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Client: Glen & Co, Glasgow
Platform: Joomla
Visit: https://www.glenandco.co.uk
Glen & Co are a well established charter surveyors operating in Glasgow City Centre and serving some big name retailers with property services.
We worked with the client to completely overhaul an existing dated design that was not mobile compliant.
The result is a stunning contemporary look and feel that includes a secure access "data room" where visitors can access a range of secure downloads relating to available properties. The site went live in October 2017.
Client: Kerr Baxter Associates, Glasgow
Platform: Joomla
Visit: https://www.kerrbaxter.co.uk
A client of ours for many years, we worked with Kerr Baxter in early 2017 to create this latest iteration of their company website.
KBA provide Building Surveying, Architectural, Project Management and CDM Health & Safety services to clients throughout the UK and the new contemporary site reflects a go ahead company working with some very high end clients.
The site features a range of case studies each presented with a summary and photo gallery whilst latest news is delivered directly from our Facebook integration technology meaning the dynamic part of the site is actually updated directly from within the company social media platform.
Client: Tiny Vikings
Platform: Big Commerce
Visit: //https://www.tinyvikings.co.uk
Tiny Vikings provide a range of customised clothing primarily aimed at Children but now also with a range of adult options too!
The company also provides a range of ready to buy clothes, and fabrics.
With some of the customised clothing styles having several million (yes million!) possible combinations this project called for an advanced e-commerce solution.
Big Commerce was the platform of choice and this funky website went live in February 2018, taking the complex requirements of the customer and delivering them with ease.
Client: Tigerbay, Cardiff
Platform: Joomla
Visit: https://www.tigerbay.co.uk
Tigerbay offer reservtion and e-commerce services to specialist travel firms across the UK. As part of the ATCORE group of companies, Tigerbay work with some of the biggest names in the travel industry and ahead of a product revamp we worked with the company to launch a new website in October 2017.
Working to aggressive timescales we were able to meet the client brief and then some with this stunning contemporary design featuring some glorious images set in a colourful framework.
Client: Sports Tax Law
Platform: Joomla
Visit: https://www.sportstaxlaw.co.uk
Wesbites don't have to be complicated to be fully functional. This one is all contained on a single page!
We designed this simple site for Sports Tax Law who provide tax advice primarily to football players.
Simple, beautiful website design. It's what we do!
Client: Flexifi Ltd, Paisley
Platform: Joomla
Visit: http://www.flexifi.co.uk
Flexifi is a start-up business looking to offer super fast broadband solutions to multi-unit business and residential customers. Based in Paisley, we worked with the client to firstly create a brand identity for the fledgling company, before creating a striking contemporary design for their brochure website.
The end result is a bold website that epitomises an organisation operating in the technology sector.
Client: The Greystone Group, Glasgow
Platform: Joomla
Visit: http://www.greystoneuk.com
Greystone Group provide a range of B2B services to clients across Scotland such as contract cleaning, maintenance and carbon reduction solutions.
We were commissioned to create a new web presence for the company to replace an existing tired and dated design back in 2015 and this was the result. Utilising strong images from our stock library to compliment those from our client we created a simple but stunningly effective brochure site built on Joomla 3.
Client: Intelligent Delivery Solutions, Manchester
Platform: Joomla
Visit: https://www.intelligent-ds.co.uk
Intelligent Delivery Solutions provide testing services and recruitment to technology organisations around the world.
Based in Manchester, but with offices in London & Budapest IDS came to us in spring 2017 looking to bring together their web presence and branding with a new look.
After quickly establishing a new brand identity we then created this responsive brochure website to match, serving as an online brochure for the many different services that the company provides.
Client: MPS Scotland, Glasgow
Platform: Joomla
Visit: https://www.mpsscotland.co.uk
MPS came to BFD as a new business start up in November 2017. The company offers plumbing and heating services across West, Central Scotland with the website aiming to give prospective customers plenty of information and an easy way to request a quote.
Our online quote builder guides visitors through a simple wizard allowing them to submit all the relevant information required by MPS to generate a quote.
