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July 21 2010
It's summertime at Aardvark Media
Whilst England's performance at the World Cup disappointed, the tournament provided fertile marketing territory for the retail leisure brands we work with. When Spain reached the final our friends at La Tasca offered all customers who pre-booked free food if Spain won, the campaign was so successful that all available online capacity was 'sold out' and the bars reported astronomical trading (read more about it at the Morning Advertiser).
All client activity now needs a social media dimension, from simple links to Twitter & Facebook to more complex integration via their API's. We're currently working on some exciting projects for Bay Restaurants for the inclusion of user-generated content into their brand websites whilst for Novus we're deep-linking with Facebook as they seek to extend their presence to new users across social media.
We've got a number of web development projects for new clients in progress. We'll be launching the new ecommerce website for leading mind, body, spirit publisher, Hay House in August, with the extranet service for international human resource consultancy byrne·dean following shortly after. We're also re-designing the La Tasca website, and working on a number of exciting new websites for Novus Leisure whilst for Squaremeal we're implementing a shiny new loyalty scheme plus integrating some significant improvements in its search and navigational design.
Our team continues to grow and we've recently welcomed two great new designers and a talented developer to Aardvark Media. Our team now stands at 18 digital experts. We're recruiting now for a traffic manager for the overall management of our workflow and another developer to join our support team. If you'd like to find out more please contact us.
March 17 2010
byrne•dean appoint Aardvark Media
byrne•dean, the boutique HR consultancy have appointed us after a competitive tender, to build a client extranet and associated API. byrne•dean are specialist employment consultants with an international clientele of leading financial and multi-national businesses. They're often a key partner to in-house HR teams, delivering tailored coaching, training and strategic support as and when needed, globally.
We're delighted with the opportunity to work with byrne•dean and particularly thrilled with the plans to develop the extranets API to push content securely to client intranets. We expect the project to take around 3 months to complete.
For more information about byrne•dean please visit their website at www.byrnedean.com.
March 5 2010
Hay House Appoint Aardvark For Full Site Re-Development
We're delighted to announce that after the success of the eCRM system that we developed for Hay House in 2009 that we've been appointed to take over the whole of their online account. Initially we'll be re-developing their website to provide a friendly, accessible customer experience, along with streamlining the product and ticket purchasing feature. Once we've got the basics in place we'll then look to add lots of new exciting customer experience features!
March 1 2010
Imbibe.com goes live
Imbibe.com is the great new online resource and community platform for the on trade drinks market. Building on our work for Squaremeal.co.uk we're immensely proud of this new website for Monomax. Imbibe.com features all the latest news, articles and events for the sector plus has an integrated, customised blog platform where leading drinks luminaries express their opinion about key issues of interest to readers. To help support the site as a community platform, users are invited to register (free), doing so provides access to a range of additional features including access to the integrated forum and the ability to post comments around the blogs, plus obviously they can also manage their email preferences and personal profile. Imbibe.com's user experience reflects perfectly the offline magazine branding.
Imbibe.com is produced using our custom CMS platform, with editorial control, user, blog and forum management all integrated. This approach allows Monomax greater control over their content administration and performance tracking.
Please visit the website - Imbibe.com.
February 24 2010
CIMA and AAT Exams emails
Once again we've ensured the safe delivery of the exam results emails for tens of thousands of anxious students around the world for CIMA and the AAT. The exams results emails are personalised, branded and the send monitored by our staff at time-sensitive slots on key dates, with our staff are on hand throughout to ensure everything works according to plan.
January 20 2010
Goedhuis Goes live
We've just made Goedhuis.com and the sister site privatereservesltd.com live. With hundreds of customers and thousands of wines the sites deliver a highly personalised experience. To ensure this happens in timely, precise fashion we've spent considerable amount of time re-writing the data import mechanism for the services, ensuring that the websites truly represent the data that's held in the back-office systems at the businesses. Now the sites are live we're planning a whole raft of improvements, from ticketed events through to international sales.
January 11 2010
Roaring Season for Novus Leisure
Novus Leisure has enjoyed a bumper Christmas season according to the Sunday Times (10 Jan 10) with like-for-like sales for the six weeks to Jan 2nd 2010 up 10.6%. We are pleased to have played our part in their success. We sent over 2.5 million emails, handled online reservations for all the venues (and the reporting for the business) and managed the online ticket facility for their New Year's Eve offer, responsible for a sell-out at many of the venues for the big night with over 10,000 tickets being sold.
