Over the years, Fish Media has worked with many other businesses collaborating on hundreds of projects and we've put our names on many innovative campaigns and digital masterpieces. We realised that a dream team had been formed and in February 2021 we joined forces to launch a new company - Cobalt Create. A brand new creative force pre-loaded with years' of experience Cobalt Create is a … [Read more...] about A brand new creative force
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We have moved!
We have up sticks and moved our office base 7 miles down the road into Belper. For nearly 13 years we've loved being located at Wheeldon House in Derby and we're sad to say goodbye. Our new office is located in a 1000 square foot converted old dairy with the outside offering stunning views across the Chevin and Belper. Our new address is: The Old Dairy, Chevin Green Farm, Chevin Road, Belper … [Read more...] about We have moved!
Salloway Property Consultants introduce 3D virtual tours
We're proud to have been working closely with Derby-based property consultants Salloway for over 10 years. We developed a bespoke programmed website that connects to their Customer Relationship Management system and populates the website with the latest properties on the market. Any enquires received through the website to request property particulars are automated and added to the CRM system as a … [Read more...] about Salloway Property Consultants introduce 3D virtual tours
Logo design
Creating an identity - we are often asked by clients to design or improve their company or brand logo to go along with the website design or digital marketing services we provide. One of the great things about creating logos is that more than often we spot them out in the real world as they escape the confines of the internet. Designing a logo can be a deeply personal experience for the client … [Read more...] about Logo design
Craft beer to your door
Back in March, when the UK went into full lockdown, we weren't certain of the future landscape at Fish Media. We knew we could safely work from home with technology at our disposal, but we didn't know how our client base would be affected. Luckily, we were needed more than ever as online solutions became even more important while the Nation stayed at home. One of our favourite clients* grabbed the … [Read more...] about Craft beer to your door
School websites and home learning
How are you all getting on during these troubling times? We're still working from home and strangely missing the office banter. I have a full house with my wife, two teenagers and a dog - my wife is a Deputy Headteacher and I've had an insight into how she updates the school website and prepares home learning materials as well as going in to look after key worker's children at school. I thought … [Read more...] about School websites and home learning
Safety, working from home and support
We’re currently experiencing high levels of support requests during this worrying time and we want to assure you that we’re doing everything we can to put our efforts into helping those clients that need it most. Many people are now preparing to work from home when perhaps they didn’t need to before. With this move comes a certain amount of isolation and vulnerability to the other “nasties” out … [Read more...] about Safety, working from home and support
ecommerce for Judith Hart Jewellers
We've been rushed off our feet in the fish tank over the last few months and are really pleased to be able to announce recent website launches and new business wins. If you're thinking of getting Mum some jewellery this Mother’s Day then you might want to visit our latest ecommerce website for Judith Hart Jewellers. With complex and innovative server side integration with their Bransom … [Read more...] about ecommerce for Judith Hart Jewellers
Good Luck Colin
Just before the Millennium I was asked to join a UK top 100 Advertising Agency to create a separate department specialising in “new” media. On the interview team was Colin, a young Account Manager with a desire to push his current traditional role towards the now emerging digital market. This meeting of like minds was set to change my life forever, we got on like a house on fire, we forged a … [Read more...] about Good Luck Colin
Sports Tours Overseas Website & Client Portal
Fish Media has created a new website for Derby based specialist travel company, Sports Tours Overseas. Having previously built, then subsequently sold, a successful sports team travel company 10 years ago, the brief was to produce an online platform for the business to re-launch into an industry they know so well. A key aspect of the website brief was to showcase STO’s wide range of sports tour … [Read more...] about Sports Tours Overseas Website & Client Portal
Helping Noble Producers crack on
Fish Media has created a digital portal for Noble Foods, the UK’s leading supplier of fresh eggs, to enable better communication with their Producers. The brief was to provide a platform that allows Noble Foods to quickly and easily disseminate information to, and capture production critical information from, their network of Producers located throughout the UK. The final solution Fish Media … [Read more...] about Helping Noble Producers crack on
Tek Troniks monitoring for success
Fish Media has produced a new website for Nottingham based monitoring and refrigeration control systems specialists Tek Troniks. As part of a re-brand project by Hill Langdell, the brief was to produce a website that provides visitors with clear information about Tek Tronik’s wireless temperature & environment monitoring systems. In addition, Tek Troniks wanted to include audience specific … [Read more...] about Tek Troniks monitoring for success
