Monthly Archives: March 2010

Paper view. Is charging for news content the way forward?

Pressing times ahead for the traditional newspaper format.

There was a certain inevitability about the announcement that, from June, News International (NI) will start charging for access to The Times and Sunday Times newspapers.

But has this decision been made out of sheer commercial necessity and would you pay for your daily news?

Gone but truly never forgotten

Gone but truly never forgotten

You probably all know by now that Craig Killick left the Escape at the end of December 2009. We like to keep in touch and noticed that he’s volunteered himself (yet again) to cycle from Paris to London in July 2010 on behalf of Action Medical Research. His aim is to raise £1500 for Action [...]

10 things you need to do for search success

Only by delivering a steady stream of good quality enquiries that convert browsers into customers can search engine marketing (SEM) campaigns be described as successful.

Is your domain name driving traffic to your site?

Your company’s domain name can be a strange bedfellow. We all need at least one registered domain name to establish and showcase our little piece of real estate in cyberspace. But domain names are more than just a certificate of ownership. Search engines allocate a relatively significant amount of weight to your domain name compared [...]

Recent Posts

  • It's kicking off in the studio this Christmas

    Peace and good will to all… well, that’s the general theory this time of year isn’t it? Unfortunately, no one passed this message to the ‘troops’ in the studio at Escape Towers this year. Downtown Basra eat your heart out. There we’re no car bombs (we just couldn’t do it to our lego creations) but [...]

    Date Posted: 23 Dec 2011 Read More

  • Supporting INSPIRE-ing Businesses (sorry, couldn't resist)

    For a number of years we’ve been supporting a local business awards scheme, the INSPIRE Business Awards, which are organised by one of our lovely clients, Destination Basingstoke.  This year was no exception, and a few weeks ago saw the culmination of a year of hard work from all at ‘DB’, as the awards evening [...]

    Date Posted: 16 Dec 2011 Read More

  • New stuff: Honeywell F124 banner

    Its very early days, but we’ve started working with Honeywell. They’re based here in Basingstoke so our local-ness (pretty sure that’s not even a word!) is helpful when there’s a tight deadline to hit. This was the case with our first project for them, a pretty straightforward roller banner design for a show they were [...]

    Date Posted: 10 Oct 2011 Read More

  • Doing our bit for 'ch-ch-charidee mate': The Breast Cancer Care Fashion Show 2011

    Back in July I posted about our involvement with Breast Cancer Care and our charitable creative donation to help them out with the look and feel for their annual fundraiser… The Fashion Show. Time fly’s when you’re having fun and although (at the time) October seemed a million miles away, it soon came around, culminating [...]

    Date Posted: 07 Oct 2011 Read More

  • Beringer Tame website shortlisted for 'best recruitment website' award at the MARA's

    We just want to say a MASSIVE thank you to everyone that took the time and effort to vote for the Beringer Tame website in the ‘best recruitment website’ category of the MARA awards. The fantastic news is that all those votes have ensured the site has been shortlisted as a finalist in the category! [...]

    Date Posted: 04 Oct 2011 Read More