The Aardvark team were on call throughout the holiday period, providing on-the-spot support whilst others basked in the snowy festive break. Alongside the core promotional activities we also put live the marketing pages for Christmas 2010, Valentines day and asked those customers who'd had a Christmas reservation what they thought of their experience via an online survey.
Some key stats for Aardvark Media for December 2009:
- We sent over 7 million emails on behalf of clients
- We handled over 40,000 reservations for the period for our retail-leisure clients
- Representing over 450,000 covers
- Sent over 100,000 SMS messages
- Created and deployed 4 Online Customer surveys
Read more at the Morning Advertiser.
November 16 2009
Lulubelle, the Hay House eCRM system goes live
Lulubelle is the name given to Hay House's eCRM system, developed for them by us. Lulubelle has been developed to enable Hay House to better understand their customer needs and to target and deliver compelling email campaigns to selected audience groups. To support this Lulubelle links automatically to the website, allowing customer data to be centralized, frequently updated and profiled as appropriate.
Hay House staff can easily create (via drag and drop functionality) and send stunning eflyers to highly targeted customer groups. Additionally, automated campaigns are sent to appropriate customers, delivering personalized messages with associated offer codes redeemable at the online shop. To aid profiling, customers are encouraged to complete selected surveys which Hay House can review both at a group and individual customer level. Whilst to grow the database, customers are encouraged to forward campaigns to their friends and are rewarded for successful new customer acquisition.
November 5 2009
Goedhuis Select Aardvark Media
We're delighted to announce that Goedhuis & Co. along with their sister company 'Private Reserves', have selected Aardvark Media to take over their digital account.
Goedhuis & Co., London's fine wine merchants, have an extraordinary pedigree in selecting the finest wines that European vineyards produce. Increasingly they're also selling premium new world wines but whatever vintage they represent they're proud to know the vineyard personally. Alongside the sale of wine for drinking they also sell 'En Primeur' where the wine is held in storage for future drinking or re-sale. Private Reserves, the sister company provides the secure storage facilities for Goedhuis customers. Initially we'll take over the hosting and maintenance of the existing websites before beginning a phased plan of upgrades and customer experience improvements.
Visit Goedhuis online at www.goedhuis.com.
October 6 2009
SquareMeal iPhone App Launched
Your first iPhone app is always a beautiful moment! We're really chuffed with the new SquareMeal iPhone app. It gives you access to the latest dining and drink offers based around your GPS location (or elsewhere if you choose) plus it has the wealth of quality editorial that people have come to expect from SquareMeal. It's free, and it's available now at iTunes. Everything you need for a great dining experience, in the palm of your hand!
October 6 2009
La Tasca Gets a Design Re-Fresh
We've just refreshed the La Tasca website for Bay Restaurants - it's now friendlier, wider and that little bit more Spanish. We like it and hope you do too - Visit www.latasca.co.uk
October 2 2009
Sign The Petition 'Make Christmas Eve A National Holiday'
As they say in the Ikea advert 'We know 2009 is going to be a tough year' - let's make it better by having Christmas Eve as a holiday - no more trudging back through the snow to your house trying to find the elusive presents, tell your boss, tell your friends, tell Parliament - as Obama says 'Now Is the time for Change' - Visit www.latenightlondon.co.uk/christmaspetition.html
September 30 2009
New Website - Grace Bar
A slick new website for this stunning bar in London's theatreland. Grace is owned and operated by Novus Leisure. Visit www.grace-bar.co.uk.
September 23 2009
OnAnon Gets a Design Makeover
We've improved the customer experience and slicked-up the online branding for this uber-cool Piccadilly night club. Visit www.onanon.co.uk
September 3 2009
A New eCRM System for Hay House
We’re delighted to welcome Hay House as a client. We’ll be building Hay a bespoke eCRM system, driving customer engagement through improved profiling, email marketing, surveys and referral programs. The eCRM system will link to the Hay website and product database via an API allowing near real-time updating across all systems. We’re hoping to go live at the end of October 2009.
