East of England Development Agency (EEDA) – Nations and Regions East
"Nations and Regions East commissioned Esscotti to design and implement a website in Nov/Dec 2009. We work within a complex regional structure and we needed a multi functional website that could be used by a whole host of different stakeholders with different interests and information needs. Esscotti were able to create a website that simply met these requirements.
We were really pleased with the overall look of the website, the time it took to deliver and the cost effective nature of the project. The website and the functions recommended by Esscotti has allowed us to streamline the work that we do and the website really has become a hub for all our marketing and promotion activity."
Gemma Cooper - Nations and Regions East
Reclaimed wood kitchens
Wood is an incredibly durable resource and in centuries past reclaiming wood was common practice. By reclaiming and recycling wood we can reduce the demand on the world's forests yet satisfy the growing demand for wood furniture and furnishings.
NCM Carpentry is a company in Cambridgeshire that make reclaimed wood kitchens and furniture. Reclaimed pine kitchens create a traditional country or rustic feel and are environmentally friendly. The natural ageing of reclaimed pine gives your kitchen colour and character that is difficult to achieve with new timber.
The NCM Carpentry website was built using Wordpress.
Fiftyone – Cambridge Bed and Breakfast
We recently completed a website for the new "Fiftyone" bed and breakfast in cambridge. To get something up very quickly was the most important requirement so we proposed making a straight-forward Wordpress template based site with some text, photos, and contact details. This simplicity meant that the website could be developed quickly and as a result it could be delivered at a cost that the client was very happy with.
Getting a good looking, functional website up quickly at low cost is a good first step - and once the B&B becomes established we can work to develop it further.
The Moon Underground
"I had a very clear idea of what I wanted from my website and Arvind latched on to this straight away. He was enthusiastic and professional from the start and reacted swiftly to correspondents. His service was ideal for someone who wished his idea to be realised quickly and effectively for a reasonable fee and I am well pleased with the results.
I'm sure I will be calling on his services on a regular basis and would have no reservations about recommending Esscotti to anyone requiring a website or assistance in furthering their existing domain."
Richard Swan - The Moon Underground
Printed Carrier bags from Orca Packaging
Orca packaging provides high quality promotional printed carrier bags. Their portfolio of products include cotton bags, jute bags, duffle bags, paper bags and bio-degradable polythene bags.
All products are biodegradable eco-bags.
We have worked to improve the user friendliness and navigation of the Orca Packaging website and we provide on-going visitor statistics monitoring and site promotion.
Websites for charities
The Dorfred Charitable Trust, who provides support for aid projects in the third world, asked us to set up a website to provide information about funded projects, application procedure and news updates. Our quotes are always extremely competitive whch is ideal for charities that of course are very careful not to incur large overhead costs.
By providing a website the charity can now reach to a wider audience of applicants who require funding for third-world projects.
We propsed a style that was simple, effective and future proof. The logo was provided by the client and although the site is plain white the images on the site add lots of colour. All images are from projects that have received aid from the Dorfred Charitable Trust. The text on the website was provided by the charity thus further keeping the cost down. We registered www.dorfred-trust.org.uk and set up the hosting for the site.
In the end our client was very pleased to have a good looking website at a fraction of the cost they had expected.
Web Design for British Neuroscience Association
We were asked if we could extend the British Neuroscience Association website to include an events listing and events registration section. The style of the pages were to be in line with the existing style of the website. The site administrator would have access to log in, add and edit events, and review registrations and export delegates lists to excel.
One critical requirement was that the events section needed to be delivered and working in a matter of days in order to promote and take registrations for the upcoming Christmas Symposium.
As the existing site was developed in ASP and hosted in a Microsoft environment that posed an initial challenge as we don't really do ASP. We proposed a technical solution and a quote for the job. As our quote was very competitive and as we have a reputation for delivering quality results quickly we got the job.
The client's expectations were met as we delivered the project in time and well within the agreed budget. We are excited that the events section is now in use and is working really well as the site is getting quite a few hits every day and more and more people are signing up to the event.
Websites for research and academia
Wordpress is an impressive platform that offers so much more than blog-capabilities.
There are plugins that provide forums, calendars, member profiles and RSS feed imports, to name just a few. The ability to easily customise the front page and the ability to define a mix of static and dynamic pages as well as easily customise navigation menus and widgets means that you can pretty much create any type of website in a matter of hours. Coupled with the amount of professional looking free or paid-for themes that are available for download - it becomes an offer you can't afford to ignore.
To the client this means that they get
- a professional looking wesite
- a website with advanced features and that is secure
- a website where they have complete control over the content
- a website that works extremely well from a search-engine point of view
- a website based on a widely used open-source platform written in the popular language PHP
- and last but not least a website that is very cheap.
For these reasons we are currently developing a site based on Wordpress for a research initiatve at the University of Cambridge. The website will be used to provide some static informational pages describing the research initiative, to publish news and events, pull in some RSS feeds and have a member register and a community forum in order to promote interworking between groups at the University.
All these capabilities can be delivered within a week and at a very low budget thanks to the stability and extensibility of the Wordpress platform.
If you have any thoughts or queries about how we could offer the same for you - please don't hesitate to get in touch.
Web Design for The Cambridge Bicycle Doctor
The Cambridge Bicycle Doctor is a ' mobile mechanic' servicing and repairing bicycles in and around Cambridge. The bicycle doctor's website also contains a bicycle accessories shop implemented by means of a Paypal shopping cart.
Web Design for Cambridge Neuroscience
Cambridge Neuroscience asked us to extend their existing website to include and events listing and events registration facility. All work was done to fit within the existing PHP/MySQL framework and site styling.
Cambridge Neuroscience — connecting multidisciplinary neuroscience research and teaching across the University of Cambridge and affiliated Institutes, with a mission to increase our fundamental understanding of brain function and enhance quality of life
Neuroscience has transformed our understanding of the healthy brain and promises treatments for devastating disorders that affect millions of people. As the search for more effective therapies continues, unravelling the complexities of the brain and mind has become a multi-disciplinary enterprise. Neuroscience now transcends biology and, increasingly, involves novel intellectual alliances such as computational neuroscience, social neuroscience, educational neuroscience, neuroeconomics, neurophilosophy and neuroethics.
Cambridge Neuroscience exists as a virtual centre of excellence with crosscutting research programmes in thematic areas.
