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Tyne Valley Motorhomes are a leading supplier of luxury new & used motorhomes. Based in the North East they are renowned for providing customers with excellent customer service and expertise, which they wanted to translate through a new, immersive website.

Released: April 2009

• Web Design
• CMS
• E-commerce

Team Hell is a leading independent supplier of US and UK branded Tattoo, Skate, Punk and MMA clothing based in the North West. Orange Bus have really enjoyed working on this project, which involves an online shop, great photography, cool brands and a community aspect to the site.

Released: March 2009

• CMS
• Video
• Backend Development
• Web 2.0 Mashup

Orange Bus are delighted to sponsor the Tempus Sport team in this years British Touring Car Championship. The website we have created includes a Kyte channel broadcasting exclusive behind the scenes video from the pit garage each race weekend to the website and mobile phones. There is also a live timing screen and chat functions (available on race weekend only) with news, photo's and much more.

Released: February 2009

• Web Design
• CMS
• Video

The first and only channel dedicated to French movies. If you like French film you'll love Cinemoi. 

The site holds videoclips, listings and everything else there is to know about French film. Tune in!

Released: March 2008

• Brochure Design
• CMS
• Branding
• Blogging

Our 3rd year of supporting Harry Vaulkhard in his racing career has seen us take a slight change in direction. Harry's personal site becomes a blog and twitter feed with Orange Bus now also sponsoring the Touring Car team he is driving for in 2009, Tempus Sport. The new Tempus website (currently in beta) features a Kyte TV feed with live video from the pit lane, exclusive interviews with the team and much more.

Released: January 2009

• Web Design
• CMS
• Backend Development

Twenty first century media (a Ten Alps company – www.tenalps.com) is a leading provider of digital media production (TV & online advertising, virals, corporate / sales / training / CSR & web TV) operating nationally for clients as diverse as Nestle, Sage & the NHS.

The website presents their work in a very nice way - each project has a little film playing in the iconic orange telly on the site.

Released: August 2008

• Web Design
• CMS
• E-commerce
• Backend Development
• Photography

The new Ringtons website represents a major shift for the 100 year old North East based business. Famous for delivering its products door to door throughout the North of England, Ringtons have embraced the web as a new route to market for its many products and aim to offer an unrivaled selection of specialty Teas and Coffees via the new online shop section of the site.

In addition to this the Catering side of the business now has a presence on the web that fits the brand, an area of the site that will develop over the coming months.

In fact, the launch of the new Ringtons website is only the beginning of our plans, with podcasts, videos and interactive elements all in the pipeline for the future!

Released: January 2009

• Web Design
• CMS

Northwoods exists to support the tree and timber businesses of North East England.  They provide training, advice, information and support to all those working in the woods or with the products that come from them.

Released: September 2008

• CMS

eaga Renewables provide renewable energy solutions for the commercial, residential and public sector offering solar thermal, photo voltaic and ground source heat pump systems.

Released: September 2007

• Web Design
• Flash

Using cutting edge 3D Flash, Orange Bus have created a stunning new website for Standing Stone Productions.

Standing Stone was launched early 2007 in the North East by award winning TV executive Tom Gutteridge , responsible previously for shows such as American Idol and Challenge Anneka. Standing Stone aim to be a major force in the TV industry both in the UK and internationally and Orange Bus are delighted to have been recognised as the web development company to help realise these ambitions.

The company website was always going to be something a little special, with Tom giving our design and technical team a free reign in exploring new ways to present information via a flash based website.

Released: May 2008

• Web Design
• CMS

One of our most challenging commissions this, not because of the complexity of the site itself, more the location of the client - who moved to New Zealand half way through the project!

Fortunately through the use of our project board for all communication, and sending videos for training, the site has been completed and launched in June 2008.

Released: January 2009

• Web Design
• CMS

Yorwoods is a not for profit, public and private sector backed initiative that provides support services to the forestry industry in the Yorkshire region.

We've designed the site with accessibility in mind using their colour scheme and imagery to make Yorwoods look great!

Released: December 2007

• Web Design
• CMS
• Video
• Podcasting
• E-commerce

When we were first approached by Eleven to tender for their new online store, our first instinct was to look for an angle to help promote their offering in a fairly crowded part of the web. That angle came with the creation of some Video Podcasts about vintage Levis denim, discussing things as weird and wonderful as hidden rivets, tags written with a big E (LEVIS) or little e (LeVIS) and many more fine details. The point of this was to promote the team at Eleven as genuine experts and enthusiasts whilst driving traffic to the website from the likes of YouTube and iTunes. Future plans are to translate the podcasts into Japanese as there is a huge market for vintage denim out there, whilst continuing the podcasts into other brands.