July 6 2009
New Websites for Novus
We’re delighted that we've been asked to develop a number of ‘experience’ websites for Novus Leisure to support the launch and ongoing promotion of two new theme areas within their venues; White Room and Groovy.
July 6 2009
Imbibe.com The Bar Industry Website
Monomax (publishers of SquareMeal) have appointed Aardvark Media to develop a new portal for Imbibe, the Restaurant and Bar journal. We can’t say too much at the moment but we plan for the site to superbly represent the young, influential style of both the magazine and some of the leading voices of the sector.
July 3 2009
Chomp Chomp Yakety Yak – Squaremeal Members Get a Forum
We've just finished developing a great new feature for Squaremeal.co.uk; a custom-built forum where you can chat to your hearts content with other foodie friends.
We built the forum from scratch to ensure it integrated seamlessly with the customer experience without lots of nasty security hacks and included a number of friendly features to ensure it is friendly and engaging. Visitors can easily manage their posts and forum responses (including email notifications), ratings and reviews plus a lot of other things when they log in, and Squaremeal staff can easily administer everything through the single administrative interface that we've built for them.
The forum is one of a number of exciting projects that we're working on for Squaremeal. In particular we're really excited about the innovative iPhone application we're developing which will compliment the current mobile version of the site.
Visit http://www.squaremeal.co.uk to find out more, register and enjoy.
July 2 2009
Novus Leisure - Customer Event Deposits and Tickets
We've just re-designed the secure transaction site for Novus Leisure – otherwise known as ‘Buy.mylatenight’, because Novus have over 38 websites we bundled all the front-end customer transactional features into one site to ensure security.
The site has been in existence for three years and allows customers to purchase event tickets securely online. We've just extended this core functionality to allow customers to pay their event deposit with a credit or debit card. Once paid the enquiry is automatically confirmed as a reservation. At the same time the customer receives an automatic email notification and a PDF receipt, which they can access at any time when they login.
As you'd expect it's all seamlessly integrated with the existing customer experience and there's helpful and friendly prompts throughout to smooth the process.
As Novus push to achieve over 50% of their business pre-booked the deposit feature will not only drive pre-event revenue but also ensures customer commitment to the event.
The new look site is due to go live shortly. Keep you eyes peeled at https://buy.mylatenight.co.uk
May 5 2009
New Funds Website for Generali Pan Europe
We’ve been appointed by Generali Pan Europe to develop a new funds portal for the company to collate and display the disparate fund information that the company provides (including integration with MorningStar). We expect the new site to launch at the end of August 2009.
April 15 2009
Slug and Lettuce - Webby Official Honoree
Slug and Lettuce Website is a 2009 Webby Honoree - yep, the results are in and whilst we won't be donning our best bib and tails for the award ceremony we're delighted to welcome to Honoree given to the Slug and Lettuce website by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. You can read more about the award at the Webby website.
April 14 2009
New La Tasca website launched
Hola! We've just launched the fabulous new website for la Tasca, the hugely popular Spanish restaurant chain owned by the Bay Restaurant Group. With over 70 super restaurants in major urban centres throughout the UK and a loyal customer base the brand is a very exciting addition to our portfolio. Now the website is live we'll be working hard with the team at La Tasca to drive sales (online reservations) and enhance the customer experience. La Tasca is the third project for the Bay Restaurant Group, already live is the Slug and Lettuce (www.slugandlettuce.co.uk) and ha ha (www.hahaonline.co.uk).
You can visit La Tasca at: www.latasca.co.uk
February 12, 2009
New Generali Pan Europe Portal
We’re delighted to announce the launch of a new portal for Generali Pan–Europe. The new portal acts as a signpost, directing visitors to one of three new websites that will most effectively meet their needs. Generali Pan–Europe offer three principal lines of business; Wealth Management, Employee Benefits and Investment Planning, each of which has a new website. We have included content differentiation to reflect differing country requirements and plan to offer multi–language capability over the coming months. To support the branding we have added a very nice animation to the portal home page.
