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LIFE Natura 2000 Project Websites

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:29:43 +0000

Natura 2000 is the centrepiece of EU nature & biodiversity policy. It is an EU wide network of nature protection areas established under the 1992 Habitats Directive. The aim of the network is to assure the long-term survival of Europe’s most valuable and threatened species and habitats. LIFE is the EU’s financial instrument supporting environmental and nature conservation projects throughout the EU.

The Mulkear LIFE project, a LIFE Natura 2000 project, involves the restoration of the lower Shannon SAC for Sea Lamprey, Atlantic Salmon and the European Otter. Project Partners Shannon Regional Fisheries Board (Project Sponsors & Overall Project Beneficiary), Office of Public Works (Associate Beneficiary) & Limerick County Council (Associate Beneficiary) identified that the Mulkear LIFE website would be of critical importance in supporting all educational and media work, and would be a key tool for their information dissemination work and public awareness work.

To this end Copper Reed Studio was invited to submit a proposal for the design and development of an interactive website for the Mulkear LIFE project and was delighted to have been selected as the winning proposal on the basis of quality of website design and development, prior experience in the design and delivery of Natura 2000 websites, see woodlandrestoration.ie and burrenlife.com, resources to guarantee delivery within the very tight timeframes, and cost effectiveness.

Phase One of the Mulkear LIFE was designed and delivered within three weeks and can be viewed at www.mulkearlife.com

Effective Website Design – first impressions

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:18:49 +0000

From the first second that a potential client visits your website they have already starting forming impressions about your services, what quality of product you offer and if they trust you to do business with.

Effective design and layout, well scripted copy and intuitive navigation are some key qualities that you should use to kindle the right first impression in your customer’s mind. We invest that extra effort, understanding, experience and professionalism that make a difference in creating effective websites for startups, small companies, charities and associations, universities, national brands and organisations.

Good design is key – create simple, clear and effective websites with Copper Reed.
Call 1890 620 620 for more information

Hunting Association of Ireland online marketing successes

admin — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:26:51 +0000

The Hunting Association of Ireland is a national body which coordinates and promotes hunting with hounds. It comprises six constituent and autonomous bodies, which represent and control the six hunting disciplines active in Ireland. HAI works for everyone who loves the countryside and the rural way of life. Through campaigning, lobbying, publicity, and education the Association influences legislation and public policy that impacts on the countryside, rural people, and their activities.

Its been over a year since we designed and launched the HAIs new website, which gave them greater freedom in updating the content and allowed them to process memberships and donations online. With our continued support and assistance the awareness of the HAI ’s online presence has been a huge success. The website now receives between 1,200 and 2,000 NEW & UNIQUE visitors per month, and the number of hits per month ranged between 67,000 & 140,000 in first half of this year.

Hunting Association of Ireland Website Design

Website design for Wind Energy Direct

admin — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:13:56 +0000

Wind Energy Direct is an Irish Company, based in Limerick, with a focus on the home and UK markets. They install wind turbines on customer’s industrial sites via a turnkey service. Wind Energy Direct finance, own, operate and maintain the turbines. They sell the electricity produced to their customers at a significant discount to their existing conventional rate. They recently appeared on RTE’s Nationwide programme which proved an effective medium to highlight their growing service. The Wind Energy Direct project involved design of the company logo, stationery, brochure, website and display backdrop.

Wind Energy Direct website

Copper Reed Studio was asked to design an appropriate to the industry and elegant company logo, a set of print brochure designs and an online presence for Wind Energy Direct. The logo reflects the core service that the client provides, with simple colours and shapes. The effective and elegant website design seeks to draw potential clients inwards to the key areas of the site that highlight the available economies through a savings calculator we custom programmed for the site. The website also allows pages to be edited and kept fresh thanks to StudioC – our custom content management system that we provide to our clients.