New web site for an old client

One of our oldest clients asked us to redesign their web site. Charles Rowley and Co Ltd are one of those diminishing number of companies that still manufacture most of their products on site in Birmingham. Charles Rowley is a curtain accessory and drapery hardware manufacturer and distributor – they make made-to-measure curtain poles and tracks and all kinds of matching accessories.
They have had a web site for a number of years but it was static and difficult to update with new products and services. The new design and the tools I use to build and maintain their site will allow them to add new products and news easily and quickly and keep them ahead of the competition. It is not complete – but no site ever is. There is room for pages and sections to be updated and added with new marketing campains and as their business grows.
See the site at www.charlesrowley.co.uk

While I’ve been away…

Well I haven’t really been away from here – just away from the blogging. One of the big problems with working from home is that there is just so much to do around the house, garden, family, neighbours and more that gets in the way of getting worky things done. Because you’re at home people expect you to be available, and it’s difficult to resist a neighbour dropping in for a chat, to ask for help or borrow a tool. The garden is a big pull. We are lucky enough to have a large garden with an orchard, greenhouse and ready-dug vegetable plots – courtesy of the previous owners (Thank you Hilary and Pat!). At this time of year the harvest bounty doesn’t wait. Plums and crab-apples are dropping off the branches and waiting to become jam and jelly. It’s quite a feat to keep up with clients’ schedules for web site updates, marketing and new database functionality and so our own blogs and newsletters get lower priority. Not good – but what can one do but enjoy the summer while it’s here! The cold winds of autumn are already starting to blow. Neighbours, friends and clients who visit will get a pot of crab apple jelly or plum chutney.