Using multiple pages and form logic we are able to minimise the amount of effort in completing the quote wizard making it quick and painless to submit and of course it works perfectly on mobile and tablet devices too.
Client: The Football Nation, Edinburgh
Platform: Big Commerce
Visit: https://www.6yardbox.co.uk
The Six Yard Box is a new spin off from the hugely successful "Football Nation" (also a BFD client!).
Promising to redefine Football Fashion the site offers a wide variety of unique, top end merchandise for the discerning football fan. Operating from a gorgeous retail space in the very hip New Waverley arches in Edinburgh City Centre we designed this contemporary looking Big Commerce site to match.
Client: Graham Macrae
Platform: Joomla
Visit: https://www.macraejoinery.com
Based in Glasgow, specialising in the design, manufacture and installation of bespoke kitchens and furniture Graham offers a range of kitchens to suit every budget.
We designed a lovely brochure site for him to show off some of his work and to generate new customer leads.
His work speaks for itself, so we had an easy job! This one went live in January 2018.
Client: St.Mirren Football Club, Paisley
Platform: Joomla & Wee Commerce
Visit: https://www.stmirren.com
We worked with the football club in the latter part of 2016 to create a brand new responsive design for their website. Built on Joomla we created a bright and easy to update supporters portal which works superbly across mobile, tablet and desktop devices. The delivery of the first phase brochure site was soon followed up by the creation and integration of our Wee Commerce solution which has allowed the club to process several thousand orders for replica kit, books, dinners, community camps and corporate hospitality in the first year of it's operation.
The third phase, launched in December 2017 saw the club launch a new subscription based content service, "BuddieVision", again aimed at expanding the revenue potential of the club website.
We also migrated all staff from a legacy POP email implementation to a modern Office 365 powered messaging solution in 2016.
A great client to work with, and one we always enjoy visiting!
Client: Perfect Window Blinds, Johnstone
Platform: Joomla
Visit: https://www.perfectwindowblinds.co.uk
A local client to us, Perfect Window Blinds came to BFD looking to revamp an existing website to reflect new ranges offered by the company and to get the site working perfectly across all platforms.
Building on a strong existing brand identity we created this striking black and yellow design which showcases the different blind ranges in all their glory with each range having a showcase of previous installation examples.
Client: Johnstone Wheelers Cycling Club
Platform: Joomla & Invision Community
Visit: http://www.johnstone-wheelers.co.uk
Johnstone Wheelers are a long established and popular Cycling Club in Renfrewshire with a busy youth section separately branded as Johnstone Jets.
With an ageing website that the club were struggling to keep updated we worked with key committee members to simplify matters, creating a design that automatically populates itself with content from various feeds such as Strava, Twitter, Facebook and the Wheelers own popular discussion board "The Bunch".
"The Bunch" runs on Invision Community Software which we procured, installed and configured for the club and the latest version was branded in line with club colours as part of the project.
The new site and upgraded "Bunch" went live in November 2017.
Client: Bernie's Cafe Deli, Bridge Of Weir
Platform: Joomla
Visit: http://www.berniescafedeli.com
Bernie's is a coffee shop and deli based in the picturesque location of Bridge of Weir. We created this new brochure website for new owners in 2015 and the site has continued to evolve with the addition of simple gift voucher ordering in 2016 using a PayPal shopping cart solution. The site also incorporates one of our superb videos, shot on site by Allen on his 4K rig. The results are stunning!
A terrific location for a spot of lunch or some coffee & cake if you are passing through!
Client: Argyll Estates, Inveraray
Platform: Joomla & Big Commerce
Visit: https://www.inveraray-castle.com and https://www.argyllcaravanpark.com
We have worked with Argyll Estates for a number of years on a variety of different projects. Always a pleasure to deal with and a lovely client to go and visit with an absolutely stunning drive to Inveraray.
We created these two Joomla sites for Inveraray Castle and the Argyll Caravan Park over 2016-2017. Both sites utilise the same look and feel and incorporate the clear branding of the organisation. Both sites are easy to update, fully mobile friendly and featuring absolutely fantastic photography supplied by the client.
