Diary for February 2010
28th Closing Date for Job Applications
Junior Web Developer [Graduate or Equivalent Experience*] Alacrify is a well established Dorset-based web and graphic design agency which is seeking to appoint a Junior Web Developer in order to keep pace with increasing demands. We are therefore seeking a talented and ambitious full time Junior Web Developer to work on a wide portfolio of new client projects and sustain and support contracts. This role will offer the opportunity for professional development and career progression across ...
10th Around the world in 80 trades
Conor Woodman, author and star of Channel 4's Around the World in 80 Trades, may be that rare thing - a likable former city boy. A former market analyst, Woodman wanted to see if he could make his fortune by doing business the old way: face to face, haggling, buying and selling. http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/eventdisplay?site=106&r.s=sl&r.lc=en&itemId=5001430323...
2nd Social Enterprise - Governance and Legal Structures
Governance and Legal Structures Are you trying to choose the right legal structure for a new social enterprise? Does your steering group or committee need to become incorporated as some kind of company? Does your charity or community group want to develop a trading arm? http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/eventdisplay?site=106&r.s=sl&r.lc=en&itemId=5001433077...
23rd Need for Speed - Making Websites Work Faster
The widespread availability of broadband internet connection means that there is a strong temptation to become less concerned about site load times; relying on the fact that with a 2Mb+ connection the site will still perform adequately almost regardless of how it's designed. This is a slippery path though and avoiding it not only makes for fast sites but also gives a degree of insurance against high-traffic loads and server weaknesses. We use a mixed approach to getting sites to ...
17th New Web Developer Job Advertised
[NB This job advert is now closed - 01.03.2010] Today we advertised for a new Junior Web Developer to join the team at Alacrify. You can read the full details here: http://www.alacrify.co.uk/page/recruitment but the highlights are... Junior Web Developer [Graduate or Equivalent Experience*] Alacrify is a well established Dorset-based web and graphic design agency which is seeking to appoint a Junior Web Developer in order to keep pace with increasing demands. We are therefore seek...
12th Multi-Language Websites and Domain Names
We've just added a bunch of new alternative domains to the OSEDirectory website to encourage the search engines to better index the website in the local search engine languages. Most international top level domains have the requirement for the domain owner (or business) to be resident or located in the country to which the domain refers. In order to get round the need to be resident we have opted for using these .cn/.de etc. domains as an alternative approach...
10th International Domain Registration
Alacrify Ltd are now registrars with CentralNic, providing domain name registration services for the following domain names... yourname.eu.com yourname.cn.com yourname.za.com yourname.uk.com yourname.de.com yourname.br.com yourname.uk.net yourname.jpn.com yourname.ar.com yourname.us.com yourname.kr.com yourname.ru.com yourna...
8th New Project to Provide a Website for Home Start West Dorset
We're really pleased to announce that we've just started work on creating a new website for Home Start West Dorset. "Home-Start offers support, friendship and practical help to parents with young children in local communities throughout the UK and with British Forces in Germany and Cyprus." (from http://www.home-start.org.uk/about/mission) Home Start is also working in West Dorset and needed a new site to promote their services and keep in touch with ...
5th A Glamorous Makeover and Photo Shoot for Your Valentine!
Our friend and client, Andy Whale, is offering a special present for Valentine's Day - how about a makeover and photo shoot for your loved one. Spending time with a makeover specialist and a professional photographer to produce a photoshoot to treasure and remember. His photographs are simply fabulous; he makes iconic, atmospheric and brilliant images that capture the character and vivacity of his subjects. His professionally taken photos can then be framed or reproduced in a variety o...
1st Bay Publishing On Facebook
{IMG} Our friends at Bay Publishing now have a Facebook page to promote their business and keep in touch with their friends, customers and colleagues. All their websites now have direct links to the page on them to allow people to visit and bookmark Facebook, enabling them to get the latest news and information about Bay Publishing as time goes by. The link to the Facebook page is http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bay-Publishing/262550126013 You can read more about how to us...
Alacrify Ltd. 01300 320076. jon@alacrify.co.uk