Currently the first 2 are available at the Eleven website which is still in soft launch mode, however it will be fully stocked very soon, at which point we will make the videos available via all of the other websites available to us.

Released: September 2008

• Web Design
• CMS

eaga plc is a leading British-based provider of energy efficiency products. eaga insulation is one of their businesses and is the UK's leading provider of cavity wall and loft insulation services, nationally operating throughout England, Scotland and Wales.

We built the site with a high focus on usability and accessibility, and the result was so pleasing to the customer we also won the eaga.com contract.

Released: April 2008

• Web Design
• CMS
• E-commerce

We've had a great time building Sole Heaven, although it is fair to say they set us something of a challenge in the design stakes! We always encourage our clients to come up with inspiration for designs, things they like which might not necessarily have anything to do with a website. When Dale from Soleheaven said he was bringing in some holiday snaps we wondered if this was going to be one of those tricky ones!

The snaps in questions however turned out to be pretty good, and we used them when making the skyline on the site.

The site includes some great use of video and the photography is also excellent, which really makes a huge difference.

Released: April 2008

• Web Design
• CMS
• Video
• Backend Development
• Branding
• Logo Design
• Web 2.0 Mashup
• Blogging

Team Kenya were the winning entrants to the freewebproject this year and their branding and website were completed over the weekend of April 4-7th by Orange Bus developers holed up in Newcastle's Niche Hotel.

The website provides a platform to promote the work the charity does in Kenya, whilst also giving some of the Kenyan locals a blogging platform. We also integrated a flickr photo album (so all photo's uploaded to the site are automatically added to the Team Kenya flickr album) and a youtube account, so videos can again be pulled in automatically.

The website has a comprehensive Content Management System and will be managed by Team Kenya with support from Orange Bus when required.

Released: April 2008

• Web Design
• Branding

Branding for London based niche recruitment specialists Rue Two, including logo design and stationary completed Feb 2008.

Web Design project began in March 2008 and launched April 2008.

O'Neill have sponsored the British National Surf Championships and held them in the North East of England for many years now. Orange Bus were commissioned to create a stand alone site for the event and an associated VW Rally held nearby.

The website was frequently updated with key event information by O'Neill staff whilst also selling event tickets and had a live scoring facility which was accessible from mobile phones ensuring people on the beach had up-to-date information on the progression of the competition.

The projects are mini sites running for a limited period of time before and after each event.

Released: January 2008

• Web Design
• CMS

Say Something are an established PR firm we have worked and partnered with on many occasions.

Providing Public Relations services to a wide range of clients both in the North East, Say Something have proved themselves over the years to be one of the best at saying the right thing at the right time! We're delighted to have been commissioned to update their website which sits on our Content Management System.

This is the 3rd year Orange Bus have managed the contract for sending out bulk emails to over 10,000 O'Neill subscribers, whilst also managing the database, subscriptions, anti spam compliance and so on.

Our contract with Merseytravel is now entering its second phase, with Orange Bus continuing to work on the internal Public Transport Management Systems in the North West.

Released: May 2007

• Web Design
• CMS

Coastal Productions produce some of the most popular and critically acclaimed drama's on British TV, which are then sold throughout the world.
With an enviable back catalogue to feature, we had to be careful the site didn't become bulky and difficult to navigate whilst it also offered more than just a history of productions. So, a blogging facility was added, used to great effect when the team went to Texas to film a special episode of Wire In The Blood, along with an Inside Coastal section offering storyboards and behind the scenes footage from their productions.

Released: January 2008

• Web Design
• CMS

It's sometimes a tall order to make a company look stylish and sexy when what they do is far from either! You might think a company specialising in packing would be such a tough task, however we're up for a challenge here at Orange Bus and as you can see, the aps website turned out great.

Released: February 2008

• Web Design
• Branding

The free web project is a new initiative running for the first time in 2008 offering a website to a charity or not for profit organisation free of charge - the only catch being we aim to complete it in a weekend! For more details check out the Free Web project website.

A new website coming soon for North London club KOKO (formerly Camden Palace). The new KOKO website will introduce a whole host of innovative and ground breaking features - watch this space, we're really excited about this one!

The Lovely bubbly vision is to provide the customer with a complete Champagne experience offering a range of hard to get, or exclusive brands at a competitive price.

We're building a sophisticated shop based around high quality products, great expertise and a good brand.

O'Neill are launching a loyalty system later in 2008, with Orange Bus chosen to create the website and manage the data transfer from the ePos systems within the shops to and from the site.