Peppercorn Web Design
Peppercorn are experienced, award winning, website designers who plan, design, develop and deliver custom-made, professional, business websites that give an outstanding return on investment.
We offer a premium service at a competitive price and we achieve outstanding results for our clients , who include household names such as Onetel, BP, Ladbrokes, Xerox, Buckinghamshire Building Society, the Labour Party and Jaguar . We also have over 150 small and medium sized clients.
Clients and Projects
Industry Sectors:
Retail, Professional Services, Building & Construction, Educational, Entertainment
Tends to work with:
SMEs, Public Sector, Individuals, Startups
General location of clients: UK
Latest Project
Space Locker
Space Locker is a cutting edge website that allows users to sign up for an account and integrate all their social network friends into one place. My Space, Facebook, Bebo, AOL and MSN contacts, as well as others are all integrated.
What We Have Achieved
Latest Review
7 September 2009
Steve Barnes at Arcadia Coprporate Merchandise Limited
Peppercorn have been able to deliver a very complicated and comprehensive online ordering and enquiry catalogue for Arcadia. Each order or enquiry that Arcadia takes is based on a specific requirement...
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Awards
.NET
2nd place for "Best New Media" agency (2006)
Interview
WWDC:
Describe your company in 5 words.
Peppercorn Web Design:
”Dynamic, modern, enthusiastic, professional, talented”
WWDC:
Where do you see your company in 10 years time?
Peppercorn Web Design:
”Having as much fun and enjoyment as we are currently!”
What We Do?
- Branding
- Content Management System (CMS)
- Copywriting
- eCommerce Solutions
- Flash Websites
- Graphic Design for Print
- Graphic Design for the Web
- Hosting
- Logo Design
- Printing
- Public Relations
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
- Video Production
- Web Page Maintenance
- Website Design
- Website Development
- Online Marketing
Technologies Used:
CSS, Flash, HTML, mySQL, PHP, XML, J2ME
CMS Used:
Own Brand
All our Content Managed websites are hand coded to provide a fully bespoke and targeted service.
Company Overview
Languages Spoken:
English
No. of Employees:
Established: 1998
Address:
Bedford
Contact:
Marcus Sen
Phone: 0870 0660 400
design@peppercorn.co.uk
www.peppercorn.co.uk
Joined WWDC: 20 June 2007
We Recommend
Space Locker
- Branding
- Content Management System (CMS)
- Flash Websites
- Graphic Design for the Web
- Hosting
- Logo Design
- Web Page Maintenance
- Website Design
- Website Development
Space Locker is a cutting edge website that allows users to sign up for an account and integrate all their social network friends into one place. My Space, Facebook, Bebo, AOL and MSN contacts, as well as others are all integrated.
Languages: english
Project type: Community website
Organisation category: Startup
Industry: Entertainment
Content managed (CMS): Yes
CMS Description: The custom developed CMS allows the client complete control over the site.
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 6
Technologies used: Flash, HTML, J2ME, mySQL, PHP, XML
Completion date: March 2009 (on-going)
YNG LDN
- Branding
- Content Management System (CMS)
- Flash Websites
- Graphic Design for the Web
- Hosting
- Logo Design
- Video Production
- Web Page Maintenance
- Website Design
- Website Development
YNG LDN (Young London) is a website that allows uers to add venues and locations around London, review, rate and comment on them.
Languages: english
Project type: Community website
Organisation category: Individual
Industry: Entertainment
Content managed (CMS): Yes
CMS Description: The CMS allows the client to add and discoveries, control members details, and control the blogs on the site.
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 3
Technologies used: CSS, Flash, HTML, mySQL, PHP
Completion date: February 2009
Youth Potential
- Branding
- Content Management System (CMS)
- Flash Websites
- Graphic Design for the Web
- Hosting
- Logo Design
- Video Production
- Web Page Maintenance
- Website Design
- Website Development
As the name suggests this website is all about Youth Potential in Barking and Dagenham and celebrating their creativity, hard work and tenacity.
Languages: english
Project type: Content Managed (Dynamic)
Organisation category: Public Sector
Industry: Educational
Content managed (CMS): Yes
CMS Description: Allows the client to upload video and audio content to the website in real-time to the media vault. News and projects are also updateable
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 4
Technologies used: CSS, Flash, HTML, mySQL, PHP
Completion date: February 2009 (on-going)
Dubai Property Search
- Branding
- Content Management System (CMS)
- eCommerce Solutions
- Graphic Design for Print
- Graphic Design for the Web
- Hosting
- Logo Design
- Online Marketing
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
- Video Production
- Web Page Maintenance
- Website Design
- Website Development
Dubai Property Search is Duabia's biggest property portal and has thousands of properties available in Dubai and throughout the UAE from over 100 leading real agents.