You can visit the Generali Pan Europe Portal at: www.generalipaneurope.ie
Jan 30, 2009
New ha ha bar and grill website
January has seen the launch of the sparkling new website for ha ha bar and grill, the swish restaurant chain owned by the Bay Restaurant Group. With 24 stylish restaurants in major urban centres throughout England and a loyal customer base the brand is a very exciting addition to our portfolio. Now the website is live we’ll be working hard with the team at ha ha to drive sales to enhance the customer experience. Ha ha is the second project for the Bay Restaurant Group, already live is the Slug and Lettuce (www.slugandlettuce.co.uk) and in production now is La Tasca.
You can visit the ha ha site at: www.hahaonline.co.uk
October 7, 2008
Squaremeal.co.uk recruits new restaurant critics
For foodies fancying themselves as the next AA Gill or Matthew Fort, restaurant guide Square Meal in collaboration with Aardvark Media has created a new range of features for Squaremeal.co.uk where users can post reviews and rate venues out of ten for food & drink, service, atmosphere and value for money.
The amateur reviews will appear alongside Squaremeal's own independent reviews with prizes awarded for the best submissions. Once signed up, users can create lists of their favourite restaurants, recommend which are best for work or romance and nominate their favourite restaurant reviewers.
“It makes it really easy for restaurant goers to share their thoughts and passion for food through the Squaremeal website” said Chris Johns. “It gives users many more reasons to revisit the site each month and adds real value to their Squaremeal experience”
Please visit www.Squaremeal.co.uk and sign-up to make use of the review, rating and listing features.
October 7, 2008
Soho Clubs and Bars Go Live
We're delighted to reveal six new Soho-based bar and club websites. The bars include some of the most famous names in the West-end.
- www.JewelCoventGarden.co.uk
- www.JewelPiccadilly.co.uk
- www.LVPO.co.uk
- www.Village-soho.co.uk
- www.ShadowLounge.co.uk
- www.BarSoho.co.uk
The bars have all been integrated into the Novus Leisure portfolio. Customers for the bars will now be able to benefit from the integrated online reservations system that allows them to message bar staff directly, sign-up for special offers and promotions and download promotional vouchers.
The engine behind the sites is the central Novus eCRM system; managing the customer database for all the venues owned by the company. The central eCRM system allows staff to manage enquiries and reservations, create, send and review email marketing, control ticket sales, publish vouchers, manage website content and to get instantaneous performance reporting.
September 22, 2008 - PRESS RELEASE
Aardvark Media create a new online customer experience for Slug & Lettuce
Bay Restaurant Group’s Slug and Lettuce chain have launched a new customer website, designed and built by us.
The site’s been developed to provide a super-friendly customer experience, delivering a simple and comprehensive reservation process. Importantly there are no third parties or central systems involved; when making enquiries, customers speak directly to the bar staff via the integrated messaging system.
Previously Slug and Lettuce have used ‘Live Bookings’ to manage their online enquiries and the project is a strategic step to push the Slug and Lettuce to the forefront of the UK retail leisure sector. Although the site is still in its infancy, the launch day saw the website generate the same level of enquiries that ‘Live Bookings’ would provide in over three weeks.
The enquiry system is far beyond what any other UK retail leisure operator offers, not only in its ease of use but in terms of its integration with the CRM toolset.
Because all customer enquiries are fed into a central CRM system (which also handles email marketing, vouchers, tickets, menus, events and content management) The Bay Restaurant Group now get a comprehensive, instantaneous view of how the whole business is performing.
The Slug is the first step in a three phase deployment for the Bay Restaurant Group, the companies other brands; Ha Ha and La Tasca will be integrated over the next few months.
We recognise that the current economic environment is challenging for the sector’s customers but we hope to show, through offering the customer a better online experience, that we will deliver exceptional growth in both the number of enquiries and customer sign-ups.
Visit the site at: www.slugandlettuce.co.uk
The site recently received a very positive review from the Industry journal 'New Media Age' (see right).
August 2008
Tiger Tiger re–launches online booking site
Tiger Tiger, the leading nightclub, bar and restaurant chain has overhauled its online booking and information website (www.tigertiger.co.uk) with a new look and feel engineered by us.
The website is part of a collection of bar and club booking sites that includes Latenightlondon.co.uk. Owned by Novus Leisure, the new site is designed to deliver a seductive brand environment for regular customers whilst maintaining clear calls to action supporting a friendly, easy booking process.
“Recreating online the essence of a leisure brand like Tiger Tiger is not easy” said Kelly Beard at Novus Leisure. “Aardvark Media has managed to suggest the excitement of Tiger Tiger whilst improving practicality and ease of use.”
