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McIntosh Donald - Seriously Good Beef
Posted: Jan 11, 2012
Altitude have designed a new website for one of the most recognised and trusted names in the production of red meat products. McIntosh Donald are home to what they believe to be the best-tasting premium steak burgers in Scotland. They use only the finest Scotch beef to deliver a true taste of Scotland in every mouthful. With a history spanning over 100 years, McIntosh Donald have been involved in the production of Scottish red meat products for quite some time. This makes them sure you wont find a better tasting Scottish burger.
A simple to use, yet highly effective site was developed by the Altitude web team that combined clean design lines with clear functionality. The logo of McIntosh Donald is at the forefront of the website, along with links to the history of the company, recipes, competitions and information on where to buy these tasty burgers.
“Altitude helped us design and build our new website from scratch. They were helpful, knowledgeable and reliable. I would highly recommend them to any business, large or small!” – Patrick Orchard, Vion Food
McIntosh Donald now has a web presence and visual identity that has greatly enhanced its profile, generating increased interest and inquires in the company’s products. Take a look at the new website here – www.mcintoshdonald.com
Hotel Indigo Edinburgh
Posted: Jan 10, 2012
Hotel Indigo is a chain of boutique hotels, part of the InterContinental Hotels Group. It is promoted as being “the industry’s first branded boutique hotel experience.” The concept includes a retail-inspired design concept with changes throughout the year.
The Hotel Indigo Edinburgh is set within a category A listed building dating back to the late 18th century. Originally 5 residential properties the hotel enhances many of the intriguing features including decorative stairwells and a unique cupola. Set within the New Town Conservation area, the hotel also falls within the Edinburgh UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Hotel Indigo Edinburgh needed a new website that reflects the hotel’s true identity, Altitude pulled out all the stops making sure the website had all it needed to be clear, modern and easy to navigate. The website, displaying the high quality images of the hotel’s sparkling interior and special offers was brought forth.
Altitude made sure the site had a sophisticated booking system that was easy for customers to use. They also put in place a content management system so that the hotel itself could make sure the site was up-to-date, offering their customers the lastest special offers.
Altitude were also asked to step in and brand the restaurant “Turquoise Thistle”, incorporating the signature colour of Turquoise and some classic images of the thistle but with a contemporary twist. Altitude gave the restaurant a completely new identity, helping the restaurant convey the quality of their first-rate service and food.
Photos of the new restaurant and the hotel are coming soon, meanwhile take a look at the new website here – www.hiedinburgh.co.uk
PREM Group Europe
Posted: Jan 09, 2012
Altitude is proud to present a suite of new website’s for hotel chain giant the PREM Group. Founded in 1996 in Dublin, The PREM Group is established as a leading hospitality management company providing leisure and business accommodation with a portfolio consisting of over 3,000 rooms in 34 properties in Ireland, England, Belgium and France.
Altitude has gained a deep knowledge of the website requirements for hospitality industry over the last few years. They understand the importance of efficient booking systems, together with the visual representation of the amenities, appealing for different occasions and to different customers.
The project kept the Altitude team busy, translating the suite of website’s to four languages – English, Dutch, German and French – as well as developing an online booking facility which corresponds with the Dutch booking system. The website design’s are consistent with Altitude’s style making it easy to navigate, as well as the portraying the group’s brand standards of comfort, functionality and luxury. Altitude also made sure the hotels could easily update the website’s themselves, with an easy to use content management system.
Since the first three websites have gone live, web traffic has increased massively and has also meant the PREM Group and Holiday Inn can dovetail perfectly in the marketplace through a web platform that suits both their needs.
Stay tuned for more news on Altitude’s partnership with the PREM Group, meanwhile take a look at the websites built so far:
www.higentexpo.com
www.hiexantwerp.com
www.hihasselt.com
Brand Identity for Turquoise Thistle Restaurant, Bar and Lounge
Posted: Jan 07, 2012
The Hotel Indigo Edinburgh is set within a category A listed building dating back to the late 18th century. The hotel enhances many of the intriguing features including decorative stairwells and a unique cupola. Set within the New Town Conservation area, the hotel also falls within the Edinburgh UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Turquoise Thistle is the restaurant within that prestigious hotel. The link to the local Thistle Street is captured in the name of the restaurant and lounge – “Turquoise Thistle”. Vibrant splashes of Turquoise are used in the restaurant and staff uniforms along with contemporary thistle imagery.
Altitude were asked to step in and brand the restaurant, incorporating the signature colour of Turquoise and some classic images of the thistle but with a contemporary twist. Altitude gave the restaurant a completely new identity, helping the restaurant convey the quality of their first-rate service and food.
Photos of the newly re-branded lounge will be uploaded shortly!