Wheeldon get new online home
Fish Media have created a new website for Derby based homebuilder Wheeldon Brothers. The brief was to produce a website that focused on it's current housing developments and make it easy for potential home buyers to get quick access to information on the location, plot and house styles available. Utilising the Google Maps API we designed and coded the site to display the locations of the … [Read more...] about Wheeldon get new online home
Offering WordPress and Magento
During my career in offering online digital solutions I have always worked to provide custom designed software - in the past I've contracted experienced coders to produce software to exacting specifications and to encompass specific needs from the client. Since starting Fish Media in 2003 this continued and we've always been about offering bespoke programming with an experienced in-house team. … [Read more...] about Offering WordPress and Magento
iPro Stadium
Challenge To create an online presence to increase awareness of the facilities and events at the iPro Stadium, home of Derby County Football Club, and generate enquiries. Strategy Produce a website that promotes the tailored events and facilities with clear user journey and strong call-to-action to increase enquiries via the website. Working with their new brand identity, we developed a … [Read more...] about iPro Stadium
Fish Media sponsor Allestree Juniors Marseille
Fish Media are delighted to announce our sponsorship of Allestree Juniors Marseille – a local football team who are starting their footballing adventure in the Derby Junior Football League this season. Our Co-Director Colin Mitchell has completed his FA Level 1 football coaching qualification and will be managing the team. We wish them all the best in their first season! … [Read more...] about Fish Media sponsor Allestree Juniors Marseille
Mainline Website & Dealer Portal
Founded in the mid-80s, Mainline is the leading Orange mobile phone distributor providing businesses, from sole traders to large companies, with tailored phone dealer solutions. Following their rebrand by Hill Langdell, Mainline wanted to redevelop their website to match their new look and provide more information to their registered dealers. Working closely with the Mainline marketing team; … [Read more...] about Mainline Website & Dealer Portal
Radius Systems Websites
Radius Systems is the only provider to offer solutions spanning the entire pipe lifecycle. The core element of our business has been the development and manufacture of plastic pipes and fittings for the gas, water and wastewater sectors, and producing solutions for the telecoms market. Having provided digital media services to Radius Systems for over 7 years, they tasked us to produce a suite … [Read more...] about Radius Systems Websites
WholesaleDirect24 E-Commerce Website
WholesaleDirect24 is the wholesale operation of Otto UK, the UK division of the world's largest home shopping organisation, Otto Versand. Otto UK wanted an E-Commerce website where large wholesalers, retailers and eBay traders can purchase packages of ex-catalogue stock from Grattan, Freemans, Kaleidoscope and Montage. It was important that the website design appealed to the wholesale market … [Read more...] about WholesaleDirect24 E-Commerce Website
Lily O’Brien’s E-Commerce Website
Lily O'Brien's is a premium brand of chocolates founded by Mary Ann O'Brien in the mid-1990s. Since then Lily O'Brien's chocolates has established itself as one of Ireland's best-loved chocolatiers. Working in partnership with The Wonderland, who produced the new designs, we have re-vamped their E-Commerce website to be more seasonally focussed and provide a clearer customer journey through the … [Read more...] about Lily O’Brien’s E-Commerce Website
Derby County Football Club sign new Web team
A Derby-based website design and development company has scored a three-year contract with Derby County Football Club. Fish Media has taken over the maintenance, management and updating of several sites under the WeAreDerby banner – wearederby.com, prideparkstadium.com and theplazaatpridepark.com. In addition to the running and maintenance of the three websites, Fish Media is also looking at … [Read more...] about Derby County Football Club sign new Web team
Derby CAMRA website takes TOP AWARD
Derby CAMRA's website was recognised at the highest level recently when it won the "Most improved CAMRA Website of the Year" award at the Members weekend in Torquay. The website had previously been crowned "East Midlands CAMRA website of the Year" and it marks a remarkable double for the site. Derby Branch Treasurer, Julian Tubbs was on hand to receive the award (pictured left) from National … [Read more...] about Derby CAMRA website takes TOP AWARD
Fish Media help RentIn Group fly to new destinations
Fish Media have been working closely with the owners of RentIn Group Limited who specialise in providing exceptional holiday accommodation websites for niche resort areas and are proud to announce the latest line up of live property rental portals to popular holiday destinations. To find out more about the services Fish Media can provide, take a look at our website or give us a call on 01332 … [Read more...] about Fish Media help RentIn Group fly to new destinations
Photography for BrawnGP F1 Winners
Our Creative Director, Richard Mackney and Simon Mackney from Mackney Photography were invited to photograph a wind tunnel for a new Brawn GP wind tunnel website and spent a couple of days at the Brawn GP headquarters and factory getting to grips with this opportunity to show them how creative we can be! We were invited to spend a couple of days at the Brawn GP factory to capture images of one … [Read more...] about Photography for BrawnGP F1 Winners
