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Don't you hate it when you've ordered something on the internet and instead of getting it delivered, you get a missed delivery card instead? Parcel PickUp is an innovative new service where an agent takes your delivery on your behalf at their house. Then you simply pick up from them at a time that suits you.

CompanyX have just rebranded Parcel PickUp including logo development, tone of voice and a promotional mailer as well as the design and development of their website. The site is almost about to go live, but if you want to have a really sneaky look, check out the beta version here.

CompanyX are proud to announce that they have been awarded the contract to design the new Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm Museum website. Already responsible for a lot of the printed design and advertising for Fleet Air Arm Museum CompanyX are delighted to now have the opportunity to bring the new look and feel online.If you'd like a sneaky look at what we've been up to for them, see a click through demo of the pre-build visuals at http://faam.testsitex.com/final_designs/1.html

As soon as the site has gone live we'll let you know!

Taps and showers 2go have approached CompanyX to build and develop their new website.

Many companies experience one of two common problem with their websites. Either they are not getting enough traffic via the search engines or once visitors are there they leave after one or two clicks, often seemingly without reason.

To address this, CompanyX are now offering a consultation service advising clients on how to make their websites function more effectively. Features include; a full report of website activity, location breakdown of audience, whether they're a new or previous visitor, average time spent in site, most and least successful pages and visits that lead to a purchase if appropriate.

Part of the consultation also includes recommendations about web design, search engine optimisation and different internet advertising strategies.

For more information about this service please contact Russell Perry on 01275 464515 or email makemysitebetter@co-x.co.uk

After a couple of months tweaking, fiddling and testing, our website is finally 'ready' for public consumption. Having said that, websites are never really finished as their demand for new content and functionality is never ending. With the best will in the world, some things are bound to have slipped through the net so if ouy see a glaring typo (just testing) or if a link isn't working or goes somwhere weird please let us know. Apart from showing off the work, one of the areas we'd really like to develop is the CompanyX 'on the board' area. Check it out and if you can contribute, drop us a line.

To continue with our target of living and working a bit more sustainably, CompanyX have been cycling in to work (as much as possible) since April. Our target is to save a tonne of CO2 emissions in a year. We've calculated our consumption based on each persons car and the distance travelled from each house. Our calculations were formulated by going to http://www.dft.gov.uk/ActOnCO2/

If you want to do something similar and get a cracking pair of calf muscles thrown into the bargain, get on your bike and take your car off the road, even if it's just for a day a month! If you want to find out more go to http://www.forestofavon.org/climateactive.html or for the best cycle route http://www.sustrans.org.uk/

If you want to see how much we've saved so far please go here. 

CompanyX are proud to announce that we have been asked by leading domestic abuse charity CAADA to design their new brochure and promote a fundraising event in the Summer. CAADA (Co-ordinated Action Against Domestic Abuse) help victims of domestic abuse escape from the most terrible situations. As soon as the work is done we'll put it on the site. We hope it will be the beginning of a great working relationship.

To find out more about CAADA's work please go here.

Alastair Sawdays Publishing, the travel guide gurus that have attracted a cult following among discerning travellers, have been recently rebranded by CompanyX. The new look has been executed across their core product of travel guides as well as the web. Designed to appeal to a younger audience without alienating a fiercely loyal existing, the new series of books are now to be seen both nationally and internationally.

See the work section for a full range of CompanyX projects.

David, one of the CompanyX directors ran the Sport Relief mile along with family and friends. Hungover - after four hours sleep, but that's another story. To date The Martin Family team have raised nearly £300! Thank you to everyone who pledged a donation.

There's still time to support Sport Relief. Simply go to http://www.mysportrelief.com/david_martin?SID=22711

We all like to think that we make a difference when it comes to climate change. But let's face facts - couldn't we all do a bit more?! The irony is it doesn't take much effort to make a real difference. CompanyX are trying to put this into practice by either cycling to work wherever possible, fitting low energy light bulbs, not having computers on stand-by or taking the train to meetings and encouraging conference calls.

We also are part of a tree planting scheme where to date we have planted over 200 trees in the Somerset area with the help of Forest of Avon. See the ForestX for more details.

We are also proud to have been asked by the Forest of Avon to design a postcard campaign promoting their Climate Active and the Dedicate a Tree initiatives.

See the work section for a full range of CompanyX projects.