Six Websites and Brochures for TLC Group Care Homes
Posted: Jan 05, 2012
A series of websites combined with a brand new brochure was the brief from TLC Group, a provider of high quality care homes and support for older people. The group prides itself on giving anyone, however young or old, the right to live life to the full and needed a communications package that really shone a light on that ethos.
Altitude put the emphasis on TLC’s level and quality of care in delivering the website and brochure brief, which also focused on the group’s commitment to offering even the smallest yet important details in its service package, such as its dedicated team of moving in mentors. The Altitude team designed a smart new brochure and developed an easy to navigate site for six of the company’s care homes, featuring detailed guides to each location.
The Altitude web solutions for TLC has helped generate increased interest in the company’s care services package, with traffic to the website also increasing. The design agency’s creative passion has mirrored the passion TLC has for providing first class care and support.
Altitude is a passionate team of creatives who work hard to understand our markets and professionally focus their skills to accurately represent our brand. I shall certainly be recommending them in the future. – Paavan Popat – Managing Director
View the series of websites here: www.tlc-group.net
TLC Group Corporate Website Launch
Posted: Jan 03, 2012
TLC Group was formed in 2007 to operate high quality services within the care and hospitality field. TLC Group currently owns and operates six care facilities in London and Cambridge as well as a branded limited service hotel in Stratford, East London. In addition to the operational arm of TLC Group, the business is also involved with a number of developments throughout the South East of England.
In order to function as one entity, Altitude has re-designed the TLC Group’s corporate website, which now hosts the links to individual care homes and hotels, provides detailed locations via built-in Google Map’s and is parallel with the entire value proposition of the TLC brand.
“Altitude are a passionate team of creatives who work hard to understand our markets and professionally focus their skills to accurately represent our brand. I shall certainly be recommending them in the future.” – Paavan Popat – Managing Director
Have a look at the new corporate website here: www.tlc-group.net
New website for the award-winning Stephen Charles Studio
Posted: Jan 02, 2012
At the Stephen Charles Studio they strive to capture creative and exciting images which will last a lifetime. They have over 30 years experience making them one of the leading photographic studios in Devon and the South West. Their ethos is to ensure that they give their clients exactly what they want and involve them in every way possible to ensure they meet their needs.
Altitude have launched a slick new website for the award-winning Stephen Charles Studio, complete with a client area so clients can log-in, view their photographs and purchase them. The new website also shows off their excellent portfolio and services.
“We met with numerous design agencies after deciding it was time to re-launch the website. We knew as soon as we met the Altitude team that they were the guys for us! They listened to our needs and created a fantastic bespoke website and within 3 weeks the site was up and running. More importantly for us as a small company, the design and build of the site was extremely affordable and we have already seen an increase in business from the launch of our new website.
Altitude provided us with real sound advice that went far beyond just the building the site and even created a Facebook and Twitter account which was linked to our website. The whole process was very easy and the team at Altitude completely exceeded our expectations.- Director – Stephen Charles
Take a look at the new website here: www.stephencharlesstudio.co.uk
New website and photography for Holiday Inn Express London - Stratford
Posted: Dec 26, 2011
Altitude delivered a creative professional photography service and a complete re-design of Holiday Inn Express London – Stratford website, in line with an extensive expansion and global re-branding strategy.
The Holiday Inn Express London – Stratford is established in the heart of East London, which is also a site of the eagerly anticipated London Olympics 2012. The perfectly located hotel needed restructuring of its website, which reflected the global leading player’s status and strong brand values, together with the marketable opportunities of such an immense location for business stays and holiday breaks at the heart of London.
Altitude had the necessary expertise in this particular field with the latest success in website re-designs for other Holiday Inn franchises, rocketing online bookings.
Acknowledging the newest industry trends, Altitude focused on reflecting the brand’s clean, modern and professional image on all marketing material. The website included an online booking tool, upcoming events calendar and iPhone and Blackberry App’s.
The hotel also benefited from conference brochure’s and TV screen display’s, designed to be easily updated by staff – a crucial advantage in order to stay at the competitive front in the fast changing marketplace.
You can view the website and the photography taken by visiting www.hiexpressstratford.co.uk or view our case study here.
CMYK Gallery Open's it's Doors
Posted: Dec 19, 2011
Altitude has launched a new website for CMYK, a independent gallery dedicated to exhibiting the best of the South West’s emerging artistic talent.
Specialising in digital art, illustration and photography, CMYK are trying to make buying art a much more accessible experience, offering local and regional artists work in the form of high quality but affordable limited prints.
“It has been a pleasure working with Altitude this past year. From conception through to delivery, the team helped to build a wonderful website with only my incoherent ramblings to go on. Great ideas, fantastic design and friendly, Altitude were always available and has a superb support structure which continues to offer help and advice whenever needed. I can’t recommend them highly enough!” – MD – Chris McBride
Take a look at the new website here – www.cmykgallery.co.uk – and buy some exclusive work from UK’s future artists and photographers!
