Christmas & New Year Opening

We will be closing the office at 3.30pm on Friday 23rd December 2011 and then re-opening for business at 8.30am on Tuesday 3rd January 2012. Please note that the answerphone and e-mail accounts will be monitored over this period should an urgent enquiry arise and we will be contactable in an emergency. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

All Very Social

Being a small business means that, at Gabriel Design, we have always be more approachable and easier to contact than larger, more cumbersome agencies. It is our aim to provide regular updates to our suppliers and clients, old and new, through as many and varied means as possible.

With this in mind we have added to our range of online 'outlets'. Alongside our websites for Gabriel Design and Website365, our two blogs (here and here), our irregular e-newsletters and our Twitter Feed, we now have our own Facebook page!

Uploaded this past week our new Facebook page will act as an outlet for our latest news and projects, while our Twitter Feed will continue to give up to the minute insights into the day to day running of Gabriel Design, and our blogs and e-newsletters will give more depth to the exciting things that are happening.

If you are a Facebook user please visit our new page and if you remember to 'Like' us you'll receive all the latest updates.

We have also created our own unique landing page for our new Facebook page. This allows us to customise the standard Facebook appearance and add our own branding and look to the page. This facility is very useful to businesses aiming to make the most of the Facebook experience and is now one offered by Gabriel Design. We can create your Facebook landing tab affordably and professionally giving you the best chance of gaining new customers through this powerful medium. If you would like to know more contact us here.

Guiding Website Success

We are pleased to announce the launch of the redeveloped and exciting new website for the South West Region of Girl Guiding UK. The new look site is a departure from the previous design and encompasses more social media than ever before, including Twitter, Flickr, YouTube and, of course, Facebook.

Working closely with Pete White of A Motley Crew Ltd. we developed a clean new look, which can be updated, managed and maintained in house. The new design is easier to navigate than the previous site and includes a number of useful downloads plus a link through to the new Girl Guiding South West online store.

You can view the site here.

The new online store, with e-commerce facilities provided by EKM Powershop and WorldPay, offers the full range of guiding necessities and fun items and is designed to match the main site allowing for seamless movement between the two.

Officially launched at a Girl Guiding conference over the last weekend in November the new website has already received a lot of praise from Guide Units, Counties and beyond.

At Gabriel Design we are proud to have been able to provide a range of services for this project, including the redevelopment of the site itself, the graphic look and feel, activating the online store, building in the social aspects, providing support and training for the in house team and more.

Mo-Ender

With the first of December comes the end of Movember and end of furry top lips everywhere. I am pleased to have supported this worthwhile charity, answering questions where I could (once the initial 'why are you growing a moustache' was passed) and raising nearly £90 for men's cancer charities. Many thanks to all who donated and supported me through this.

This is how I looked last night, right at the end of Movember. Well its hard work growing a Mo!