Rapid Web News

1. Ghosts

2. Creative Director’s hearts

Well, you can probably think of a few more things, some of which are possibly not fit for a global audience. These are the two scariest things that Adam, our Creative Director, can think of right now.

A month ago he had a heart attack. Out of the blue. No warning (is there ever?). It turns out that he had a coronary spasm, where the arteries of the heart close up; stopping the blood flow. The good news is that he’s physically fit and healthy (Well, he should be for a 30 year old!) and it was a freak occurrence. The bad news is that he’s back in the office now, and he’s driving us mad with his healthy lifestyle lectures.

Anyway, we wish him a speedy recovery!

For more information on heart health go to http://www.bhf.org.uk/

We’re used to the new year rush. It always happens. I think it may be that businesses come back from their Christmas holidays feeling slightly guilty about not spending all of their marketing budget… Well, maybe that’s not how it happens, but this year has started so crazily that we’ve only just got round to updating our own blog.

We’ve had a record number of new clients walking through the doors here at St. Alban’s House, and it doesn’t seem to be slowing down. Add to that our existing client list it’s a wonder how we’re managing to keep them all happy!

Well, we’re gearing ourselves up as we speak, with a new recruit already started, plus another 2 in the pipeline… And there’re some interesting projects in the makings which we’ll let you know about in due course!

Watch this space…

We thought long and hard about what to do with this year’s Christmas card. We did the whole Santa thing. We thought about how to use Rudolph to best comedic effect. Then we started thinking about those really boring cards you get at Christmas - You know the one; it comes from your aunt’s wife’s husband’s daughter in law’s tap partner who you once met at that wedding. It’ll have that dreary picture of the nuclear family in front of the fire, sipping Sherry. Ring any bells?

Well, we decided to go one better.

We went with the dreary family shot, but we used ourselves as the models. It’s become a bit of a cult now and we’re getting calls every day asking us what possessed us to create something so bizarre. Well. If you haven’t seen it yet we’ve taken the liberty of adding it here. Click on the thumbnail to get a sneak peak.

Well, it’s been quite a year for us at Rapid HQ. With an office move, an extra few members of staff and an all new brand, we’re geared up for what looks to be our best year yet. That’s mainly down to some fantastic clients and we’ve loved working with all of you!

We’ve catalogued more sites this year than ever before and we’re covering some pretty serious ground with our bespoke online applications. Stay tuned because we’ll be showing some snap shots of our automated stock control system for one of our clients; a system that’s revolutionised their internal accounts, stock control and supply chain. It’s a bit good and we’re itching to show it off.

We’ve also notched up a record number of online sales for one of our best client’s, 8Ball. The only problem is that we keep needing to upgrade their server, as it’s just getting too darned big!

So, have a fantastic Christmas and keep checking back in the new year. There’s lots more to come!