Queensway Group Hotels
Posted: Nov 20, 2011
Altitude recently embarked on re-designing another hotel website for the Holiday Inn Express in Walsall, which is part of the Queensway Group of Hotels – www.queensway.com. Altitude have designed all the hotel websites for this group, making sure they are up to Holiday Inn Express Brand Standards.
The website features an online booking facility, extensive gallery of photographs and coming soon will be a virtual tour facility for the website. Altitude also installed a content management system for the website, meaning that the hoteliers have full control of the content and can update the website at anytime. This is useful for announcing up and coming events or promotions within the hotel.
Take a look, or even book via the new website: www.hiexwalsall.com
Refreshed Prospectus for Plymouth College of Art
Posted: Nov 20, 2011
Altitude Design recently had the task of designing the Short Courses Prospectus for Plymouth College of Art.
The college had recently expanded and improved the programme of short courses and needed a new prospectus for the academic year 2011/2012.
The prospectus was designed, being 31 pages in length and boasting a colour coded page system to help prospective students navigate around the prospectus with ease. It includes all the essential information to help future students chose the right course for them such as a full price list, a map of how to find the college and of course, a synopsis of each course offered, complete with images of existing students work.
If fancy a look at the artwork produced, click here to download the brochure in pdf format.
6 New Websites for the Q.N Hotels Group
Posted: Oct 17, 2011
Altitudes latest task was a complete redesign of all the websites within the Q.N. Hotel Group. The company needed 6 new websites that truly reflected the Group’s standing in the hospitality sector. The Q.N. Group have undergone a rapid expansion, starting with a 40 bedroom hotel in Aylesbury in 1994, to now owning 400 hotel rooms in 5 locations across England and Wales.
Simple to use, yet highly effective, the websites were developed by the Altitude’s web team, combining clean design lines with clear functionality. With an asset base that has grown from under £1 million in 1994 to over £30 million, the Q.N. Hotel Group is used to getting results and Altitude’s website has ensured the company can build on that success, increasing the Group’s web traffic since the websites went live.
“Altitude has shown that it has a result orientated approach; our questions were always answered quickly and effectively and the team delivered a website with perfect functionality within the timescales promised. The website’s completely fulfilled our brief and we will have no hesitation in recommending them.” – Qamar Ahmed – MD
So take a look at the highly regarded new websites, and see for yourself. www.qnhgroup.com
Misty Miller Website Launch
Posted: Oct 14, 2011
Emerging singer songwriter Misty Miler needed a website that reflected her fresh contemporary sound and would give her the ideal platform to promote her talents to the widest possible audience. The 16 year old came to Altitude in search of a solution.
With Altitude’s track record in the music industry, the agency had the pedigree to deliver a web presence that would give this young star in the making the kind of website to capture the imagination of the user. The web team delivered just that with a bold, imaginative and modern design that was unique in functionality, allowing the user to interact with the site with ease.
The finished site captured the essence of Misty the artist perfectly, taking her ideas and developing them into a highly interactive site that has real youthful appeal. It has helped to generate a lot of interest in this new artist whose pure, soulful and clever poignant lyricism is quickly gaining her a new army of fans.
“Working with Altitude by Design was both a success and pleasure for us. My ideas were interpreted clearly and made even better with the help of Miles. Everything was complete before my deadline and we have had continued support with updating the site. Highly recommended.” - Anthony Gordon - Artist Manager
Altitude Sponsor Vanessa Raw
Posted: Oct 07, 2011
Altitude is very proud to be sponsoring the British Triathlete Vanessa Raw, managed by Luke Lloyd-Davies.
Vanessa Raw was born in Hexham on the 28th September 1984 and is an amazing British Triathlete. She is a member of the British Olympic Triathlon Academy Squad and is coached by Gavin Smith. Vanessa currently resides in Loughborough.
Altitude are sponsoring Vanessa in the by providing her with a state of the art website and branding. The website is split into two, one part displays her sporting talent, informs the public of her up and coming sporting events and sporting records. The second part of the website shows off the surprising artistic side of Vanessa, with images of her beautiful artwork displayed. The website is a good portal for Vanessa to showcase her talents and to share her gifts with the public.
Altitude are very excited to be backing such an amazing athlete, and we are hopefully looking forward to see her compete in the 2012 Olympic Games! Watch this space.
New Website For The Award Winning Vinyl Touch
Posted: Oct 03, 2011
The award winning Vinyl Touch, one of London’s longest-running and most prolific Breakbeat events, needed a modern website, as both its reputation and the event itself continues to grow. Altitude’s track record in the sector made it a perfect choice to help.