To improve functionality and customer experience on the site, We’ve also optimised the ‘conversion funnel’ – the customer journey from enquiry to through to sale. Web designers often make the booking process over complicated, When you go up to pay for something in a shop, you want it to be as quick and easy as possible and it should be the same online.
July 2008
33 Novus Websites Re-launched
Building on an impressive track record of over 30% growth in online enquiries year on year, we’re delighted to have re–launched 37 venue websites for Novus Leisure – the leading night–club, bar and restaurant operator. The new sites have received coverage in many of the trade journals – you can read the New Media Age Coverage here [Click to download PDF, 912Kb].
July 2008
CIMA Exam Results by Email
This month has seen the successful delivery of over 30,000 exam results to CIMA pupils around the globe. We sent each anxious student a personal email with their results, timed to arrive for them to read over breakfast. Next month we’ll deliver the results to the AAT students around the world in a similar manner…
May 01, 2008
Squaremeal.co.uk Re-Designed and Re-Launched
We are pleased to announce that Squaremeal.co.uk has enjoyed a brand redesign, giving the UK's favourite restaurant, bar & venue guide a clean, ultra-modern look & feel, whilst also making it even easier to use.
Square Meal has always been first to alert its readers to the hottest restaurant and venue news, and now they can access even more of the latest stories with Squaremeal's separate homepages for Restaurants & Bars and Venues & Events. To ensure readers never miss a story, drive traffic and build loyalty, Squaremeal have also integrated RSS feeds.
Not only has Square Meal's content significantly increased, it has also diversified: there is a brand new Food & Drink section that contains articles on food trends, spirits & cocktails, plus features on wines from around the world, so readers can beef (excuse the pun!) up on their favourite topics whilst browsing the site.
Happily, searching squaremeal.co.uk is now easier than ever - with redesigned and more flexible Quick Search & Advanced Search options, readers are always be able to find the perfect restaurant, bar or venue to suit their needs.
If you would like to find out more about our work for Squaremeal please email us. You can visit the website at www.squaremeal.co.uk.
You can read more about the launch at Brand Republic Online.
It was also reviewed by New Media Age [Click to download PDF, 1Mb].
March 10, 2008
Website for Institute of Trademark Attorneys launched
We're delighted to announce that the ITMA website designed and developed by Aardvark Media is now live.
Our project team worked closely with the key staff at the ITMA to ensure that the new site meets the needs of members and people who are looking for information relating to intellectual property, copyright and trademarks. The site has a custom content management system that allows ITMA staff to update content throughout the site along with controlling access to the members area.
You can view the ITMA website at www.itma.org.uk
March 7, 2008
Aardvark To Launch Online Ad Network for Retail Leisure Sites
In May 2008 we'll formally launch Adharbour.co.uk, the first online ad network targeting retail leisure websites in the UK. It will be free for websites to join the network.
Adharbour.co.uk will provide website publishers and companies in the bar, restaurant and nightclub sector the opportunity to selectively run targeted ad campaigns that have been centrally purchased. Uniquely, the ad network will also allow network members to sell space directly at their website to smaller advertisers and to take payment online in advance.
Thanks to the focus of the network it's expected that advertisers will pay a premium rate, and the network will benefit from campaigns run by bigger advertisers who may previously have considered the individual site traffic too small. To avoid issues of competitor or inappropriate advertising, network members will be able to identify which campaigns they are happy to accept prior to their inclusion.
For advertisers the network will provide them, for the first time, a unique catchment of people who are considering where to socialise, eat, drink and party in the London and the UK. The network will accept all forms of ads and provide a detailed administrative interface to enable improved trafficking decisions with better performance reporting.
If you would like to find out more about Adharbour please email us.
Februaury 29, 2008
Aardvark to Re-Design 33 Venue Websites For Novus Leisure
We're delighted to announce that we've been retained by Novus Leisure to re-design all 33 of the company's venue websites. The re-design will build on the impressive growth experienced in both traffic and enquiries by the portfolio over the last year. Alongside the London venue websites we'll also be re-developing the Tiger Tiger group of UK regional sites.
The revitalised sites are expected to go live in May 2008.
