
Our work with Charnwood Borough Council extends to all aspects of e-Government provision, from Web site accessibility compliance to the creation of an on-line bill payments system.
So far, through two phases of development, we have implemented a new Web site which can be updated by authorised staff around the Council, created a sophisticated local democracy section of the site with searchable committee papers database, integrated on-line payments with the Council's back-end systems, made a new site for Loughborough Town Hall, and begun to provide for the personalised delivery of Council information via the Web site.
This final item provides the basis for the recently-agreed 'Phase 3' development of the Website which will see further integration with Council back-end systems and the creation of a personal 'My Charnwood' facility for all site users.
Cuttlefish Multimedia Ltd has joined forces with Leicester and London media company Channel 2020 to form Calico Interactive Ltd - a new company specialising in Internet video and social networking.
Cuttlefish's Sean Clark, a Director of the new company says, "This is a really exciting time for us. Cuttlefish has been developing Internet technologies for over five years and this new working relationship gives us the opportunity to apply our expertise to completely new business sectors."
He adds, "We identified social networking and Internet video as potential growth areas for us about two years ago and we've invested a lot of effort in ensuring that our content management tools support them."
The first applications of this new technology were the Nintendo Life, ClickOnGolf and OnlineClassroom sites, plus the new Pineapster 2.0 music community.
Cuttlefish Multimedia will continue to run alongside the new company, with existing and new Cuttlefish clients benefiting from the extra resources and expertise that Calico will make available.