This kind of brief is perfect territory for the Altitude design team and the website that was delivered gave The Vinyl Touch the perfect platform to take their popular event to the next level. With high end functionality and interactivity, combined with striking visual appeal, the site is one of the agency’s most successful yet.
Launched in 1999 when Breakbeat was still just a budding scene, it has taken just a few years for the Vinyl Touch parties to move from a small north London bar to a huge five-arena venue with over 30 artists performing at each event. Now the event has a website that reflects its new found status and popularity – thanks to Altitude.
“Altitude has been incredibly fast moving, professional and great to work with. They designed us a beautiful looking website that is easy to navigate and tremendously functional, they have been helpful and patient and I would recommend Altitude’s services to anyone without a shadow of a doubt. 10/10” - Matt Bilotta (Founder)
Check out the new site here www.thevinyltouch.net
Alpha Logic - Making Sense of Waste
Posted: Sep 30, 2011
Alpha Logic is an independent waste management company serving organisations across the South West. Alpha Logic needed a wide-ranging set of marketing and communications solutions to reflect its range of waste management and recycling services, which are designed to meet the ever-growing needs of commercial businesses. Altitude was up to the challenge.
Altitude’s design team focused on Alpha Logic’s ability to deliver significant cost savings to high-volume waste producers and also on how they pride themselves on exceeding customers’ expectations. A brand new website was created along with a brochure, business cards, letterheads, comp slips, bin stickers and seeds (an entirely unique marketing idea thought up by Altitude).
The package created by Altitude ensured a smart new corporate look for Alpha Logic and helped the company effectively communicate its main message which is how it specialises in making sense of a customer’s waste – while saving time and money and minimising the environmental impact.
So take a look at Alpha Logic yourself. www.alpha-logic.com
New Website for Leading Commercial Refurbishment Company
Posted: Sep 27, 2011
Karris Limited is a leading commercial refurbishment company based in the South West with their main office located between Plymouth and Exeter. They are ideally positioned to support clients throughout the wider South West, from Cornwall to Gloucestershire. They supply customers with all elements of refurbishment and fit-out work and supply commercial furniture from the UK’s principal manufacturers.
Altitude designed a very fresh clean website for Karris, with a smattering of colour, perfectly coordinating with Karris Limited’s colourful logo. The website is very easy to use, with a toolbar menu, large photographs and a quick link to aid potential customers in contacting Karris.
Karris said this regarding working with Altitude: “We are very pleased with the new web site that Altitude Design have developed for us. Altitude were very understanding of our ideas and offered the support and advice that we needed and we recommend that you give them a call!”
Take a look at the new website here www.karrisinteriors.co.uk
Altitude features in Devon Life
Posted: Sep 22, 2011
Altitude is honoured to have been featured in this months Devon Life magazine.
Altitude features across a full page spread, with the title of the article being “Miles Noble MD of Altitude, one of Plymouths most enterprising design companies.”
The article tells readers of Miles’ journey, how he built the company and the coveted secrets of running a sucessful business. It also details the future for Altitude, and the possibility of a creative consortium.
“Altitude” is aptly named. The company’s success is meteoric and as Altitude celebrates its fourth birthday this year it seems intent on flying in the face of the current climate. Tucked under their belt is an impressive list of companies with blush-inducing testimonials about the creative skills attributed to the Altitude team.
Names include Coke ICE, part of the corporate giant Coca-Cola, who gave Altitude the brief of a complete brand identity, which they delivered to great acclaim. Other major successes are both far and near and include several hotel groups – the latest being a number of the franchised Holiday Inn hotels, many of whom claim their 500% turnover is due to the fresh new image created for them by “Altitude”.
It all started with a bit of fan mail. Several years ago, fresh out of Plymouth College of Art, Miles heard music artist Mylo interviewed by Gill Mills from Radio 1. He emailed the DJ and asked if there were any other podcast interviews. She wrote back, and noticing Miles web design details asked if he would build her a website.
“I was a bit taken aback and as I had little experience at the time and said that I would do it for free if she would pass my name to her contacts” said Miles. “She loved the website and recommended me to Mylo. I did his, and then did one for another artist, Robyn who had a number 1 within months of the site being live. I then went on to do Coke ICE. Things really took off from there, and I’m involved with a number of musicians, including an upcoming singer called Misty Miller who is becoming very big.
Despite the big names, Miles Noble is determined to stay loyal to his home town. “I grew up here. I was blessed to go to Plymouth College which had a fantastic atmosphere to learn in. My parents sacrificed a lot for my education. I learned how to work hard there and it has stayed with me in the real world”.
