08/12/08 Busiest Day for Online Shopping

It is believed that today will be the busiest online shopping day of the year, as consumers turn to the internet in search of bargains and stress-free shopping.

Experts have predicted that the busiest time will be between 13.00 and 14.00GMT as hoards of full-time workers spend their lunchbreak shopping for Christmas gifts. It is expected that in this one hour alone, online sales may reach 28million GBP. With many people struggling to find the time to head for the highstreet, it is estimated that 5.2 million people will be shopping from their desks at work.

It is expected that 29 million people will shop online this Christmas, and the internet trade body IMRG predicts that the UK's Christmas online retail sales could reach 13.6bn GBP.

02/12/08 95% of Consumers to Shop Online this Christmas

A survey carried out by Empathy Research has found that only 5% of consumers plan to do all of their Christmas shopping on the high street, with the huge majority of the population turning to online shops to purchase at least a proportion of their presents.

While the 'Credit Crunch' has been hitting high street shops hard, many e-commerce-based businesses have found their sales increasing, as consumers turn to the internet in a hunt for bargains. And with many people tightening their belts this year, there is yet more money to be saved by opting to stay at home in the way of fuel and parking expenses.

While this survey found that only 2% of consumers were planning to abandon the high street altogether, 28% planned to do most of their shopping online, 27% planned to do half, and 38% some of it.

08/10/08 Integralvision Launches new Website Analysis business

Another new business has been added to the Integralvision stable. Along with our award winning web design and multimedia services, we now offer professional Website Analysis Reports to businesses who are concerned that their website is under performing.

07/10/08 Integralvision Launches new website Blog

The Devon Web Design Soapbox is aimed at all those interested in Devon Web Design and seeks to provide a candid and behind the scenes look at the web design industry in the southwest.

This brand new site has just been launched and we are busy writing the content. Rest assured the hairs will stand up on the back of your neck when you hear our true stories of ne'er-do-wells, wrong doers and downright cheats in the web design world.

08/05/08 Integralvision Move to Exeter

While Ashburton has served us well for many years, the time came when we felt the need to move to the "big city" or in our case, Exeter. We have recently taken over a two story, modern office block on the Marsh Barton Estate. Bit of a change from a 150 year old former grain store. However, at least we now have room for the table football... in fact we could even manage 5 a side!

The general consensus amongst staff is that the move is a good thing, with our new offices reflecting our standing as one of the best web design agencies in Devon, and we have the awards to prove it!

Rest assured that the move is a positive thing. We plan to take on more staff, which will allow us to provide a more personal service, and we have a new digital phone system installed, which makes talking to the right person even easier. Our new telephone number is 0845 838 7088.

24/04/08 Pennywell Farm website wins more Silverware

The Enjoy England Awards for Excellence 2008 were celebrated in style on 23rd April 2008. For the first time ever the awards ceremony was held outside London in St Georges Hall, Liverpool in celebration of Liverpool, European City of Culture and St George’s Day. The Pennywell Farm website was awarded Silver for Tourism Website of the Year. Pennywell was automatically entered for the awards after winning at the SW Tourism Excellence Awards earlier this year.

The Enjoy England Awards for Excellence 2008 Gold award went to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. We say nothing!

15/03/08 Integralvision wins Best Corporate Website Award

On Friday night we attended the Media innovation Awards in Plymouth and were very pleased that the Virtually Dartmoor website picked up the award for best Corporate Website. We actually had two different sites nominated so had a 2 out of 3 chance of winning! However, we were up against tough competition from a site produced by Denham Productions for Goodyear Dunlop Tyres. In the end the judges awarded first prize for delivering a site that "reached an audience beyond the web". They described it as "an excellent example of how creative thinking can deliver historical and factual information and how a website can be developed for more than one platform."

Last year we were nominted for the same award and were up against VW and the NHS with the Pennywell Farm website. Pennywell was runner up. But we do not feel too bad as it has gone on to win many major awards, including the Tourism Website of the Year Award at the Southwest Tourism Excellence Awards and a Best Tourism Website award at this year's national Enjoy England Awards for Excellence 2008.

06/03/08 Enjoy England Awards for Excellence 2008

After winning the Southwest Tourism Website of the Year Award, Pennywell Farm is shortlisted for The Enjoy England Awards for Excellence 2008. The awards will be presented on the 23rd April 2008. For the first time ever the awards ceremony will be held outside London in St Georges Hall, Liverpool in celebration of Liverpool, European City of Culture and St George’s Day. Now in their 19th year, the awards are affectionately known as the ‘Tourism Oscars’. Pennywell's website has been shortlisted against The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. This means that it is guaranteed to win either the Silver or Gold award.

01/03/08 Tourism Website of the Year 2007/8

The Pennywell Farm website won the Tourism Website of the Year Award at the Southwest Tourism Excellence Awards last night. This means it will go forward to represent the southwest in the finals of the Enjoy England Awards for Excellence. This means a lot to all the team at Integralvision who worked on the site. Mark who did the Flash work and coding, Rob who built the back end and e-commerce solution and Simon who worked on the design. The award is particularly sweet after we were runners up at the Southwest Media Awards earlier this year with the same site. Pennywell's website has been shortlisted against such sites as The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and The Official Guide to the River Thames.

27/02/08 Two sites nominated for Media Innovation Awards

For the second year running we have been nominated for the Southwest Media innovation Awards. Toad Hall Cottages and Virtually Dartmoor are two of the three sites shortlisted in the Corporate Website category. The other site in our category is HiQtv produced by Denham Productions in association with McCann Erikson for Goodyear Dunlop Tyres. Last year we were up against VW and the NHS!

The awards will be presented at the Holiday Inn, Plymouth on Friday, 14th March 2008.

08/01/08 Launch of Roderick James Architects website

Established in 1974 and based in Devon, Roderick James Architects LLP specialise in contemporary architecture with a particular emphasis on space and light. Featured on the Channel 4 program, Grand Designs, Roderick James Architects are especially known for the design of timber frame buildings in close association with Carpenter Oak Ltd. Their new website features details of previous projects and allows visitors to build their own brochure from a custom built "scrapbook". These can then be downloaded in PDF format.

03/01/08 Woodland Trust Nature Detectives Website

Integralvision have been commissioned by the Woodland Trust to develop a new learning tool for their award winning Nature Detective website. This will include a system to allow users to create and save PDF worksheets using a Flash-based tool. The Woodland Trust is the UK's leading woodland conservation charity. The Lottery Funded Nature Detectives website helps you learn about wildlife, investigate where you live with some colourful spotter sheets, start a nature diary, do Springwatch and Autumnwatch and help real scientists research climate change.