December 2007
Get Your Voucher (and we'll know)
So Christmas is over and 2008 is upon us. To drive sales we've built a neat microsite for Novus that builds on the voucher system that we developed for them last year. We've put in a host of additional reporting so that we can monitor who's opening and downloading which sales vouchers and when. We'll then be able to reward those customers who exhibit super-loyal behaviour. The vouchers are an important part of the January strategy for Novus and help drive sales in what would be an otherwise quiet month.
November 2007
Christmas and New Year For Novus Leisure
Christmas started in earnest for Novus Leisure, London's leading Nightclub, Bar and Restaurant Group in September. It really does seem to get earlier every year, so much so that next year we're going to launch the Christmas site in the first quarter. This year we've built two stylish micro-sites (one for Christmas and the other for New Year's Eve) and linked them both to the eCRM system we developed for them which will allow them to improve the enquiry conversions and track which customer orders what menu, take online deposits and ticket payments and then to report on the performance with a high level of granularity.
October 2007
No News Is Good News – But Watch Harwin and SquareMeal
It's been noted that we've not released any news items for a little while. We've been very busy on some very large projects which will be making their appearance in the early part of next year; notably for SquareMeal – London's most popular restaurant and venue directory website and also for Harwin, the leading electrical component manufacturer. We can't say any more at the moment but they will both be well worth waiting for – they are also both very large projects...
August 22, 2007
Leading private equity fund administrator to offer clients investor service integration
We’ve been commissioned to develop an Application Program Interface (API) for LP-services.info, the investor reporting service for Ipes, Guernsey’s biggest independent private equity fund administrator (funds in excess of $21 billion).
LP-services.info allows the large private equity clients of Ipes to provide their investors with detailed performance reports and personal contact details. The API will allow the service to have closer integration with client websites, so that investors will only need to login at the client site rather than at lp-services.info, allowing the client to demonstrate greater ownership of the investor relationship.
In conjunction with the API we’ve been commissioned by one of the UK’s leading private equity investors HgCapital to develop a secure investor zone for their website. Investors who login to this feature will be automatically logged in to the appropriate parts of lp-services.info via the API.
July 9, 2007
We've re-designed the event planning portal for London’s biggest bar and club owner
Latenightlondon.co.uk is Novus Leisure’s flagship portal for the core London marketplace. The site provides a lifestyle focused promotional platform for all the venues Novus Leisure operate in the City and West End.
The site has been redesigned based upon analysis of users’ demographic information over the past twelve months. The site now has a greater emphasis on female usage, along with an implied understanding that customers are increasingly from the Flickr and MySpace generation.
The new look Latenightlondon.co.uk presents an integrated Google map on the home page; allowing users to easily locate the venue of their choice, zoom in to see its location and click through to see venue specific events and galleries. Additionally the site now offers a banner “carousel”, where offers and promotions are presented in a scrolling viewer; allowing more deals to be made available to customers without impacting on the design coherence of the site.
Please visit Latenightlondon by going to www.latenightlondon.co.uk.
June 12, 2007
We're delighted to announce our appointment by leading search engine marketing agency, PropellerNet
Over the next few months we'll be working with them to deliver a unique online CRM toolset which will help to communicate and demystify the performance associated with search engine marketing. With offices in Brighton and London, PropellerNet are one of the fastest growing search engine marketing agencies in the UK.
March 19, 2007
Squaremeal launches postcode searching and integrated Google maps
We're thrilled to announce the latest customer experience improvements for Squaremeal.co.uk; providing faster and more accurate searching and plotting the search results with integrated Google maps.
If you're a regular Squaremeal user you'll notice the new search bar at the top of the home page allowing you to search the site for your ideal restaurant or venue in London or throughout the UK. Alongside postcode searching to provide pinpoint accuracy we've also included searching by landmark, town and train station alongside the obvious venue or restaurant name to improve the customer experience. To help customers easily locate their search results we've also integrated a Google mapping facility that shows the results within a customer defined area. Why not go and have a play - http://www.squaremeal.co.uk
January 30, 2007
Novus E-Tickets Drive Growth
Shortly before Christmas we launched an E-Ticketing system for Novus Leisure, the London based operator of large bars and clubs in premium bars in high footfall venues in major urban markets.
