Year 9 children are asked to create a tourist attraction that will draw people to Norfolk and in particular Cromer and then present this idea to the mentors in a dragons den style set up.

As part of the process they have to use creative skills, maths and English to get their team ready for the presentation. 6 Teams go through to the final and then the overall winner gets to go to the regional final in July to battle it out against other schools from Norfolk and Suffolk.

As usual the standard of ideas and presentations were very high and it’s always challenging to see kids brainstorm ideas without barriers to come up with innovative solutions to the task at hand.

Pictured here Gary Dickenson presents the winning team with their certificate and prizes.

Inspired Youth who run the enterprise days are always looking for sponsors and mentors. If you’d like to get involved in this highly rewarding activity then more information can be found here:

We’ve always been ready to change and move with the times, the new version for instance is full responsive to work on mobile and tablet devices.

So Creospace was launched way back in 2002, back then Gary was just a lone freelancer and most people we’re still on dialup!

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Here we got our logo emblem the circles that we still use today.

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You will be based in our Cromer office however there maybe opportunities to work from home in the future. This role is initially part time with a view to moving to full time in the next 12 months. We have a flexible working style and can work around life’s difficulties to suit you.

Skill requirements:

• HTML/HTML5: Essential
• JavaScript & JQuery: Essential
• PHP & MYSQL: Desirable
• Familiarity with Adobe products (photoshop, illustrator or fireworks): Essential
• Customer Service Skills: Desirable (you will see clients from time to time).
• WordPress and or Expression Engine CMS experience: An advantage

Proof of skill via personal application / projects / experience is of greater importance to us than qualifications, although they help of course.

You will also need to have good people skills and the ability to work in a team adhering to strict deadlines. As a team player you are invited to make suggestions to improve our brand, our service offering, our business operation and ultimately our and your success.

Salary: Negotiable based upon experience.

In the first instance call Gary on 01263 579422

PASSION: a strong or extravagant fondness, enthusiasm, or desire for anything: a passion for music.

I thought it would be a good idea to be open with my passions about our business, it’s what has driven me to this point and what will continue to drive me onwards as well as shaping the business (both to this point and onwards). My hope is that those reading can understand more about us as a business and me as a business owner.. Too much transparency some might say, no problem but we’re not a closed door company. Knowing us is as important, if not more so than knowing what we do.

These are in no particular order and my passions are our passions:

I’m passionate about giving callers, prospects and clients the best possible service I can. My whole career, in one respect or another, has been customer service orientated. I hate it when I myself receive bad service and do wonder how some companies keep (perhaps they don’t) long term clients. We’re not superheroes at Creospace, we get it wrong sometimes but we’ll take ownership and put it right and I think that sets us apart from many of our competitors.

I’m passionate about delivering solutions to clients that are beneficial. The reason I started Creospace over 7 years ago is because I saw web design outfits delivering websites for the sake of it, earning a fast buck as they say. They actually do more harm than good. Every line of code we write is with the needs and success of our clients in mind. They are parting with money that they’ve worked hard to raise and they entrust it with us to deliver the solution that they need.

I’m passionate about giving great advice. Not all who I meet become our clients but all are entitled to informed and accurate advice. We spend ages learning the latest techniques, code, practices, standards, trends, fashions, methods (a passion in itself) the list is endless but we have to be on top of it all in order to be able to advise people with accuracy and truth. We get calls where people have been referred to us just for advice, a 5 minute phone call to point someone in the right direction isn’t an interruption, it’s a) the fruit of many years hard work and b) a privilege!

I’m passionate about people. Yes people are what it’s all about. We talk to, email, tweet, interact on-line and of course meet face to face with people. We form relationships and interact with people every day. I love meeting people and listening to them getting to know their stories. Learning how we can help them and knowing when we can’t of course.

I’m passionate about ridding the profession of bad work. I know it’s an ideal but it drives me mad when I see bad design, shoddy code, terrible and ineffective workmanship. Some in this profession are without doubt preying on the uneducated, paying lip service to those who know no different. We surround ourselves with peers who are passionate about the same subject and we have healthy mutual respect for each other and they share the same values as us.

I’m passionate about working with great people. I know we can’t be great at everything but for the most effective results you need a combination of services to work together. I can’t have our brand damaged by hiring bad people or recomending our clients take advice from other companies that wont deliver the same high standards that we do ourself ( I’m 110% confident we work with such people).

I’m passionate about our brand and all it stands for. The Creospace brand is built on the passions we have for service, quality and people. We’ve been privileged to work with (note not ‘for’ but with) some wonderful clients over the years. Over 90% of our work comes from word of mouth referrals, if Google search fell apart tomorrow it wouldn’t affect us in the slightest. However if our brand fell apart, our standards slip and our clients become unhappy we’ve lost the lot!

What are your passions? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

As well as the e-commerce website front end especially built to cater for the unique challenges that come with ordering fresh and weighted food online there is a bespoke back office system that takes care of the full order management process.

Our client is extremely pleased with the outcome and has received many compliments from users and customers of the website.

Local Food Direct’s website can be found here: www.welovelocalfood.co.uk