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5,000 Wrist Bands For Holly’s Campaign
Read more: 5,000 Wrist Bands For Holly’s CampaignHolly Watson, whose brother Lewis was fatally stabbed in 2009, received an award earlier in the year for her bravery and dedication from Suffolk Police Force. Holly’s ‘I Don’t Carry A Knife’ campaign has lead to the teenager working with the police to install blade amnesty bins across the county. Since then, more than 4,300…
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Illustrator’s new site gets thumbs up
Read more: Illustrator’s new site gets thumbs upThe Mackman Group has this month launched a brand new website for a local author and illustrator with an international following. Peter Gray has been working as an illustrator for the past 14 years and has also written over a dozen books about drawing and illustration which have sold tens of thousands internationally. Like many…
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Newer browsers bring benefits
Read more: Newer browsers bring benefitsThe news that Google is phasing out support for older browsers from 1st August is an interesting development for the technical team at the Mackman Group, who make it their business to keep tabs on the latest trends for Web users. The move means people using less up-to-date browsers, such as Internet Explorer 7, Safari…
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PR and website for local gastro-pub
Read more: PR and website for local gastro-pubThe Pheasant at Gestingthorpe is seeking to secure its already enviable reputation with a website upgrade and PR boost from Mackman. The pub has ambitious plans for growth, including the creation of a boutique hotel on the premises for which the owners have secured a £200,000 business development grant. Less obvious to passing locals will…
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Mackman gets real with Nethergate
Read more: Mackman gets real with NethergateNethergate Brewery, based in the idyllic Suffolk countryside at Pentlow, prides itself on creating interesting, top quality real ales including well known favourites such as Old Growler, Umble and the ever-popular IPA. Ten permanent beers are supplemented by seasonal and speciality beers throughout the seasons, keeping real ale lovers much more than satisfied across East…
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Hire your own secret shoppers here!
Read more: Hire your own secret shoppers here!Women’s glossies, weekend supplements, internet chat and social networks are currently a-buzz about the (not so) Secret Shopper, Mary Portas, and her exploits amongst some of Britain’s best known high-street retail outlets. Thousands of Channel 4 viewers have been following the retail guru and joining her campaign to drastically change the average shopping trip by…
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Welcome to Luke: Mackman’s new Studio Technician
Read more: Welcome to Luke: Mackman’s new Studio TechnicianMackman started the New Year by welcoming one extra permanent staff member on board. Luke Roberts joins us as Studio Technician, playing a vital role supporting our web services and maintaining and improving our internal network systems. This means improved support for customers and enhanced response times. Luke will also be working with our studio…
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Mackman all of a flutter this Christmas
Read more: Mackman all of a flutter this ChristmasMackman’s butterflies and feathers tree looks stunning at the Sudbury Christmas Tree Festival 2010 Mackman’s butterflies and feathers tree looks stunning at the Sudbury Christmas Tree Festival 2010 Mackman Group is one of dozens of organisations to sponsor and decorate a Christmas tree at Sudbury’s popular Christmas Tree Festival in St Peter’s church this year.…
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Adding a NextGen slideshow to your WordPress template
Read more: Adding a NextGen slideshow to your WordPress templateAfter searching the web for quite some time I couldn’t find any simple plugins to add a NextGen slide show to our WordPress site’s template easily! In order to achieve this I’ve added a few simple steps: Create your banner placeholder in the header.php or template of your choice. Make a note of the height you want…