“I realised early on that I’m much more creative in an environment that is not manic. London isn’t for me. I try and collaborate with other people who are from Devon – I’m a great believer in trying to keep things local. My ambition would be to make the County the hub of creative enterprise.” To that end Miles is keen to invest in future generations. “I like to give time to students from local colleges and universities and offer work placements as much as I can” he says. “It’s important to share experiences and to encourage youngsters”.
There is no doubt that the students will benefit. It’s easy to see why Miles Noble is successful. He has an easy charm, winning smile and a fizzing creative energy that could run the national grid.
So it’s not surprising to hear that Noble has some different views about running a business. He’s much keener on the “hub and spoke” method of management. “I don’t see myself expanding into a formal business with hierarchy and management commitments” he says. “I’d much prefer to generate the work myself – be the person to front the business and work in tandem with people whose skills complement the project in hand”.
“The success of ‘Altitude’ is, I’m sure because it is run in this way. There are a large number of people that I collaborate with – ‘Actuate Marketing’ is one. It is one of the leading marketing consultancies in the region and we work well on all sorts of projects. Being able to cherry pick the best means that there is no risk of people getting stale – you can choose the brightest people to suit the project and it keeps work fresh and individual.”
Currently Altitude works out of the University of Plymouth’s Formation Zone. “Next year we will be moving into another building to build a creative consortium where we all share skills” says Noble.
So what’s the secret of a good business? Noble says “Keep your website up to date, refresh it regularly. Our maxim is that you should rise to the challenge of your vision, find the solution that makes it a reality and turn that into tangible results that impact positively on your business. That’s how “Altitude” is raising the bar in the creative process – and by doing so we are taking design to new heights.”
Shift Personal Training
Posted: Sep 20, 2011
Joe Canning is a highly qualified and experienced personal fitness trainer, providing his coaching in Plymouth and nearby area.
His genuine interest in people and their personal fitness goals is what makes Joe a passionate one-to-one and small groups trainer. If you wonder why you should trouble yourselves with someone watching over your shoulder and counting those agonizing push-ups for you, well, the difference between individual struggle and interactive personal training is that you will never get bored (or cheat!) when working out with supervision and motivating support.
The Altitude team were excited to work with such a motivated and focused individual, to help him in his venture. The design team focused its efforts on creating and developing the website which would cohere with Joe’s teaching style. This is how a focused, clear and authentic website was born, which is as genuine as Joe’s dedication to his work.
Have a peak into his new website, or even if you aim to loose some weight, tone for a holiday or train for a specific event – Joe is your guy. www.shiftpersonaltraining.com
Sojourn Hotel Group
Posted: Sep 20, 2011
Sojourn Hotel Group is a hotel partnership, established in 2008, owning four perfectly located Holiday Inn Express hotels in its portfolio. The group focuses on excellence and quality of service, so naturally they approached Altitude to re-design their website portfolio of four websites.
Throughout the project, Altitude successfully captured the personality of the hotel and its brand positioning. This translated into a modern, forward looking and easy to navigate website, with engaging social media and marketing with an e-newsletter subscription option.
There is a comprehensive gallery to help give potential customers a feel for the hotel before booking. Altitude also put an easy to use content management system in place for the group, so they can manage exactly what is on the website at all times, keeping it up to date.
Take a look at the website here: www.hiexpressyork.co.uk
Altitude helps to work towards a greener Plymouth
Posted: Sep 14, 2011
Altitude is proud to have been involved in the organisation of the second annual Plymouth Eco Business Fayre. The fayre will be held at the National Marine Aquarium on Thursday 6th October 2011. The free event aims to help Plymouth businesses work as one so together, we can make Plymouth a greener, cleaner, more eco-conscious city.
The event kicks off at 10am, with highly regarded guest speakers from the BBC, Langage Farm and the National Marine Aquarium getting us involved in ways that we can make business practices more Eco Friendly.
Altitude made sure that the theme of the website was in keeping with the theme of the event, with Green being the natural choice as part of the colour scheme! Together with Marketing Company Actuate, the two have organised the event alongside Alpha Logic. Actuate and Altitude have also collaborated to make the the event part of the public’s conciousness with their extensive marketing campaign, which includes outdoor marketing campaigns on the local buses, the local press, email campaigns and social media, not forgetting the website itself.
The day is well worth signing up for, as it’s a good way of sharing Eco Friendly business practices, networking and it’s all free.
For more information, the itinerary for the day and how to sign up, visit www.ecoplymouth.co.uk
Let’s work together towards a greener Plymouth.
Altitude soar to yet more corporate heights
Posted: Jul 01, 2011
A design agency in Plymouth, which landed a contract with arguably the biggest brand name on the planet, has just completed a re-brand and re-launch for another major name – leading hotel chain Holiday Inn.