Languages: english
Project type: Web Portal website
Organisation category: SME
Industry: Building & Construction
Content managed (CMS): Yes
CMS Description: Custom built CMS is used for this website allowing agents to register and be approved by admin. All properties are reviewed and approved before being made live on the site. Newsletters, XML feed integrations and members lists are all controlled fro
Online Payment System: Using paypal, agents can add money to their 'wallet' and pay to receive leads.
Number of people who worked on this project: 6
Technologies used: CSS, Flash, HTML, mySQL, PHP
Completion date: August 2008 (on-going)
- Branding
- Content Management System (CMS)
- Copywriting
- eCommerce Solutions
- Flash Websites
- Graphic Design for Print
- Graphic Design for the Web
- Hosting
- Logo Design
- Printing
- Public Relations
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
- Video Production
- Web Page Maintenance
- Website Design
- Website Development
Peppercorn designed and developed a competition site for AVON allowing users to enter a unique code to the site giving them the opportunity to win a number of prizes. Winning codes are entered via a secure area and then encoded. Each code entered from the site is then checked to see if it is a winning code. If so, the user is notified and given instructions on how to claim their prize. The site was live for 6 months as this was the duration of the competetion.
Languages: N/A
Project type: Other
Organisation category:
Industry: Retail
Content managed (CMS): Yes
CMS Description: N/A
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 4
Technologies used: CSS, HTML, mySQL, PHP, XML
Completion date: December 2007
House Capsule
- Branding
- Content Management System (CMS)
- Copywriting
- eCommerce Solutions
- Flash Websites
- Graphic Design for Print
- Graphic Design for the Web
- Hosting
- Logo Design
- Printing
- Public Relations
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
- Video Production
- Web Page Maintenance
- Website Design
- Website Development
Peppercorn designed and developed this site, using a postcode system that will allow the users to search for an address within the UK and add that address to a MySQL database. Once the address has been added the user can post information about the house. The site has member registration and an internal messaging system for members to contact each other without knowing each other’s contact details.
Languages: N/A
Project type: Community website
Organisation category:
Industry: Professional Services
Content managed (CMS): Yes
CMS Description: N/A
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 5
Technologies used: CSS, HTML, mySQL, PHP, XML
Completion date: November 2007
My Creativity Vote
- Branding
- Content Management System (CMS)
- Copywriting
- eCommerce Solutions
- Flash Websites
- Graphic Design for Print
- Graphic Design for the Web
- Hosting
- Logo Design
- Printing
- Public Relations
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
- Video Production
- Web Page Maintenance
- Website Design
- Website Development
The site allows school heads to register and upload pupils’ art online. Site visitors can freely vote for their favourite piece of art in monthly competitions. Every month, the system automatically displays the winner from the previous months. Schools can add art in real time. The client has a control panel to allow control over school users, displayed art, advertiser banner control and statistical advert performance.
Languages: N/A
Project type: Content Managed (Dynamic)
Organisation category:
Industry: Educational
Content managed (CMS): Yes
CMS Description: N/A
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 3
Technologies used: CSS, HTML, mySQL, PHP
Completion date: July 2007
United OddSocks
- Branding
- Content Management System (CMS)
- Copywriting
- eCommerce Solutions
- Flash Websites
- Graphic Design for Print
- Graphic Design for the Web
- Hosting
- Logo Design
- Printing
- Public Relations
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
- Video Production
- Web Page Maintenance
- Website Design
- Website Development
United Oddsocks are a unique company offering the user the chance to buy a pair of matched or odd socks with a personalised Sock (Registration).The site uses a custom written shopping cart and ordering facility, as well as a comprehensive Content Management System. With the use of Flash animated illustrations, it keeps the user intrigued and eager to stay on the site for longer.
Languages: N/A
Project type: E-commerce website
Organisation category:
Industry: Retail
Content managed (CMS): Yes
CMS Description: N/A
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 7
Technologies used: CSS, Flash, HTML, mySQL, PHP, XML
Completion date: March 2007
Reviews
Peppercorn have been able to deliver a very complicated and comprehensive online ordering and enquiry catalogue for Arcadia. Each order or enquiry that Arcadia takes is based on a specific requirement and print specification therefore there are very few "standard" products. This has been a challenge from the start of the project but Peppercorn have tried to understand our business in order to help deliver our goals.
The main reason I decided on Peppercorn Ltd was the way that we communicated, they went through all of the stages of the project in laymans terms and had the patience to listen to me when even I as concept originator found myself getting lost.
My requests were and still are foremost in Peppercorns mind, if I ever have a query or a glich it is treated with a rapid response, the after care service of Peppercorn is paramount to none.
Living overseas I sometimes felt I was in the office coding myself, I was brought in at every stage of the project, Peppercorn Ltd always checked and double checked everything they did before going ahead with any work.
All technical elements were discussed in laymans terms, a God send as I am dyslexic.
