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We would like to take this moment to wish all our customers A Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year, thanks for supporting NW Design during 2013 and we look forward to working with you in 2014. We will be closed on the 25th, 26th and 27th December 2013 and the 1st and 2nd January 2014. We will be open as usual on all other days over the Christmas period from 9am until 5.00pm. If you have any questions regarding support, design or delivery deadlines over the Christmas period please do not hesitate to contact us on 0161 327 2131 or visit our website. ...

We offer a number of affordable Website Design packages to suit all of our clients no matter how big or small. The World Wide Web has become a daunting place and sadly it is full of here today gone tomorrow companies charging extortionate prices for something that really isn’t that great! A professional website designed to promote your business can provide you with an extremely valuable and constant stream of sales leads, but only if your site has been properly thought out, carefully built and managed. NW Design offers a great Small Business Website Design package which is ideal for new-start businesses in Wigan wanting a professional looking web presence without breaking the bank. ...

Over the last past years, responsive web design has been gaining popularity and is now considered to be one of the best ways to design websites that look great on any device, from smartphones to smart TVs. So, what is responsive website design? A better question to ask might be, what problem does responsive website design solve? Well, as you may have noticed, computers aren’t the only piece of hardware with a web browser anymore. Nearly every phone and tablet has the facility to view websites nowadays. In an ideal world our customers will all be sat at their desk drinking coffee when they stumble across our sites but this is no longer true. With people being busier than ever & the staggering growth in mobile usage now means that you can no longer assume your website will be viewed on a desktop browser. In fact, in a year's time, a greater percentage of visits to your site will be made via mobile than a desktop computer - making responsive web design an absolute must. Have you ever tried to access a website on a mobile or tablet device and been frustrated by broken or unloadable content? This is how your customers will experience your brand without responsive website design or at least a site that fits the browser! ...

If you have products to sell or need to communicate on a regular basis with your customers or clients, a well designed newsletter can be an effective means to display your range of services. At NW Design, we love to take data driven excel spreadsheets or badly drawn up word or publisher files and transform them into attractive pieces of design - that make the content compelling, relevant and clear. We can help with establishing the right content and style for your message and this is often a wonderful way to keep your name in front of customers or prospects. ...

Twitter Hashtags are taking the world by storm and here are a collection of fantastic UK based Twitter networking hashtags that are aimed to get SME's on the Map in 2022. Since using Twitter we’ve had a great response from other companies including fantastic partnerships and these are only because of using some of the following hashtags. This list has been created to aid Small and Medium sized Enterprises to build a network of contacts and relationships between fellow business owners and to gain more followers. ...

A well designed brochure is not only a great advertisement for your company, but can also be a great tool for a major meeting or presentation. This 8 page A4 brochure was produced for Manchester based company "365 Technical Plant Services". Needing just 20 copies for a a very important client presentation, we were asked to come up with a simple but effective concept to display their renewable energy technology, and to leave a lasting impression on their potential customer. Our simple yet creative design idea went extremely well at the presentation getting our client the desired result - and from the initial 20 copies of the brochure for the meeting -  a much larger production run proceeded a few weeks later, the customer confident that that they were on the right promotional path. We know that not everyone needs thousands of brochures, that's why we think it's important to get the right product and volume to the right client - be it a single digital copy for web distribution or a web site, 10 copies individually personalised for a presentation, or 10,000 for mass production, we can help promote your message out to your customers, cheaply and effectively...   ...

We were approached by an already existing Leigh based company to create them a brand identity and corporate logo. We set out by creating 9 bespoke and totally unique logos which NW Design take great pride in. I have not yet found another graphic design agency that offer this service with this quality without spending £1000's. We then sent Li the proofs and asked her to pick out a number of logos she liked. We then worked with Conversational Thai for a number of weeks manipulating the logo design until it was just right and finished up with the logo you see above. We believe we offer a first class Logo Design service and many hours of our time go into creating you a bespoke look and feel. View more of our final logo designs. We've had customers come to us after already spending £1000's with big city agencies only to be disappointed with the end result.  A recent customer of ours said "They said they would create us 5 unique logo's for £2000" The logos were different whereas they were the same logo just different colours. ...

