Designition Updates

Launch: Diocese of York

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Websites launched for The Diocese of York - a family of 607 churches and 127 schools in 470 parishes.

Launch: Quilt Museum and Gallery

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Quilt Museum and Gallery is Britain's first museum dedicated to quilt making and textile arts.

We wish you a Merry Christmas...

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

We'd like to wish all our clients, suppliers and friends a massive Merry Christmas and a splendid New Year!

This years been a tough one, but we've enjoyed it nonetheless and look forward to working with you in 2010.

Office Hours:

Our offices will be closed from Monday, 21st December until Friday, 1st January.

In case of emergencies please email DESemail('support','designition.co.uk');.

5 Star Approved Supplier

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

We are chuffed to announce we've achieved "Approved Supplier" status for the Yorkshire and Humber Supplier Register. Our rating is currently 5 stars.

Our approved status means we're able to offer our services to clients who receive funding from Business Link.

Launch: The York Bed Company

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Brochure website for this traditional bed manufacturer, who deliver hand-made mattresses and bases worldwide.

Launch: Snowsfields Wellness

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A pure-white website for this boutique health shop in South London, with a product catalogue, news and events.

The scope of e-commerce in the UK today

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Some interesting statistics from Nominet's (the UK domain registry) Annual Report, demonstrating how well established online selling has become in the UK:

68.6% of the UK population (41.8 million) use the internet.
55% of UK adults have purchased something online.
17p in every £1 was spent online in the first half of 2008.

Launch: Conveyancy Quote Calculator

Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

This tool for Guest Walker Solicitors' website lets people quickly calculate the costs involved with moving house.

Exhibition of Rolling Stone covers artwork in York

Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Our very own Lee Jeffs, aka Grafiklee will be exhibiting in The Living Room, York from 7th May until 17th June.

Come on down this evening from 6pm for a free glass of wine!

Location of The Living Room, York

Launch: Healthcare Property Consultants

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

This independent firm offer specialist advice to those operating and investing in the healthcare sector.

Launch: Beat-Herder Festival 2009

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Annual festival in Lancashire, with full line up, practical information, a ticket ordering system, and a bespoke CMS.

Launch: Stablesoft Horse Systems

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Website for Somerset based company who offer horse systems to stables and national race courses.

Launch: Kennedys Bar Restaurant

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Stylish new website showcasing Kennedy's refurbished interior, with details of menus, events and venue hire.

Launch: Prodar Surveys

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The new website for this Hull-based underground mapping company showcases the services they offer.

Temporary VAT reduction

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Today, the Chancellor announced a temporary reduction in VAT to 15 per cent.

The standard rate of VAT will be reduced from 17.5 per cent to 15 per cent, from 1 December 2008 until 31 December 2009.

This temporary reduction is likely to effect thousands of online shopping websites, many of whom may have had VAT values hard coded into the e-commerce systems.

Over the next week we'll be looking at the websites created by us and contacting our clients with regards to this change.

If you have an online shopping website, but no website development company to deal with this reduction, please contact us.

Another new face at Designition

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

We are pleased to announce another new member of staff at Designition.

Jonic joined us on the 1st September. He'd previously been doing various freelancing around the city and dreaming of having a proper job.

Before anyone asked, his real name is Jonic - he changed it some years ago.

If you'd like to meet Jonic in person feel free to drop by our office for a chat.

Client website wins national award

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Focus Online Management, one of our oldest clients, has won a national award for their online bingo portal WhichBingo UK which was designed by their in-house team and developed by Designition Ltd.

The website is managed using a template driven content management system, developed specifically for purpose, giving them complete control on website design and content. This system is also used on their international bingo portals: WhichBingo USA and QueBingo. Here's their press release with more details:

Leeds-based Focus Online Management have scooped a national award ahead of a Dragon’s Den-funded website. The company’s website WhichBingo UK has been named the Online Bingo Portal of the Year at the Bullet Business Online Bingo Awards 2008.

The awards were held as part of the third annual Online Bingo Summit at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington, London. Nominees were selected by a panel of industry leaders and votes were cast by over 250 attendees of the event.

WhichBingo UK beat Dragon’s Den-funded Bingo Alerts and other contenders to claim the title. After collecting the award for best bingo portal, WhichBingo founder Phil Fraser said:

We are thrilled and honoured to win this prestigious award. The award recognises and rewards all of the hard work and effort that the whole team put into creating a site that bingo players enjoy. It’s good that an independent company can beat off the challenge of larger, well-funded, London-based competitors.

WhichBingo UK was launched in September 2004 and is the UK's largest directory of online bingo sites. The site also features game reviews, offers, news, competitions and player comments. Focus Online Management’s operations consist of a range of Online Bingo portals and Online Bingo game sites for the UK, US and Spain.

Related links

Our Content Management Services Explained
Bullet Business Awards 2008
Which Bingo UK

A new face at Designition

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

We are pleased to announce a new member of staff at Designition.

Lee joined us in July from Mode Design where he worked on a number of projects in collaboration with us including Millers Yard and Minster Windows.

If you'd like to meet him in person feel free to drop by our office for a chat.

Client feedback: company website redesigns

Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

We asked two recent clients, who both approached us with a website that wasn't doing their company justice, about their new websites. Here's what they had to say:

Inspired Weddings

The new website looks fantastic, it's functionally easy for us to
manage and it's generated a lot of revenue for our business. The old
website had about 3,000 hits a month. We now get this number every day.

It's helped us bring in lots of new customers. We hardly had any
enquiries from people finding us on Google before. Now, people find the
website, see the magazine, and contact us to advertise in both.
Designition have been easy to deal with, accommodating, and full of good
ideas. They always have answers and solutions to our questions and
problems, often on issues outside their remit!

I'd recommend Designition to any company looking for a new website.

Katie Bibby, Inspired Weddings

Future Energy Surveys

We wanted a website that looked more professional than our old one, to
give the right impression and help attract more customers. We also
needed the website developing quickly, in time for an industry event.

The new website really does fit the bill, and we've received a third
more enquiries since it went live as a result. We found Designition easy
to deal with; they listened to what we had to say, and they got things
done when we needed them.

Ben Wood, Future Energy Surveys

Is your company website giving the wrong impression to potential customers?

Contact us to arrange a free consultation: we'll have a look at your current site, and discuss how we could help you to make it better.

Archbishop's “Leap of Faith” for The Afghanistan Trust charity

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Archbishop of York is set to do a parachute jump to raise money for the families of soldiers killed or injured in Afghanistan. From The Afghanistan Trust website:

Dr John Sentamu will hurl himself from a plane at 12,500ft with the Parachute Regiment Red Devils display team from RAF Langer near Nottingham in six weeks time on May 27th.

The Archbishop is urging the public to sponsor him to complete the daring parachute jump to generate funds for the Afghanistan Trust - a charity formed to help support soldiers and their families who have served with 3rd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment in Afghanistan, and who have been wounded or killed as a consequence.

Designition Ltd, in collaboration with Stone Soup, have set up and donated this website to promote the event and The Afghanistan Trust charity. Good luck John!

Read the full story on The Afghanistan Trust website or make a donation to the trust.