I could not be happier with the end project, already I have been approached by a Blue Chip company for a copy of the site which they wish to re-brand, an ideal situation for me and a very profitable one.
Originally I asked for quite a basic website, but due to an unforeseen change of staff, one of the directors Marcus took on my project himself and made sure that I was 100% happy at all times, Marcus presented new features and designs that were not in moriginal specifications and implimented them into a world class site.
Peppercorn Ltd had an un-canny way of sorting out complications before they are presented to me, the few gliches that were unforeseen where corrected within 24hrs everytime.
Peppercorn Ltd and the boys up there - First Class.
A great bunch of guys to work with. Easy to get along with and very good at what they do. Our website is testiment to that. I wouldn't hesitate in recommending them.
I would like to praise and thank Peppercorn for their promptness, efficiency and great ideas.
Working with them is always smooth running and they always make sure that they reply within a good time. Their communication with us is always top class.
We have always had an excellenet, understanding and working relationship and Marcus and team have always been a pleasure to deal with. We wil continue to give them our business for the foreseeable future.
I would highly recommend Peppercorn. They have been flexiable in there approach from start to finish. Nothing has been to much trouble for them. I will continue to use them in the future for further website development, help and advice.
I found Peppercorn through a Google search, and took pot luck. We could not have been happier with the results: Marcus Sen was a delight to work with, being both helpful and patient. The result, I believe, is a very attractive and easy to use website created by a company we always know we can turn to if need be. We would recommend them very highly.
Peppercorn is an excellent company, who provide a wonderful service. The web site they designed for us is first class especially considering the very demanding clients that we were. I would strongly recommend peppercorn to anyone who would like a web site that stands out from the rest.
Peppercorn are an excellent business to work with. They have not only helped us as a website designer but also provided very useful advice on how to run an e-business! First class.
Peppercorn provided a professional and efficient design service whilst our new web site was being constructed and they have continued to provide first class support ever since.
Good result, great service and good attention to detail.
An excellent company to work with. The staff are all friendly, knowledgable and flexible. I would highly recommend this company
I was very happy with using Peppercorn, as they knew exactly what I was after from day 1.The service they provided was top notch and they were always very helpful and friendly whenever I needed them. I was very impressed with the end product and would highly recommend using Peppercorn
Excellent business to work with for a new innovative web design driven by Meldan in terms of ideas but clearly put into practice by Peppercorn in getting to the finished product.
Peppercorn were recommended to us and lived up to all our expectations. They worked with us on our concepts and provided great design ideas and motivated us to make progress, they delivered the site on time and on budget.
Marcus Sen
Director
My role is to move the company forward, make sure projects are delivered on time and all our clients are happy :)
WWDC:
What's your name and position in the company?
Peppercorn Web Design:
”Marcus, Director”
WWDC:
Describe your company in 5 words.
Peppercorn Web Design:
”Dynamic, modern, enthusiastic, professional, talented”
WWDC:
What's your business philosophy?
Peppercorn Web Design:
”To really understand our clients and their needs and deliver a professional, suitable solution.”
WWDC:
Describe your office environment.
Peppercorn Web Design:
”Open plan office with plenty of room to be creative in.”
WWDC:
Describe how your team interact and work together.
Peppercorn Web Design:
”Very closely, often brainstorming ideas and researching for the next project. ”
WWDC:
What makes you different from other web design companies?
Peppercorn Web Design:
”We think through the project from the very begninning, keeping in mind the objectives of the site. Our graphic designs are well thought out and are visually engaging.”
WWDC:
How do you get the majority of your business?
Peppercorn Web Design:
”From users searching for web designers on search engines and arriving at our website.”
WWDC:
Describe how you manage projects from the initial client contact to completion and handover.
Peppercorn Web Design:
”By understanding what the client wants and their goals from the outset and maintaining regular contact by phone, email and where possible, in person.”
WWDC:
What do you think is the most crucial element of creating a good client relationship?
Peppercorn Web Design:
”Keeping in close contact with the client and answering questions, emails and returning calls quickly. ”
WWDC:
How do you manage demanding clients?
Peppercorn Web Design:
”By being as flexible as possible, being honest and ensuring we deliver on the dates we have promised.”
WWDC:
If a client was trying to decide between a shortlist of web design companies, how would you recommend they go about selecting the right one for them?
Peppercorn Web Design:
”Look at the agency's portfolio, check how long they are in business and check they have a physical office location and are not working from home.”
WWDC:
Where do you see your company in 10 years time?
Peppercorn Web Design:
”Having as much fun and enjoyment as we are currently!”
WWDC:
What computers do you have use in your offices, PCs or Macs?
Peppercorn Web Design:
”PC”
WWDC:
If you were to give your clients one tip on how to get the most from their website what would it be?
Peppercorn Web Design:
”Ensure that search engine optimisation is performed on it!”
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