Fudge has won a competitive three-way pitch to develop and create a central
online hub for digital businesses and freelancers across Bury. Appointed by
the Bury Partnership and Bury Council, Fudge will develop the ‘Digital Bury’
website to act as a central point of information for the growing number of
businesses in the digital sector.
There are currently 870 digital businesses located in the borough including digital
PR and web teams and it is expected that this number will rise rapidly as the face
of Bury is transformed through regeneration and redevelopment programmes
which will be completed in 2010.
The ‘Digital Bury’ site will include regularly updated news, events, jobs and
opportunities, a showcase section, and an online directory of digital businesses.
It will feature a publicly visible front-end, and a complex back-end system which
will act as the site’s engine room.
Tony Tickle, representing the Bury Partnership says:
“We are in no doubt that Fudge was the right agency for this job, despite the three
-way pitch being very competitive. The team was able to clearly demonstrate it’s
technological and design expertise, but specifically their track record and empathy
for working with the public sector.”
MD of Fudge, David Eccles continues:
“After producing sites for CREATIVETimes and the North Staffordshire Creative
Industries, Fudge is ideally suited and continues to consolidate it’s specialist
expertise for sector specific support organisations.”
UPDATE
The site is now live folks, you can check it out here.