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Moving In & Moving On

We’ve moved!

It feels as though the dust has only just settled since our last move from Hessle, and here we are on the move again. This time we’re just around the corner, so we’re still in Brough. I’ll update the contact page on the website shortly once we’ve got a GPS reference and decent shot of the outside of the building.

Moving Office from Jim Wardlaw on Vimeo.

We are now upstairs at The Picture Box on Station Road. Jim had the presence of mind to rig up his iPhone on coat stand and grab some time lapse footage of us setting up the gear on Thursday. The last few things were cleared out of the old place on Friday morning, and with no phone line in until this morning we were left at a loose end on Friday afternoon. Fortunately our new location is midway between (and a not even a stone’s throw from) two of Brough’s three hostelries, so we took the opportunity to give Dan a good send off. After seven years and at least as many beers we wish him all the best in his new job.

 

Eating, drinking and being merry

Thursday night saw us down at the Triton Inn in Brantingham for the “official” Art & Soul Christmas do. The Triton has just been named as the Hull Daily Mail’s Restaurant of the Year 2008, and deservedly so. The grub was tasty, and plenty of it too. An added bonus was the pair of real ales on hand pump at the bar. On the night, for me at least, the Wold Top Bitter from local microbrewers Wold Top Brewery had the edge over the Copper Dragon Brewery’s Best Bitter.

Danny suggested that someone take a camera along to record the event for posterity, and provide some material for the new blog. However when it came down to it there wasn’t much enthusiasm for taking photos – after a few initial snaps early on, the camera was put away for the evening. With at least two discerning photographers amongst us the lighting conditions were dismissed as inadequate, and attentions were turned to eating, drinking and being merry!

The team - part 1

Put the camera down! (L - R) Dunc, Danny (J) and Vic.

The team - part 2

(L - R) Dan (W), Louise, Roisha, Jim and Justine (halfway through her famous “alien-morph” party trick).

Despite Art & Soul picking up the tab for the evening, everyone conducted themselves with dignity and we all made it into work on Friday morning.

Why Do We have A Blog?

There are several very good reasons why we have incorporated a blog into our web site. It’s relatively simple to do after all.

  1. A blog is great tool for quickly adding new content to a web site. We chose WordPress, and its ease of use means we are more likely to keep updating the site on a regular basis, whenever one of us has ten minutes to spare.
  2. Visitors like fresh content. Keeping the site updated will encourage people to come back again and again. It all helps when building an online presence and winning customer mindshare.
  3. Search engines like fresh content too. As long as we keep it relevant it all counts towards ratings.
  4. We’re creative types, and blogging is form of self-expression. When we’ve got something to say it won’t do to bottle it up.
  5. We’re good at what we do, and blogging about it is way of proving it to the world.

It all makes sense doesn’t it. Perhaps you should have a blog on your web site. Don’t think about it for too long though - give us a call…

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