Pictured above: Pictured above: Jamie Gudgeon
Web designers Jamiedia Internet have celebrated a move into new
premises by designing themselves their own new on-line site.
The Stoke-on-Trent company has completed a move from the
Staffordshire University Business Village to larger offices at the
Roslyn Works, Longton.
Jamiedia was set up by Staffordshire University graduate Jamie
Gudgeon in 2005.
He quickly built up an impressive portfolio of work for clients
including the Hanley Economic Building Society, Staffordshire
University and Staffordshire County Council and now employs four
members of staff.
Recent clients include H&T, the country's leading
pawnbroking company with 130 stores across the UK.
"We moved into the university business village in our first year
but have now outgrown our office there," said Jamie. "The new
offices are around twice the size and gives us room to continue out
expansion plans.
"I wanted to stay in Stoke-on-Trent to demonstrate a commitment
to the area where I studied and learned my trade," said Lancastrian
Jamie.
"The Roslyn Works combines modern offices with a sense of
history - we even have a balcony overlooking an historic bottle
kiln. The building has been transformed into a centre for 21st
century creative business and I see it as an ideal place for
Jamiedia.
"I also decided it was time to treat Jamiedia to a new website -
designing it has been a bit of a bus man's holiday for our team.
It had to be just right as we are always telling our clients
that their website is a primary marketing tool and is effectively
the shop front for many businesses in the 21st century.
"We specialise in the creation of business websites designed to
improve and make money for companies. Businesses should consider
whether they are using their website to its full potential. For
example, does it provide an on-line sales point or have the
functionality to cope with stock control and is it suitable for
display on an iPad or smart phone?"
The Roslyn Works houses modern office facilities inside the
shell of a former Victorian pottery factory. The building - which
adjoins the Gladstone Pottery Museum, Longton - is owned by
Stoke-on-Trent City Council which developed it with the help of
European funding to provide a base for developing creative
companies.
The space includes one of Stoke-on-Trent's few remaining bottle
ovens.