With 3 rounds to go in the Heart of England Rally Championship NW Design finish top of their class and seal the deal with maximum points in Class A of the rally championship. (Just missing the bottles of champagne but we didn't want to tempt fait!) This now means that the team can now sit back without needing to worry about the remaining rounds and can concentrate on preparing the car for next season where they are looking for sponsorship contributions to further themselves. Hopefully the team have also won the award for most publicised rally team in the championship and it's with thanks to Michael Davies of Rally Stage Media Reporting. ...

Since doing our Blog post on using Twitter #Hashtags Part 1 we decided to elaborate on some more abbreviated Twitter terms. We’re asked by clients all the time about how they can get involved in Twitter and what all the abbreviated terms mean. I always say that you’re only allowed 140 characters in a tweet so sometimes you need to keep things short and sweet to portray your message. We’ve been asked recently by what is the #ff that they see in their newsfeed every Friday… Well here goes. ...

Flyers and Leaflets are a great way to get the word out about you and what you are doing, whether you’re running a promotional sale on a product for your business, advertising for a charity event that will be running in town soon, or a meeting for members of the community about what to do with left-over funds from last year’s school budget. However, it’s important to make sure those flyers get noticed, and with the help of NW Design we can assure you that we will spend the time to create you an eye catching flyer/leaflet that will be too good to be thrown away. A returning customer Tuning Developments LTD Birchwood asked us to create them a new double sided A5 flyer which they could take to a performance tuning show the coming week. The flyers primary aim was to showcase their products and services to potential new customers. We managed to create a leaflet that was eye catching yet informative to the customer. We pride ourselves on our Leaflet and Flyer design, and many hours of design go into every one to make them unique and original. We believe that creative graphic design shouldn't be thrown together and we work closely with the customer to ensure that your design is just right. We even offer an unlimited* amendment policy until its just right. *subject to fair use ...

MHA Lighting is an award-winning LED lighting specialists and cover many different industries including lighting for multi-storey car parks to medical sectors. We were asked to design another mini brochure for MHA making a set of 5 so Far and this mini brochure covers LED lighting for manufacturing facilities. These brochures have been proving ever popular for us lately and we believe this is because brochure design is a key component to the marketing of many businesses large and small. Well-designed mini brochures can present a positive image of the firm while providing helpful information about the products or services offered. Another benefit of these small brochures are that they can be area specific which means gone are the days of re-printing 1000’s of brochures because you no longer stocked a product or offered a particular service. ...

We've recently produced this dynamic poster and accompanying ticket for the fantastic people at Twinkle House in Skelmersdale - a registered charity who work tirelessly with practical and emotional support for children and young people with disabilities and additional needs. Every project we produce is treated with 100% commitment, attractive for our client and an great advertisement for ourselves. The event looks to be a fabulous night out, one we are really looking forward to..... ...

When ex-Hollyoaks and Grange Hill actress Amber Hodgkiss got in touch with us regarding a new website, we knew exactly what Amber would need to showcase her talent. The result at www.amberhodgkiss.com, is an engaging content managed website that allows Amber freedom to add text, pictures or video, whenever and wherever she is in the world at any time. We couldn't resist showing Amber's fantastic modelling shots in a larger than life showreel on the homepage and I'm sure you'll agree the pictures are beautifully shot. The website also has the added feature of being responsive so scales perfectly on smaller web devices such as tablets or mobile phones so Amber will look beautiful from just about everywhere..... ...

With so much competition around in these difficult times, presenting the right image for your business has never been so important. Well designed and printed stationery could be the first step in winning that new client or contract - and may not be as expensive as you think. An attractive logo and business card is not only asthetically pleasing to look at, but can also be the first step in reasurring your customers that you are professional in every aspect of your trade. So many times we've worked with clients who have been using badly photocopied quotations, or cheaply produced business cards to promote themselves. At NW Design we can help give your business that professional look - an investment that could last for many years to come... ...

Yorkshire based company Ravaged Indigo recently got in touch with us to freshen up their existing logo. We produced a selection of ideas for them to look at and after working alongside their suggestions and ideas, settled on this simple but effective heart shape logo design. We used warm grey and dark indigo colours to give a striking yet calming look. The company specialises in beautifully designed handmade jewellery so we wanted their logo design to compliment the look and feel of their unique jewellery. The company were extremely happy with the results - check out their fantastic jewellery designs.... If you feel your company is ready for a freshening of an existing brand or completely new look, we would be happy to help and advise... ...