Starting a Web Design Business

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  On a screen near you...

  6th April 2009 09:08 by lisa

  We were very excited today to see one of our latest designs on BBC 2's Working Lunch. The great new website Stuff2Send.com which we've been working on since it's launch, adding new features and giving it a fresh look, was featured as part of Money Saving Monday. The feature clearly… Read more

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  A tree for every website.

  11th February 2009 18:44 by lisa

  We promised to plant a tree for every website we make. So at the end of 2008, we got busy planting our own little 18a Orchard in a beautiful part of Worcestershire. We planted a selection of Apple trees (inc. Bramleys and Cox Orange Pippen), some Cherry trees, and -… Read more

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  18a in the Guardian!

  10th October 2008 11:36 by lisa

  Jemima Kiss, a blogger for The Guardian, interviewed Tom a little while ago (and requested some photos - eek!) about our site PriceCheck.at. Pricecheck.at is a quick and easy to use tool for checking the price of items when you are out and about on your mobile phone. So next… Read more

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  Happy birthday to us!

  23rd September 2008 10:44 by lisa

  This week marks the first birthday of 18a productions! And so to celebrate, we had a little party with our friends and work colleagues on Saturday, complete with birthday cake and party bags. Unfortunately the cake, along with the BBQ, disappeared before we had chance to take any photos...! We'd… Read more

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  From India with Love...

  27th August 2008 10:52 by tom

  Outsourcing to India is nothing new. But today alone we've been cold called by 3 companies, all based in India, wanting us to outsource technical development. I'm not sure if this is good news or not really, but I do know it's very annoying to have the same conversation over… Read more

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  The World's 'Local' Bank

  2nd January 2008 10:21 by lisa

  Only a couple of months ago 18a Productions opened a business bank account with HSBC. They seemed as good as anyone else, and we'd heard good reports. And out of the 2 banks only a short walk away, they were the ones who returned our call, unlike Barclays. After a… Read more

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  How to work for yourself effectively.

  21st October 2007 15:16 by tom

  Making the most of your time is very important when working for yourself. It's a great feeling to have complete freedom over your working day, but if you're not careful this feeling of freedom can leave you with a lack of purpose or direction. It's hard to stay motivated and… Read more

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  Before Time Began

  22nd August 2007 13:03 by tom

  It occured to me, whilst writing my 'It all starts here' post, that it infact didn't start there at all. Launching our site came after quite a few things, probably the most difficult of which was choosing our name... 18a, has a ring to it I think. Although it does… Read more

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  Post Number 1 - It all starts here...

  22nd August 2007 12:43 by tom

  Well 18a is up and we're ready to rock and roll! It's very exciting, after almost 12 solid hours of code crunching and iStock searching we finally managed to get a pretty slick (if I do say so myself) website online! Having just installed a brand spanking new copy of… Read more