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Channel is moving to new offices

Tremough entrance We are very excited here at Channel that we are moving in to brand new offices at the soon-to-be-complete Tremough Innovation Centre, up at the Tremough Campus of the Combined Universities of Cornwall, in Penryn.

We will be moving on January 30th and will be issuing our new contact details to all our friends and clients then, as well as entertaining the Falmouth Business Club and Chamber members at the new building.

At present the Innovation Centre is still having the finishing touches put to it, but we have been able to have a look round and attach a couple of photos here.

The Innovation centre is part of Cornwall's ongoing development plans, having being funded by the EU through the Convergence programme.  Among its many features it includes:

  • Low Carbon building
  • Cafes and shared meeting areas
  • Superfast broadband connectivity
  • IP telephony
  • State of the art design

Tremough Meeting Area

As many of our clients know Channel Computing was founded in January 2007 by Peter Graves and Anna Barrington, who initially worked at their home in Penryn, Cornwall. Since then it has grown to a team of 7 programmers, designers and web marketers, but has always been based in a building which was part of Pete and Anna's house.

This has become a limiting factor during 2011 as there has not been room to grow the team in response to increasing demand for our services, so the move to larger off-site offices is an important step in the growth of the company, and will make a great difference both to the way in which we operate, and our ability to continue to satisfy and exceed the requirements of our clients.

We look forward very much to inviting our friends and clients to look round the new offices once we have moved in, and to using the opportunity to continue to enhance what we can achieve for our clients.


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#digpen web conference is coming to Falmouth

I'm involved in and of course highly recommending this event at University College Falmouth, it will all be happening this Satuday June 11th, further information below:

On Saturday June 11th, web professionals and students are invited to the third in a series of free events aimed at expanding the web industry in the South West which will be held at Tremough Campus in University College Falmouth.

 

A guide to the main blogging platforms

This is about the differences, pros and cons of the main three blogging platforms:

Wordpress is the clear leader in the blog field for good reason; it is a truly excellent product.
Confusingly for a beginner Wordpress has two offerings - wordpress.org and wordpress.com, which are quite different. 
Google's offering is blogger or Blogspot.

There are meny other good blogging platforms but these three are the market leaders, here are the main differences:

 

Using Facebook for Business

Facebook for business

WITH APOLOGIES THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL

(Please drop us a line if you would be interested in similar events in the future)

 

Channel will be partnering with the Falmouth Chamber of Commerce to give a presentation on using Facebook for business on Monday 21st in the Falmouth Hotel, at 6pm.

The presentation will be made by our Technical Director Peter Graves, who is well known for his popular internet marketing courses throughout Cornwall.

If you are interested in finding out more about using Facebook for business, using it to generate buzz, community and enquiries around your business, and making sure you use it well, please feel free to come along.

Book your place

Falmouth Chamber

The event is open to all businesses in Cornwall, but please contact Chamber Chairman Jeremy Edwards if you would like to book a place, on 01326 318900, or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it so that we have some idea of numbers for the event.

There will also be some refreshments and relaxed networking afterwards, so it should be a pleasant evening.

We will be done by about 8pm.

 

Congratulations on the Juicy Detailing Launch

We would like to congratulate Andrew and Jen from Juicy Detailing on the launch of their new ecommerce web site, blog and shopping cart: www.juicydetailing.co.uk

The site was actually launched on Friday, though some visitors didn't get the live version until Sunday thanks to a rather slow propogation of the domain around the web.  However initial feedback has been very good, with most people appreciating the slightly risque humour on the site - so thank you everyone for your comments.

 

An opportunity for businesses in Cornwall to have their say

This is more of a local topic than a web marketing one, but I think deserves a hearing anyway.

There has been a chain of events around the creation of the new LEP (Local Enterprise partnership) in Cornwall that could be described as "interesting", and I know that  number of businesses people with whom I have spoken have a low regard for the LEP structure that the Cornwall Council has been putting in place.

Probably at the heart of the matter seems to be:

 
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