Case Studies

Here are a few case studies of recently-completed projects:

Greno Woods (Sheffield Wildlife Trust)

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The Sheffield Wildlife Trust contacted us with a brief for a new website to act as a fundraising platform for their new venture, the purchase of Greno Woods, in the north of Sheffield.

They required us to:

  • Create a unique graphic design, which conformed to the Wildlife Trust’s Branding Guidelines
  • Build a website which was 100% content-managed
  • Build a website which was W3C standards-compliant, and which met Accessibility guidelines
  • Incorporate the ability to take donations on-line, by linking to the Virgin Money charity donations portal
  • Incorporate the ability to encourage visitors to join as Members of the Wildlife Trust.
  • Enable the website to show the current level of fundraising, in graphical form.
  • Provide website hosting and e-mail services.

“It’s been brilliant working with CK Services again. They are great at finding swift solutions to tricky technical issues and I’m particularly impressed that they created everything we needed by my very short deadline.”
Julie Gough, Marketing and Communications Manager

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Backing Byker (Newcastle City Council)

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Engage Associates are working with Newcastle City Council and Your Homes Newcastle to engage with tenants about a proposal that would involve the housing stock in Byker being transferred into Community Housing Trust. Engage contacted us about the development of a new website, which would be used to assist them with the consultation process and as a way of informing tenants and residents about the proposals and encouraging them to get involved.

CK Services were more than happy to help, providing the following services:

  • Build of the website to W3C standards-compliant, and which met Accessibility guidelines
  • Build a website which was 100% content-managed
  • Provide the ability to easily publish latest news, details of events and provide documents for dowload
  • Provide training on the use of the Content Management System (MODx CMS), and on-going telephone and e-mail support services where required.

“The website has given us the platform to keep residents in Byker up to date with the developments in our project, quickly and efficiently. It is also become widely known as the place to go for information and resources in relation to the project.”
Jen Robson – Senior Communications Advisor, Area Based Regeneration, Newcastle City Council

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Active Edge

Active Edge screen-shot

Active Edge is a paragliding and paramotoring school based in the Yorkshire Dales.

They wanted a website which would a) build on the success of their previous site; b) provide them with an easy-to-manage on-line shop, for buying goods and paragliding lessons/courses; and c) reflect the exciting nature of the sport through the graphic design of the site.

We provided them a website which exceeded their expectations. The website has also resulted in a 20% increase in sales of equipment and courses, and receives over 600 unique visits per month on average.

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TESTIMONIALS

"Choosing a suitable website is not an easy decision. CK Services were very responsive and helped us in making the right decisions and we are delighted with the results. We have received lots of compliments from customers and feel that the site has enhanced our business."
Trevor Black, Blackwolds Consultancy

"CK Services provide us with all our web development on an ongoing basis. They have a wealth of experience which has saved us so much money on wasted exercises over the years. I wouldn't use anyone else for my website development"
Viviane Morris, Much Loved People.com

"CK Services have delivered not only an attractive and effective website but subsequently a fast, efficient and very friendly customer focused support service. They never tire of our lack of technical knowledge and are always keen to resolve all our requests."
Julie Gough - Mapping Solutions

"The web package I chose was really affordable for my small business. CK Services undertook the site design, hosting and search engine optimisation. I chose a template and images, wrote the page content and they did the rest. The web design is technically very good, the layouts and drafts were produced very quickly and all changes that I requested were undertaken promptly. "
Ebby Yarrow - Yarrow Safety

"CK Services gave good advice and listened to my requirements before recommending a number of web site designs to choose from. Once one was choosen they worked hard to set it up exactly how I wanted it. I found them to be friendly, reliable and very helpful and I would strongly recommend them to anyone in the future."
Richard Reah - North of England Bonsai.

"CK Services have been very professional and extremely prompt with their service. I wanted a very personal website to suite my new holiday cottages and after asking a few companies, CKS was the only company which had imagination enough to help me. They were open to my ideas and also gave a lot of well-needed input. Fantastic people to deal with, I would highly recomend them to anyone and everyone!"
Jessica Barker - Thief Hole Cottages.

"CKS responded very well to our needs, fully understanding what we were trying to achieve. I asked them to design our new logo and they very patiently worked with us until we got it just right! We've also used CKS for printing our business cards and letterheads and again very pleased with the quality and response we've had."
Mark Sanchez-Garcia - The Sanchez-Garcia Partnership.

"It's been brilliant working with CK Services again. They are great at finding swift solutions to tricky technical issues and I'm particularly impressed that they created everything we needed by my very short deadline."
Julie Gough - Marketing and Communications Manager, Wildlife Trust for Sheffield and Rotherham.

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