In addition to the Brochure sites we also launched an online merchandise store for the Castle Gift Shop using Big Commerce and integrated the Castle's online ticket booking system directly inside the new website.
Client: Rachel Walker
Platform: Joomla
Visit: https://www.rachelwalker.co.uk/
Rachel Walker is a Gaelic singer, songwriter and tutor living in the West Highlands of Scotland and performing all over the UK and beyond.
We designed this fabulous site for her in January 2018 showcasing her work and providing upcoming gig details to her avid fans.
From first contact with the BFD team to fully live within 10 days meant a very happy client!
Client: HSA Retail, Glasgow
Platform: Joomla
Visit: https://www.hsaretail.com
HSA are a niche property agency based in Glasgow with a strong emphasis towards the retail and leisure sectors. Formed in 2017 we worked with the organisation to create a modern, responsive portal to display their range of currently available property units and to give information about the partners and the impressive client list already working with HSA.
The result was this beautiful creation which went live in the summer of 2017.
Client: Glennoch Properties Glencoe
Platform: Joomla & Planyo
Visit: https://www.glennochpropertiesglencoe.co.uk
This beautiful site, showcasing two stunning holiday rental properties in Glencoe, went live in February 2018.
In addition to being a brochure for the properties, our client was looking to take direct bookings where possible, eliminating the third party charges associated with the big booking portals like Tripadvisor.
The result was this full integration with Planyo, a hugely powerful cloud based booking engine. A cracking result and one very happy client!
Client: The Osteopaths
Platform: Joomla
Visit: https://www.theosteopaths.org.uk
An existing client of ours, The Osteopaths commissioned a face-lift for their previous BFD site.
Taking a copy of the existing content, we developed a new theme to sit on top without re-writing a single page and came up with a bright, modern functional look and feel that went live in February 2018.
Client: Alastora Risk Management, Northern Ireland
Platform: Joomla
Visit: https://www.alastorariskmanagement.com
Alastora Security Risk Management is a privately owned, multi-disciplinary Security Risk Management service provider, based in Northern Ireland and also with operations in UAE, Lebanon and Iraq.
We created this simple brochure site for the startup in October 2017. Building on the client's existing brand we added some stunning images from our stock library to create a professional look and feel.
Client: Murphy Young Group, Glasgow
Platform: Joomla
Visit: https://www.murphy-young.com
We've worked with the Murphy Young Group almost since we went into business ourselves back in 2009.
Since then we've delivered a range of separate web initiatives for this dynamic and growing group of businesses.
In 2017 the company decided to standardise the branding message across all the separate business units and bring all the web sites up to date with a modern, responsive look.
We created a new design template and then rolled this out across all 6 sites in the group, each taking a highlight colour relating to that brand.
The end result was a consistent suite of sites that totally compliment each other and one very happy client!
Client: Business and Surveying Solutions
Platform: Joomla
Visit: https://www.bssscotland.com
We started working with BSS Scotland in 2014, and with the first iteration of their site looking a bit jaded we were commissioned to create a brighter look and feel in February 2018.
The beauty of our Joomla sites is that they can be "re-themed" without starting again from scratch.
A few hours work was all in took to give the existing site a complete facelift and bring it up to date with all the latest responsive standards.
Client: Skipinnish Band
Platform: Joomla with Wee Commerce
Visit: https://www.skipinnish.co.uk
An existing client of ours for many years, we worked with the band to create this stunning new site which went live in December 2017.
Skipinnish had recently won Scots Trad Live Band of the Year award for 2017 and wanted to update their website to acknowledge this prestigious honour and also to make it easier for a growing fan base to purchase live tickets and band merchandise.
The result was this beautiful Joomla creation with our Wee Commerce plugin installed. Some amazing images colour this bold design whilst social media feeds auto-populate news sections thus making it a very low maintenance site for the band and their Publicity Team.
Client: Ryan Murrant Photography
Platform: Joomla
Visit: https://rm.photos
Our first project to feature a Premium niche domain name, rm.photos went live in the middle of December 2017.
As all Photography sites should we let the images tell the story and the design really just acts as a simple framework to showcase them in the best possible light.
The result is stunning!