The team at Altitude have already delivered a website and a complete brand identity for corporate giant Coca-Cola for its Coke ICE project. Now a new project has seen Altitude working closely with the Holiday Inn hotel group, one of the most successful hospitality brands, to redesign and develop a series of websites for individual hotels across the UK.
The websites are designed to give each hotel location an individual identity, while maintaining the important core branding and brand identity of the group.
Altitude’s design team developed a clean and fresh site that is simple to navigate and features an online booking service. There are click throughs to the hotel’s accommodation and restaurant areas, as well as information on corporate facilities and special offers.
To give the website a real individual appeal, there is a detailed description of the location of the hotel and some of the key transport and entertainment facilities in the area.
Senior management at the hotel chain were impressed by Altitude’s commitment to client focus and the attention to detail its design team paid throughout the prestigious project.
Jaine Simm of Monteacute House Limited who operate 4 of the Holiday Inn Express hotels said: “Throughout the duration of the project, Altitude kept us appraised at all times and were seamless in their delivery of a highly professional series of websites that really captures the kind of image and approach we want to portray as a company.”
Altitude is currently enjoying one of the fastest growing reputations of any design agency in the region, as proved by their impressive client base.
Altitude wins Media & Innovation Award
Posted: Jun 20, 2011
Altitude receives coveted award at the Media & Innovation Awards 2011 at the glittering gala dinner this June.
The Media & Innovation Awards celebrate and promote the innovative use of media and design across the South West of England. The Media & Innovation Awards is a joint initiative by the media, design and music clusters across the South West in association with the School of Art and Media University of Plymouth and the Creative Industries iNet (Innovation Network) and runs alongside the Media & Innovation Conference.
The 16 categories are judged by respected members of the UK media and design industry and cover the breadth of creative disciplines from Branding, Web Use and Graphics to Television and Radio/Audio/Music for Screen.
BOO Enterprise & Shop Website Launch
Posted: May 25, 2011
Boo Enterprise stands for: Beginning Other Opportunities through Enterprise. Becky Barber and her team specialise in importing handcrafted products from Madagascar over to the UK to create job and education opportunities back in Madagascar. The website lets you follow BOO enterprise’s progress, with up and coming developments announced to let you watch their fair trade business grow.
The business has built up trust with community members in Madagascar to give them a chance to have their own income, and for them to take steps out of poverty. Not only is the enterprise financially positive, but the community members also get taught manufacturing skills, which will be invaluable to them in the future. This enterprise gives the community members a sustainable business plan, with possible new products always in the pipeline, giving the community members a positive and more stable future.
Altitude have built a website that give’s this fantastic company justice, making it easy for customers to buy their unique products which can be purchased online, built with Altitude’s bespoke shop software.
“From the initial ideas to the final and developed website it has been a pleasure working with Altitude. Not only because of the high quality work that they produce, but it really does help working alongside a team who ae creatively minded and open to any ideas, being flexible to meet the needs of the project.”
“Although creating a website was initially a daunting prospect, Altitude’s knowledge, support and guidance, and the technology they use throughout has simplified the process. They are flexible, easy work alongside and communicate with through all the the development process and I would highly recommend their services and skills for anyone in need of a Web Agency no matter the size of the project.” – Becky Barber, MD of Boo Enterprise.
Take a look for yourself, visit www.booenterprise.com and see all the fantastic work, and products being created.
Holiday Inn Mobile Applications
Posted: Jan 28, 2011
Altitude are excited to reveal that the development of several Holiday Inn mobile applications are now complete, allowing customers to book a room – whenever, wherever, however.
The apps enable customers to book a room direct on their iPhone®, Android™, or BlackBerry® as well as all other web-enabled mobile devices, good for those customers who are on the go.
For those who need information fast, there is useful information about the hotels, photos and a direct phone number linked onto the app. The apps have revolutionised the way in which customers can book rooms, making it even easier to make a reliable booking. They even help the customer find the hotel, with an interactive map, a necessity when travelling around a new city.
If you feel your business could benefit from mobile applications, please get in touch.
New website for Charity Embassy of Man
Posted: Dec 28, 2010
Embassy of Man are a corporation designed to help and support local charities. They support charities who do not receive government funding and who work with the elderly, infirm and local children from underprivileged backgrounds and disabilities.
Embassy of Man’s vision is to make a positive difference in both the local community and worldwide by helping underprivileged children, the physically handicapped and elderly by, giving only tangible goods, transparent giving, reporting back to supporters, staff involvement on various levels and raising awareness of needs in local communities.
Altitude were honoured to create a new website for this fantastic charity, complete with video updates and an area to submit donations.
