Diary for October 2009
30th A Hectic Few Days
This week we have had a hectic time of it. Our new office foundations have been laid, I've had a family crisis to attend to, and we've had one of our busiest weeks to date for new work and new projects. Some weeks it doesn't rain, it just pours...! Having more of us to deal with everything has been invaluable while I was unavailable. It took a weight off my mind to know that our clients were having work done and completed even if I wasn't able to be in the office to handle t...
23rd Building Sites
This month we've had a busy time of building brand new websites for several of our clients and now we are preparing for a different kind of building site as our new office is being built. Groundworks are being started next week if the weather holds and the office is being built in the second week of November. Although the juggling of web work and project management for the office build has been challenging at times we're fortunate to have some great people working on the new building project ...
16th Excellent Service and Great Customer Care
When Alacrify went through its recent transitions we made some big changes to how the business is run as well as what we do. Taking on new staff was a major step forward and has brought about many excellent new opportunities as well as increasing our productivity. We also changed our accounts system over to Sage and this week we had a lovely support call from their customer service department to see how we're getting on. I'm not usually a fan of these sorts of calls as they usually feel more ...
13th A Flurry of New Business
As the first frosts have arrived and the leaves begun to turn we've had a flurry of new website build requests from several local businesses. A couple of them are re-designs and a couple are complete new-builds. I think the changing seasons often act as a bit of an unconscious trigger for change and new developments. The "back to school" quality of the start of autumn seems to be ingrained in the psyche and that sense of a new start and new opportunities often results in more enquiries and work ...
7th International Language Sites
The sixteen different language-specific versions of the new OSE Directory website are now live. In addition to being able to change the language of the site when you are already on one of the pages, you can also visit the site in your own language straight away. We have created a series of alternatives or "aliases" of the site that show the chosen languages by default. You can still select a different one when you're on the site, but when you first visit it will already be in your chosen lang...
2nd Multiple Language Website Launched
Today we launched the new OSE Directory website; a global health and safety and environmental suppliers directory run by Bay Publishing. It features suppliers of personal protection equipment and environmental testing and analysis equipment, and draws on Bay Publishing's reputation and experience in the field of Health and Safety and Environmental publishing. The OSE Directory is a fast, customer-focused one-stop-shop for people wishing to find suppliers of health and safety or environmental ...
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