Craven Digital and Craven IT Solutions
We have been working with Subrosa. based in Beamsley, since 2022
Exactly four years since we created the branding and an online booking website for Barnoldswick-based startup JSL Mobile Valeting, owner Jared asked about expanding the options on offer – covering areas in Lancashire, Yorkshire and – yes – Edinburgh, where he had relocated. It was an opportune time to bring the site bang up-to-date and onto the latest web code, so we spent an afternoon upgrading the site and adding a postcode search to direct customers to the new booking options. This made it easier to develop some search engine marketing elements, introduce a step change in the site’s design and continue to help his business to prosper.
A big thanks to the teachers at Ermysted’s in Skipton for inspiring me about local geography right up to A-levels and on to uni! That local knowledge and understanding of economic geography is a big reason for local businesses to work with us.
In 2021, seven years since we created the first website for Purcell’s delicatessen in Barnoldswick (and after two changes of owners during the time we’ve been hosting the site and looking after the business), we were asked by current owners Dan and Corinne for an upgrade. Part of their move to create more products in Barnoldswick that were previously supplied by Stanforth’s in Skipton, the change was a prompt to bring the site fully up to date in content and technology terms.
The new design keeps things simple but better features the pair’s fabulous social media content and regular kitchen postings – combining the best of what’s new with the tradition of this 50+ year-old Barnoldswick shop.
In preparation for the school’s surprise Ofsted inspection in June 2021, we conducted a thorough audit of the website to ensure it was compliant and communicated the complete school story. We also progressed the gradual rollout of new cleaner and more flexible page layouts that began during the Covid lockdown.
To help the school recover from the drop in preschool places during the Covid pandemic, we have worked on a refresh of the school’s brand for early years:
Part of a skills project delivered for Lincolnshire County Council, this interactive online learning resource showcases various historic buildings, career paths and skills involved in their maintenance and restoration.
heritagelincolnshire.org/learn-with-us/historic-environment-skills
A labour of love! The old technology behind the original site we built for Heritage Lincolnshire back in 2014 was becoming restrictive. The PHP version was also stuck in the past, posing an increasing security and performance risk. So an upgrade was on the cards and presented an opportunity to refresh the look and feel, review the site’s structure and improve the messaging behind the charity’s work. Discussions started about the project in early 2019, with development running alongside the old website for two years (due to the pandemic) until the careful transition from old to new in 2021.
Due to issues with their previous website, local accountants Mitchell Wellock needed to get back online quickly. We created a secure, temporary presence whilst we work on a full website to be launched in the autumn.
After their previous website – created and hosted by another company – was hacked, The Green Play House needed a new secure website fast. We sorted out their domain, email and a new temporary website quickly, allowing them to get back to business.