“Throughout the duration of the project, Altitude kept us appraised at all times and were seamless in their delivery of a highly professional website that really captures the kind of image and approach we want to portray as a company.” - Jaine Simm, Embassy of Man
Check out the site at www.embassyofman.org.uk
Holiday Inn online profits soar following Altitude's website launch
Posted: Dec 28, 2010
Altitude have specialised in developing large scale eBusiness websites for the past 5 years, and it’s this past experience that have resulted in profits soaring at the Holiday Inn group, Montecute House.
In March, Altitude won a competitive tender to redesign and develop Montecute House’ suite of Holiday Inn websites. The website was launched in May, and ever since, online revenue and bookings have increased by 1600%.
The Monteacute suite consists of four different suites in four different locations, and through a combination of search engine optimisation (SEO), web copywriting, and professional design, Monteacute House has benefited greatly, with profit margins to prove it.
An intensive program of digital marketing led to a 93% increase in monthly unique visitors, and an 85% increase in the number of pages viewed in the first three months. 87% of the visitors to the website came through search engines, illustrating the impact that good SEO can have on website performance in such a competitive market.
Needless to say, Montecute House’ Marketing Director David Parrett was very pleased with the results, giving Altitude a glowing testimonial, which looking at the percentages, was well deserved.
Westcountry Potters Association
Posted: Oct 26, 2010
Altitude design are pleased to announce the completion of the Westcountry Potters Association’s website.
The Westcountry Potters Association is a network linking people with a shared passion for clay, whether as a maker or a collector. The association was established in 1993, and has been flourishing ever since, with nearly 300 members in and around the South West of England. The association welcomes anyone, professional and amateur, who share an interest in handmade pottery and ceramic sculpture. They aim to increase public enthusiasm with regards to handmade pottery, and do so by offering an active programme with a wide choice of events and social gatherings, and an informative newsletter.
After working closely with the team that coordinate the potters, Altitude have completed their site to their highest of standards. To keep their new site current, the potters themselves can provide up to the minute information for their followers, as they can update the website themselves. The website boasts an extensive gallery, where all members can share photographs with their fans, and they really are photographs worth sharing, with some amazing pieces of pottery to take a look at.
So, for more information on joining, or just to take a browse, visit www.westcountrypotters.co.uk
MYLO
Posted: Sep 28, 2010
Hailed ‘the savior of dance music’ and now considered one of the heavyweight DJs in the world, Mylo needed a heavyweight solution for his website re-design. His record company, Breatsfed Records, contacted Altitude while the artist worked on his follow up album to Destroy Rock and Roll.
Again, Altitude’s experience in website design for the modern music artist stood the agency in good stead as the web team developed a vibrant, yet stylish new look for Mylo that had plenty of interactive features to keep fans entertained, as well as informed. A comprehensive re-design, it features an online shop, forum, biog, gallery, discography and a mobile alerts function.
Altitude really delivered on the brief, helping Mylo’s record company develop ideas into a tangible working format and ensuring the artists consolidated his status as one of the major forces on the dance music scene.
Altitude was forthcoming to offer suggestions and ideas to complement our brief. Their work has always been completed on schedule, and they work to tight deadlines when required. - Kelly Money, Artist Manager
New Branding, Photography and Website for The Waterfront Restaurant & Bar
Posted: Jul 01, 2010
As one of Plymouth’s most renowned and popular eating and drinking venues, The Waterfront Restaurant needs to maintain its high profile in the sector so the right kind of web presence is vital. That was the challenge the venue set Altitude’s team when it commissioned a brand new website and brand identity.
The restaurant needed a visual identity that fitted in with its stunning waterside location in Plymouth Sound and reflected the quality of its menu and hospitality. A simple and understated, yet stylish marine themed image was used for the logo and the design and functionality of the website complemented the look perfectly. Easy to navigate, features include online menu listings and a diary of events.
Since the site was launched the new look has helped generate increased traffic and interest in the restaurant and its menu selection. One of the key results of the re-design is that staff can now easily update information online.
Take a look at the new website, branding and photography here: www.thewaterfrontplymouth.co.uk
ROBYN
Posted: Feb 28, 2010
Swedish pop star Robyn wanted a website for her UK launch and asked Altitude to come up with a design that reflected her music style, which blends the gritty sound of American urban R&B with the sunny pop of her homeland. But the challenge didn’t end there – alongside a great look, there had to be bags of functionality too.
Altitude produced a stunning design that not only reflected Robyn’s style, but had UK market appeal too. At the heart of the website was the agency’s state-of-the-art Content Management System which combined hi-tech function with flexibility, delivering all the artist’s needs. The high specification site included a VIP area and fans’ forum and Altitude also made stickers for placement on the CD covers, CD inlays promoting the ringtones and downloads.
Such was the success of Altitude’s first site for Robyn in 2007, she came back for a second one, which was launched in 2010. Both sites helped the artist establish herself in the UK market and gave fans the best possible interactive experience with music downloads, a facility to upload pics from gigs and an interactive music feature.
