Tech Startups

New City Insights marketing site goes live

New City Insights marketing site goes live

By lisa, 28.11.14

The new City Insights marketing site is now live!After the new system went live earlier this year, City Insights needed an exciting new marketing site to tell all their potential clients about what their fantastic platform can offer.The new site features a CMS to allow City Insights to add news…

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Corrupt looking fonts in PDF's when viewing in Mozilla Firefox

Corrupt looking fonts in PDF's when viewing in Mozilla Firefox

By 18a, 29.08.14

After Firefox version 19 was released Mozilla decided to implement a somewhat experimental PDF viewer in the browser which means users don't have to install a plugin in order to view or download PDFs. Unfortunately experimental seems to be the key word because we have come across issues with fonts…

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New website for Bristol start-up

New website for Bristol start-up

By lisa, 1.05.12

Planning an event in the Bristol area soon? Looking for something a little bit special as a talking point on the day?!Then look no further than Classy Camper Events! We've just built the new website for the vw camper van company from a supplied design, and think Harvey the Cocktail…

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Fancy a stake in Half Baked Brand?

Fancy a stake in Half Baked Brand?

By lisa, 12.10.11

We made Half Baked Brand's website for them last year so they could begin selling their cycling apparel online.It's been an exciting year for the new company, with shop premises all but open and great features in leading national cycling magazines. And now it's set to get all the more…

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Bad luck for Somerset in the enterprise zone locations

Bad luck for Somerset in the enterprise zone locations

By lisa, 17.08.11

Here at 18a we were excited a few months ago when Bristol's Temple Quarter was announced as one of the Goverment's new Enterprise Zones.After Bristol was named in March as being a spot for one of the new zones, the exact location of 173 acres near Temple Meads was announced…

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ExploreIrelandTours.com has gone LIVE!!

ExploreIrelandTours.com has gone LIVE!!

By dean, 20.05.11

This is so exciting – it is such a great site. It is a website that lets you can book adventure travels in Ireland. It is a bespoke booking system which allows admin to plot points along a route which visitors can then book, according to where they would like to…

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How to generate your own QR codes

How to generate your own QR codes

By tom, 16.02.11

There's nothing particularly new about QR codes, they've been kicking around the web for ages, ever since they first popped up in Japanese car production lines all those years ago. At first - I have to admit, I didn't really see the point... Ok they're pretty cool... You can zapp…

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Alex from Much Better Adventures quoted by the Guardian

Alex from Much Better Adventures quoted by the Guardian

By lisa, 6.12.10

We always get excited when our clients - especially start ups with great ideas - are featured in the press. And even though muchbetteradventures.com are getting press coverage all the time now, the novelty still doesn't wear off! This month, site co-founder Alex Narracott was quoted in the Guardian in…

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Facebook tries to copyright the words face and book!

Facebook tries to copyright the words face and book!

By lisa, 26.11.10

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has this week granted the social media giant Facebook a "notice of allowance" to trade mark the word "face". Apparently Facebook have a history of going after anyone who use "face" or "book" in their name - UTalkMarketing cites examples such as Teachbook…

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