Traditionally, New Year’s Eve is the highest turnover night of the year for the sector and it’s customary to sell tickets to guarantee entry (or more) to a venue. With a capacity in excess of 50,000 and a varied range of ticket options Novus Leisure required a system that would allow customers to purchase tickets securely, download them online and via email, and for the system to be capacity managed and integrated with the existing reservations system.
The system we developed proved a great success and helped Novus increase group ticket sales by 40%. Moreover, the system can now be easily utilised for other ticketed and special events throughout the year allowing Novus greater control over promotional activities and maximising their return on investment.
December 15, 2006
Centurion Management Systems site re-launched
We're delighted to announce the launch of a re-developed site for leading software implementation specialist Centurion MS. Take a look at http://www.centurion-ms.co.uk and let us know what you think!
December 11, 2006
Roll Up! Get your Tickets Online Here For Fantastic Events!
We’ve opened http://buy.mylatenight.co.uk for business. Built for Novus Leisure, the site enables them to create and sell event tickets securely online for their portfolio of 37 funky clubs, restaurants and bars. The system seamlessly integrates with their reservations and reporting system; and customer service is great with tickets being automatically emailed plus customers can login at any time to download copies of their tickets.
September 6, 2006
New Look Smedvig Capital Website Launched
Working with the team at the St James’ based venture capitalist Smedvig we’ve re-designed their website. Take a look and let us know what you think.
August 31, 2006
Latenightlondon Awarded New Media Age ‘Site of the Week’
Great news - Latenightlondon.co.uk - developed for Novus Leisure, was awarded New Media Age's ‘Site of the Week’ in the 31st August 06 issue. The review praised the site's functionality, monetisation and usability. Thanks!
April 28, 2006
Centurion Management Systems appoint Aardvark Media
We're pleased to announce that software implementation specialists Centurion MS have appointed us to re-develop their website.
The firm, based in Surrey, is an implementation specialist of leading CRM and HR software packages and is one of the most successful resellers of the Sage CRM suite in the UK. We'll be working with them over the coming months to re-develop their website to deliver a solution with an emphasis on search engine optimisation and improved customer experience.
March 20, 2006
Aardvark Media appointed by the AMS Group
After a three way pitch we're delighted to announce that we've been appointed by the AMS Group. Headquartered in the BVI and with offices in London, Hong Kong and Nevis the Group is a well recognised brand within the Offshore marketplace. Over the next few months we will be working with them and specialist design agency FONDA; revitalising the group's online brand to deliver a great customer experience.
February 2, 2006
We're pleased to announce the launch of three revitalised websites for Generali International, one of the world's leading financial services companies.
Over the past few months we've worked with Generali to revitalise their online brand through improving the user experience of their sites. Have a look at the sites, we think you'll like them.
Generali International
Generali Worldwide
Generali PanEurope
November 15, 2005
We're delighted to announce that Novus Leisure (nee Urbium PLC) have appointed Aardvark Media to re-develop LateNightLondon and 36 Venue Websites.
With 36 branded venues including 'Tiger Tiger', 'The Soho', 'Strawberry Moons' and 'The Warwick', Novus Leisure's venues have a great reputation with their style-conscious customers for good value dining and a funky night out.
Over the coming months we'll work with them to re-develop the entire online portfolio; delivering a greatly improved customer experience, strengthened brand and slick administration for the behind-the-scenes team.
We'll help Novus Leisure maintain their competitive advantage by providing a full service solution with managed hosting, search engine optimisation and service enhancements, all delivered by a team dedicated to creating an excellent customer experience.
October 14, 2005
Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys appoints Aardvark Media
The ITMA, which represents Trademark professionals in the UK and Europe, has appointed Aardvark Media to re-develop their online presence. Over the next few months we’ll be working to produce an engaging and supportive online experience; effectively delivering their brand message, improving customer service and aiding organisational efficiency. Once live, we’ll provide managed hosting, dedicated support and build service enhancements to ensure the ITMA extend their competitive advantage.
September 07, 2005
Aarawak Energy goes live
We're pleased to announce that the new Arawak Energy oil website has been made live.
September 05, 2005
Aardvark Media to provide web creative resource for Kidney Charity re-branding
Working with FONDA, the specialist design consultancy, we are pleased to announce that we've been selected to develop the web interface for the UK's leading Kidney Research Charity.