“Throughout the development and consultation process Altitude’s communication methods were exceptional, and they showed a keen interest to fully understand our needs and the way we wanted the site to look.” - Kelly Money, Artist Manager
Take a look at the new website here – www.robyn.com
The Coca-Cola Company
Posted: Jan 28, 2010
One of the world’s biggest brands Coca-Cola came knocking at the agency’s door asking for help with a specific branding exercise for the Coke ICE project. At the heart of Coke ICE is a networked team of creative people who travel the world working in real-time with music artists to create viral and other marketing tools.
At the heart of Altitude’s brief in support of the ICE project was a striking brand identity and a website powered by Altitude’s ICE-Virtual Content Management System, which enabled the team to maintain a forum for post-event communications around the globe. The agency also designed virtual ice, T-shirts, badges, promotional cards, outdoor banners and advertising, as well as assisting with video production.
Altitude helped raise the profile of the Coke ICE project with a slick, dynamic and high quality creative package that truly reflected the brand. The high end functionality of the website also helped the project’s creators deliver a true interactive experience. Altitude’s team was also on hand to support the project in the field, travelling to top live music events including Germany’s Hurricane Festival, Funk am See in Switzerland and London’s iTunes Live.
“Altitude are decent people to work with and offer good value for money. I find the team extremely reliable and responsive to every project.” - Denzyl Feigelson, The Coca-Cola Company
Take a look at the website here – www.cokeice.com
The Write Factor
Posted: Jan 02, 2010
The Write Factor, a the 21st century publishing agency priding itself on providing first-class editorial services to budding and established writers alike, needed a brand identity and website that set its services apart from the competition. That’s where Altitude came in.
Altitude used its design expertise to give The Write Factor the right look using identifiable text styles as a theme for the brand and website. Colourful book images were used to give the home page real visual appeal and the ability to purchase services has been a key functional element of the site.
The Write Factor now has a web presence and visual identity that has greatly enhanced its profile, generating increased interest and inquires in the company’s services, which includes manuscript services, such as sub-editing, proof-reading, critical analysis and mentoring. They also publish selected work online in their ‘Shortlist’ section.
“Altitude created a website for The Write Factor that superseded my expectations: their team, headed by Miles Noble, is prompt to respond to queries, the technical updates and add-ons are first class and the whole service is really good value for money. I would recommend Altitude without hesitation.” - Lorna Howarth – MD
Louis Eliot & The Embers
Posted: Dec 28, 2009
It is always nice for any business when a project comes through recommendation and that is exactly how Altitude came to work with one of Plymouth’s freshest recording artists Louis Eliot. Back with a new album Louis needed the agency’s web expertise.
With a hectic schedule, Louis, The former frontman of Kinky Machine and Rialto, needed something simple in function that he could update easily himself. The web team at Altitude delivered just that. Clean and striking in appearance, the site has all the usual features, including a gallery, shop and media features.
With this ever popular performer’s fan base increasing, Louis now has the ideal web vehicle to promote the new album and keep his followers up to date with all his news. It is a re-design that has also helped Altitude reinforce its status in the sector and other recommendations are certain to follow.
“Very pleased with the new site. I would highly recommend Altitude to anyone. Thank You” - Louis Eliot, Artist
Take a look at the new site here: www.louiseliot.com
Space Storage Plymouth
Posted: Oct 28, 2009
Space Storage is Plymouth’s largest independent family run self storage facility, that offers value for money, without compromising on the standard of service. They offer both ‘Drive up Units’ & ‘Internal Units’ ranging from 15sq ft to 200sq ft for domestic and business use.
Space Storage approached Altitude to help them redesign their website, reflecting their corporate identity. Altitude included an easy to use content management system package so the company could update the website with their upcoming special offers.
“We would like to thank Altitude for designing and developing our website! Altitude have been very professional, creative, honest and the end result is fantastic.” - Kelly Hayward, Space Storage
Take a look at the website here – www.spacestroage.co.uk
Cognivity - Inspire : Challenge : Transform
Posted: Apr 27, 2009
Altitude were approached to create a new, exciting website design for Cognivity. The company offers innovative, creative and stimulating training for companies of all sizes. They aim to coach and facilitate your business success and provide a variety of services and packages to suit your specific needs.
“The design of my website was an important aspect of my business, I had definite creative ideas about the look and features. Altitude worked hard to achieve these demonstrating professionalism, integrity and above all creativity. Altitude showed genuine interest and are always keen to help which they continue to do whilst providing a great after service, which a client like myself relies on.”
“I continue to recommend Altitude without hesitation, they are trust worthy, have a keen eye for detail and delivers the best at all times. I love my website!” – Eileen Lister, Cognivity
Take a look at the website here – www.cognivity.com
