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Ampheon Wins Another Web Design Award!

Published on August 3, 2010

We've done it again and have scooped yet another Interactive Media Award, this time for our work on the web site www.ukofficedirect.co.uk. The international award is judged by leaders in web design, advertising, public relations, publishing, news and other industries from companies such as American Express, Cadbury’s, Deutsche Bank, Microsoft, OgilvyOne, Time Warner and Verizon. Judging covers web site design, content, functionality, usability and standards compliance.

The IMA judges commented that the Best in Class (E-commerce) award is the highest honour bestowed by the Interactive Media Awards, representing the very best in planning, execution and overall professionalism. In order to win this award level, the site had to successfully pass through a comprehensive judging process, achieving very high marks in each of the judging criteria - an achievement only a fraction of sites in the IMA competition earn each year.

Malcolm Wright, Managing Director of Ampheon explained that such awards are extremely challenging to achieve “Having achieved an Outstanding Achievement award on a different client project last month, to now go one better and achieve a Best in Class award this month really does highlight how an extremely competent team with cross-disciplines in design, development and business consulting can lead to an outstanding result. If just one of these disciplines fails to perform to the highest standards, it can make the difference between success and failure.”

This independently verified award demonstrates our clear ability offer sites of the highest quality, particularly bespoke e-commerce / online stores. If you’re looking to build a new web site, or update your existing web site, contact us today to see how our award winning team can help to realise your project.

Ampheon Wins an International Web Design Award

Published on July 14, 2010

We have scooped a coveted international Interactive Media Award for our work on a client’s web site, www.rentright.co.uk. The international award is judged by leaders in web design, advertising, public relations, publishing, news and other industries from companies such as American Express, Cadbury’s, Deutsche Bank, Microsoft, OgilvyOne, Time Warner and Verizon. Judging covers web site design, content, functionality, usability and standards compliance.

The IMA judges commented that the Outstanding Achievement award is an extremely challenging award to win and that the website has excelled in all areas of their judging criteria and represented a very high standard of planning, execution and overall professionalism.

Malcolm Wright, Managing Director of Ampheon explained that such awards are not easy to achieve "It’s necessary to have an extremely competent team in all areas of the agency, not just in design or development but across all disciplines including business consulting so that one can really understand the client’s goals."

Wright goes on to explain that the web design industry is unregulated and highly competitive and that this has a significant impact on the UK economy. He said, "There are tens of thousands of companies out there that have paid large sums to build underperforming web sites. We are frequently approached by companies that have experienced problems with their existing developers and lost significant sums of money. One must wonder what impact this has on the effectiveness of online trade in the UK, and of companies’ perceptions of trading online. This award helps to vindicate that there are good companies out there who can take the lead in producing effective, profitable web sites."

Meanwhile Rentright is going from strength to strength with their new site; The company, which provides a portal site for UK letting agents to advertise rental properties to tenants, has seen a transition in just a few months from a brand new web site with a small amount of traffic to over a thousand active letting agent branches and thousands of visitors every day.

We are a London-based web development agency which has been in business since 1994. We specialise in tailor-made web solutions including custom-build web sites, web hosting, search engine optimisation, Google Adwords management and logo design and corporate branding.

LCCI Launch the Business Advice Surgery

Published on May 3, 2010

The London Chamber of Commerce officially launched the Online Business Advice Surgery today, giving members access to free advice, information resources and tailored answers to questions on issues affecting their businesses. Whether members need help with legal issues, sourcing funding and grants, marketing campaigns or a second opinion on HR procedures, the London Chamber of Commerce doctors are available via the Online Business Advice Surgery to asssit.

The Online Business Advice Surgery was a custom web development by Ampheon, who scoped, designed and developed the successful solution for the Chamber's members. This is a project we were particularly proud to be involved in, and it involved some complex technical challenges - all of which were successfully overcome.

You can view the LCCI's Online Business Advice Surgery here:http://www.londonchamber.co.uk/obas.

Naturally, as a proud member of the LCCI, we would also strongly recommend membership to you if you are a London-based organisation as the events and support the Chamber can offer are second to none!

Approved Business Company Reviews Go Live

Published on March 22, 2010

Approved Business officially launched their Company Review system today. Approved Business offers a service where companies can list their products and services, as well as publish press releases. The new Company Review system now also allows reviews to be left by customers and clients of the companies listed, and this in turn allows site visitors to make an informed choice about whether to buy from or work with an organisation.

We encourage you to take a look at the new review system at www.approvedbusiness.co.uk. You may also like to consider listing your organisation with Approved Business to broaden the visibility of your own web site.

Approved Business is a leading UK business to business directory. This directory covers highly targeted industry sectors, lists over 10,000 products and services and has in excess of half a million Google impressions every month, and growing!

Ampheon were commissioned several years ago to create a new web site concept that would lead the company forwards, particularly on the search engines. We continue to do this through a series of ongoing, rolling web site updates and improvement with many new and exciting, industry-leading features to be introduced in 2010.