July 22, 2005
Generali Worldwide selects Aardvark Media
Aardvark Media have been awarded a major contract by Generali Worldwide. After a competitive 4-way tender we've been appointed as the preferred supplier to re-generate the Generali Worldwide portfolio of websites. We're looking forward to working closely with the team at Generali to successfully deliver their customers an exceptional online experience.
July 21, 2005
Media Diet For Kids website goes live
We're pleased to announce that the new 'Media Diet For Kids' website is now live. The new 'Media Diet for Kids' book, published by Hay House and due for publication in September aims to provide parents with a simple 3-step solution to achieving a healthy media balance in their children's lives.
May 17, 2005
Book Your Favourite Restaurant Through Squaremeal.co.uk
No more having to sweet talk that tricky French Maitre d', we've just launched the latest user feature for Square Meal, London's favourite restaurant and events guide. Registered users can now book at any one of over 560 restaurants available at the site. Simple to use, you specify the booking details (time, date, the number in your party); the service even allows you to request that favoured table, its all confirmed online so you just need to turn up and tuck in.
April 12, 2005
Aardvark Media to develop oil company website
Working with FONDA, the specialist design consultancy, we are pleased to announce that we will be developing a website for a growing oil and gas company with interests around the Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan and Russia.
March 31, 2005
Media Diet for Kids Website
We're pleased to announce that we have been selected to develop a website and provide online marketing to support the launch of a new book ‘The Media Diet for Kids’ for Hay House.
February 25, 2005
New Harwin Website Now Live
We've just re-launched Harwin.com for the global electronic component manufacturer. With an emphasis on efficient data delivery we have improved the user experience and revitalised the Harwin online brand.
December 20, 2004
Pelham Homes selects Aardvark Media
Pelham Homes, a subsidiary of Allied London Properties, has selected Aardvark Media to build a secure project management website. The service will assist in the pre-development evolution of complex planning applications for residential estates that the company is building across southern England. The service is expected to go live in early 2005.
October 8, 2004
Harwin PLC selects Aardvark Media
After a successful intitial consultation, we have been invited to redevelop the website for Harwin, a leading manufacturer of electrical components. The new website will play a key role in supporting their global network of distributors and representatives.
September 13, 2004
Siemens portal receives major faclift
The Siemens AG corporate account portal, developed to increase communication between Siemens and their key global cross-border clients has undergone a major face lift to bring it in line with the latest release of the Siemens design toolbox.
August 25, 2004
New website for Battersea conservation charity
The People's Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) has asked Aardvark Media to re-design their Website and to integrate Macromedia Contribute to enable them to manage their own content. The website will help PTES raise awareness as well as funds to support a number of research and conservation projects worldwide.
July 13, 2004
Put some fizz into your e-business website
The Aardvark Media are offering a 20% discount off our daily rate for all new clients that sign up before 30th September 2004. We'll also send you 12 bottles of Laurent Perrier Champagne upon project completion so that you can celebrate in style. For more information, call us on 020 7622 7636
July 8, 2004
Square Meal offer Virtual Tours to their visitors
Square Meal staff can now add 360° tours anywhere on the site thanks to a new tool we have developed for them.
April 5, 2004
Square Meal to offer live restaurant booking
Users of Square Meal will be pleased to know that shortly they will no longer have to pick up the phone to book a table at their favourite restaurant. The website will shortly include an online booking facility that will enable registered users to reserve a table at selected restaurants.
March 1, 2004
Siemens subsidiary take second user sales online
The demand for second user telecoms equipment is very large and growing rapidly. Assura are at the forefront of this emerging market thanks to the website Aardavrk Media has helped to develop for them.
The Assura site allows users to create an enquiry that can be followed up by a trained member of staff as part of a consultative selling process that is a unique feauture of the company.
January 27, 2004
Website identity for Guernsey start-up
Working with their internal design department, Aardvark Media has created an online identity for Marlborough Trust. The site will be live in February 2004.
January 5, 2004
Generali create German language site using Aardvark Media built CMS
Generali Worldwide are set to launch their first non-English website. The site will be built using the bespoke CMS developed for them by Aardvark Media. Generali plan to launch several additional language sites over the next twelve months, targetting domestic markets within Europe.
