by shoe experts and professional mothers Sam Hill and Lynne Bromnick with the aim of making children’s shoe shopping and fitting a fun and convenient process.

HeadRed worked with Sam and Lynne in the design and development of the Shoes On website, which was launched at the end of November. In addition to many popular brands of kid’s shoes the site also sells a range of ladies footwear to cater for the ultimate mother and child shopping experience.

The site was designed with this target audience in mind with vibrant colours and imagery overlying a simple, easy-to-use e-commerce system.

Check out the Shoes On website here: http://www.shoeson.co.uk/

The Recent Advances in Assistive Technology and Engineering, or RAATE for short, is a UK conference focused on the latest innovations and developments in assistive technology.

RAATE 2008 was organised and hosted by the Health Design and Technology Institute (HDTI), whom HeadRed designed their website for last year.

The website for RAATE needs to paint a professional picture of the conference to potential delegates in order to encourage registrations, and it is felt that the current site could be greatly improved in these areas. The HDTI have therefore commissioned HeadRed to oversee a complete overhaul of the website in preparation for next year’s event at the Coventry Hilton.

Whilst the RAATE site is redeveloped a temporary holding page will be placed on the HDTI website containing details of where and when next year’s conference is to be held.

The new site for RAATE 2009 is expected to be launched in Quarter 1 next year.

The site, which can be found at http://www.pictureframesexpress.co.uk/, has been a real labour of love. HeadRed have worked closely with the client for the past few months ensuring their new site meets exceptionally high testing standards. The finished product is a highly polished, beautifully designed, user friendly system that provides the ultimate online picture framing experience.

As was the case with its predecessor the new site sells a wide range of picture frames, picture frame mounts and picture frame supplies, but where the real customer value lies is in our tailor-made Express Designer system.

Users can upload their own images to frame and can customise their purchase to their required size, design and mount. The Express Designer guides the customer through the buying process, ensuring that their route to purchase is as streamlined as possible.

Frame Express have always seen a positive level of online sales, but the new site is hoped to further accelerate their profitability and strengthen their position in the online picture framing market.

Visit the site now at http://www.pictureframesexpress.co.uk/

Exhibit 3 Sixty are an exhibition stand design and construction company with over 25 years personal experience. Their website includes comprehensive information pertaining to their full range of services, which includes the design, construction and logistics for both modular and custom exhibition stands.

Site features include an image gallery for displaying portfolio work, an online quote function where potential customers can receive a tailored estimate for their exhibition requirements, plus the integration of our highly acclaimed Content Management System (CMS) for Exhibit 3 Sixty to control all site content.

The client have also signed up to a HeadRed SEO contract for aggressively promoting the site in Google and all other major search engines.

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CV One is a unique company in Britain, combining the twin functions of managing Coventry’s city centre and promoting the city and its surrounding Warwickshire region as an attractive place in which to invest, work, live and to visit.

Their “Create your Coventry” project is a new venture aimed at providing a real-life view of Coventry and people’s experiences within the local area. The website, which was designed and built by HeadRed, will work as an active blog for an array of Coventrians allowing them to share their own unique stories and experiences.

Furthermore, the campaign is actively seeking new subjects who are willing to join the Coventry family. If you think your stories of life in the local area are interesting and you’d like to be involved then get in touch with the Create your Coventry team now.