The Design Challenge is a non profit online design competition website. The competition is for web designers throughout the world to submit their website to the challenge. Once a website is entered, it is reviewed and if approved, submitted to the competition. The competition itself is to deteremine the public’s favourite site of the year. Each entry is given votes by the public. The sites with the most votes will win entry into the varous web design categories such as Site of the week, site of the month and so on. At the end of the year the site with the most votes will win the title of Site of the year.We did the web design and developed the content management system. Entrants submit their web design via forms and they are held in a database where they are checked for quality of design, profanity etc.

We built this site to develop a complex content management system with a view to using the structure for commercial applications.

The competition is open to anyone who has website providing it is well designed and free from offensive content.

Deloitte & Touche - one of the world’s top accounting and management solutions firms appointed us to develop a client input and survey management system for their Edinburgh based Management Solutions arm of the company.

We did both the web design and produced the content management system for the site for the Edinburgh office.

The system enables Deloitte & Touche clients to contribute information on a range of projects. The data can then be analysed by Deloitte & Touche consultants and used to provide concise report data for client reports.

The survey system is operated on an invitation only basis where employees, directors or principals of the project company can input their views. The system can be used in an anonymous or registered user environment.

Recently, the website was available at the Edinburgh Royal Highland show where visitors to the show were asked to partake in the survey and give views on a range of topics..

Cattles Invoice Finance represented the evolution of two regional factoring businesses, Reedham Factors and Argent Commercial Services, into one solutions provider backed by Cattles plc, who have been providing financial solutions to business for over 75 years. Cattles PLC presented the merger with Reedham and Argent to its shareholders and board members.

Our brief was straight to the point - build an interactive presentation that would “blow them away”…and we did. It was described by a number of the attendees as being the best they’d ever seen!

The presentation itself was developed in both Director and Flash and incorporated many high end features such as high impact 3D imagery, vector based animations, voiceovers, timed audio visuals and fast paced “lead-in” intros.

Each guest speaker was introduced with his/her animation and sound track, timed to allow them time to walk onto the stage..

Above all the presentation was fully interactive and controlled by the main speaker.

Mission accomplished!

Black and White HR solutions are an employment law and HR solutions company providing professional services to companies throughout the UK. Their staff are gaining a first class reputation and growing as a result.

Online pricing configurator

HR companies have to deal with a very broad range of client needs and providing pricing plans for their services was proving to be a time consuming task.

To overcome this we developed a SQL based online configuration system so that clients could log in and obtain instant quotations based on their unique company criteria. The system saves Black and White HR many hours work and has dramatically improved turnaround time for quotations.

Document managent system

HR recruitment and employment law involves considerable time creating and researching documents, legislation and updating regulations or policy documents. This task is very time consuming at the best of times.

To speed the process of storage and research we developed a bespoke SQL based system for document storage and management. The system allows Black and White HR staff to add, update and filter various legal documentation, contracts and regulations.

When a document is updated the system automatically notifies the relevant client after which they can log in and view the revisions. This system increases the efficiency at which B&W HR can serve their clients ate the clients benefit from a speedy service.