Fish Media team up with F1 winners
A Derby/Midlands based digital media company has teamed up with Brawn GP, the current 2009 FIA Formula One World Championship leaders, to provide fans with the latest news of the team’s success. Fish Media, based on Prime Park Way in Derby, has been appointed by the Brawn GP Formula One Team to handle their email newsletter which is sent out regularly to all fans who have registered at … [Read more...] about Fish Media team up with F1 winners
Campbell’s V8 Juice Website
V8 Juice is delicious blend of fruit & vegetable juices from Campbell's that help you get the nutrition your body needs to feel great. V8 wanted to produce a promotional website that reflected this. Working in partnership with Campbell's brand agency, Springetts of London, we designed and produced a Flash animated website that showcases Campbell's new range of V8 Juice flavors. The design … [Read more...] about Campbell’s V8 Juice Website
Sporting Leagues is off and running
Derby-based website development specialists Fish Media have produced a new website and web-based Information Management System for Sporting Leagues, a new business set up to help the greyhound industry across the UK raise over £3/4 million for grass roots sport in 2007/8. Over 1,500 sports clubs will be invited to take part in 252 Greyhound Sporting League events between April 2007 and March … [Read more...] about Sporting Leagues is off and running
New IDCD website launched for the Wildlife Trust
Derby-based website development specialists Fish Media have produced a new International Dawn Chorus Day website for the Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country. Based on a new design produced by Crayfish Design, the new website allows organisations to register their event to be published on the website and upload photos, sound clips and bird lists from their event. In addition … [Read more...] about New IDCD website launched for the Wildlife Trust
Charity website launched for Center Parcs
Derby-based website development agency Fish Media has produced a new website for Center Parcs, the short-break holiday specialist, to support their new national charity cycling event ‘Pedal with the Parcs’ This unique event has been developed for Center Parcs by Carat Sport to raise money for SPARKS, the pioneering children's medical research charity backed by sporting celebrities, and the … [Read more...] about Charity website launched for Center Parcs
Fish Media get ‘BUSI’ creating a new brand
Fish Media, the Derby-based New Media solutions provider was recently asked to pitch for an exciting new brand development that utilises Experian's Business Information. The brief was to create a brand and website interface for a new online company reporting service that would turn the current facilitating of online business reports on it's head. After a period of brainstorming and loose … [Read more...] about Fish Media get ‘BUSI’ creating a new brand
The Dumped Club
Fish Media have produced a website for The Dumped Club allowing them to offer support, counselling, legal advice and help in moving on for people who have suffered the trauma of being jilted by a loved one. The website is based around a members community where registered users can interact with other members using the following facilities provided. Meet Our Members A members profile search … [Read more...] about The Dumped Club
Patriotic Clothing & Accessories Ecommerce website launched for Emotif
Derby-based New Media solution provider Fish Media has produced an eCommerce website for patriotic clothing and accessories retailer, Emotif. The website offers quality designer patriotic clothing and accessories including; t-shirts, ties, cufflinks and socks. Commenting on the products, Caroline Jacobs, Director of Emotif says, We believe that not only should our products look and feel … [Read more...] about Patriotic Clothing & Accessories Ecommerce website launched for Emotif
Good, clean fun? It’s PoopDoggyDog!
Derby-based New Media solution provider Fish Media is cleaning up Nottingham with its latest business win. The Partnership Council, Nottingham, has appointed Fish Media to develop an interactive game to help promote their Spring Clean initiative. The game is designed to persuade kids that it’s cool to keep the streets clean. Described as “a computer game for all ages, all the family and all … [Read more...] about Good, clean fun? It’s PoopDoggyDog!
Latest business win drives Fish Media forward
Derby-based New Media solution provider Fish Media is really motoring with its latest business win. Autoworld Ltd, motor group, has appointed Fish Media to re-design the websites of its HarleyWorld Harley-Davidson dealership - the Authorised North Derbyshire and Sheffield Harley Davidson dealer. As part of the re-design brief, Fish Media will ensure that the website of the Nottingham … [Read more...] about Latest business win drives Fish Media forward
Fish Media clinches Ebiquita website contract win
Derby-based New Media solution provider Fish Media has landed its biggest and most prestigious contract yet since establishing the business earlier this year. Ebiquita - the UK’s number one independent consumer marketing and data suppression screening company, has appointed Fish Media to redevelop its website. Established in January 2003 by joint managing directors Richard Mackney (32) and … [Read more...] about Fish Media clinches Ebiquita website contract win