We are proud to announce our latest product: Cygnet2Swan Cygnet2Swan is aimed at small businesses which require an inexpensive entry-level website with the flexibility to grow with you as your business develops... from a Cygnet... to a Swan. Whilst there are plenty of cheap ways to create a small business website - some of them backed by large companies with national advertising campaigns - we have found that these companies and...

Today we got the green light for developing a new Online Shopping website for Reeth based Equestrian Book Fair Limited.

The business has been involved in Equestrian Fairs for many years promoting books and other items to include an extensive range of toys and memorabilia.

Owner, Phil McCallion, attends around 30+ Fairs and Events each year where he sells his products. He now wants to take advantage of the web so that his buyers can continue to purchase items.

PCS will be building a new website with a comprehensive OnlIne Shop system which should be ready for release towards the end of March 2012.

We launched the new website for local company Yorkshire Independent Building Supplies (YIBS) over the Christmas period. YIBS are located at two sites in the region (Brompton-on-Swale & Leeming Bar) and serve both local tradesman and retail customers. They carry a large stock of items (Building, Landscaping, Plumbing & Heating, Timber / Panels, Tools & DIY, Workwear, Bathrooms, Fireplaces, Stoves & Fuel). YIBS reputation and business is built on their strong relationship with their customers and the personal service they are able to provide. To reflect this YIBS required a new modern website to replace the old site. Our brief was to provide a site which was both comprehensive and rich in information whilst being easy to navigate with strong visuals and use of photos of the two stores and showrooms....

Purple Creative Services has supported and worked on the Firecracker Ball event, held at Rudding Park in Harrogate each year, for the past 6 years working as volunteer helpers at the event itself and providing Creative Services for the Brochure cover design and some of the internal adverts.   The Firecracker Ball serves to raise funds to support the work of the Barnardo’s Charity with young carers across the Yorkshire region and this year achieved a record breaking amount of £160,000 taking the total raised by Firecracker to over £1m.   In addition we provide a raft of design and photography services during the days leading...

We're proud to announce a new website for some neighbours of ours at Aske Stables. Richmond based architects Harris Irwin Associates has been established in the Dales area since 1975. Working in a range of sectors (Residential, Education, Commercial, Industrial, Ecclesiastical & Agricultural) HIA has undertaken traditional vernacular and conservation work during this...

We are pleased to announce that PCS has been chosen to provide services to the Lower Wensleydale community. The project is under the development of the the Lower Wensleydale Area Partnership which recently secured funding to promote business and tourism in the area.

We would like to offer our congratulations to Colin Bailey, on his appointment to the role of Community Liaison Worker, and look forwatd to working with him on the project.

Having been in discussions with the partnership over the past year, PCS are proud to have been selected to provide...

We've written before about our work for colourful character the Purpleman of York. Recently Purpleman has been the centre of some regional media attention after first the threat of and subsequent carrying out of an attack on him as he performed in York. New Tools, New Bullies Seemingly on the back of the recent unrest/rioting in the UK, an individual started a Facebook page: "... entitled “Using-riots-as-an-excuse-2-push-tht-****in-purple-man-off-his-bike-in-York,’ which by yesterday afternoon was “liked” by more than 400 people." via: http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/9194402.Violence_threat_to_York_street_performer...

Acas (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service) have published a new guide to social networking in the workplace: ACAS guide to social networking in the workplace
Sections include:

• Managing performance
• Recruitment
• Discipline and grievances
• Bullying
• Defamation, data protection and privacy

Most readers will find the advice is based on sound common sense. The guide on how to develop a policy of your own will be useful for organisations looking to put their own policy in place.

Found via: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/07/acas_publishes_first_social_media_guide/

We recently completed the new website for the Ghyllfoot Tearoom & Bistro. Based in the heart of Swaledale Ghyllfoot is a family owned and run fully licensed tearoom and restaurant. The design of the new site reflects the friendly, welcoming atmosphere and the high quality food and drink available. Customers can view the menus for the tearoom, bistro and takeaway curry service and also see photos of the fabulous views of Gunnerside Ghyll. The site is intended to help promote the tearoom and increase the profile of the business in the local area. As part of the project PCS also provided a new, fast and...

We recently completed the migration of the www.wensleydale.org website from an old system to our DotNetNuke Content Management System (CMS). Background The site was originally developed on behalf of The Business Association (Wensleydale) Ltd several years ago. As part of a larger initiative for locally focussed websites in the Dales region it was decided to refresh the site and host it on our full featured DotNetNuke CMS. This migration of the original site's content is the first phase of an ongoing project to refresh the content and ensure it serves the community's requirements, including:...