Ruralnet Futures

Ruralnet Futures wins contract with Farmstay UK

r.mannion — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:14:27 +0000

Ruralnet Futures have just been awarded the contract to participate in the Wake Up to the Heart of the Country RDPE project. Working closely with Farmstay UK, Ruralnet Futures will deliver training to farmers throughout the West Midlands to improve their knowledge of the Internet and help improve their B&B businesses. Rob Mannion, Managing Director of Ruralnet Futures said “winning this contract with Farmstay UK is fantastic news and further demonstrates our desire to remain close to our roots. Ruralnet Futures mission is to empower people and help them embrace new internet technologies and this latest partnership illustrates that. We very much look forward to working with Farmstay UK over the next three years to help make this programme a success”.

Ruralnet Futures launches its new website at www.ruralnetfutures.co.uk

r.mannion — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:11:22 +0000

We are delighted to have re-launched our website today with a new fresh feel for the new year. The Wordpress theme sits on our Virtual Private Servers along with our clients services and shows how a premium theme can be customised to deliver a clean professional feel.

With an abundance of quality Wordpress themes available, it makes little sense to design the look and feel of a site from the ground up. By choosing the right theme and then customising it, it saves both time and money. The end result is still a tailored solution, but at a fraction of the cost.

Although the outlay was small, working with a premium (paid for) theme really emphasises the old adage “you get what you pay for”. A properly coded, marked up set of templates makes it quicker, simpler and more robust to customise than a lot of the free Wordpress themes available.

If anyone is interested in how to build similar services, then please get in contact with us.

Warwickshire LEADER programme website launch

admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:48:49 +0000

Warwickshire LEADER website launched here www.warwickshireleader.net. Having been selected to deliver the Central Warwickshire LEADER programme website in November 2009 we are pleased to announce the site is now live. The Central Warwickshire LEADER programme is one of nearly 100 funding programmes in England benefitting from EU funding designated to regenerate rural areas. The new website is designed to promote the programme, outline the initiative and inspire individuals and communities to participate. Using Web 2.0 technology the site is rich in functionality and enables the Programme team to be in control of their content at the touch of a button. The site is a prime example of how Web 2.0 technnology can incorporate applications such Google Maps, YouTube, Flickr, Twitter and Delicious to deliver a sophisticated service at low cost. Rob Mannion, Managing Director of Ruralnet Futures said of the implementation, “We are really pleased to be part of the LEADER programme and especially to have delivered the programme website on time and to budget. We knew the timescales for delivery were aggressive, but within three weeks of our initial design workshop, the site was available”.

Ruralnet Futures to build on LEADER programme

r.mannion — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:56:10 +0000

We are delighted to have learnt today that we have successfully won a competitive tender to deliver the Central Warwickshire LEADER website. LEADER is an EU funded rural regeneration programme running until 2013. The existing Drupal service will be migrated to a new site over the next month and will underpin the projects communication channels under the direction of the Local Action Group (LAG). We are looking forward to working together with the LAG to design a new fresh site to outline the programmes objectives, highlight best practice, implement tools such as Twitter and also join up other similar LEADER programmes throughout the UK.