CC Technology continue steady growth
September 08
CC Technology are meeting our strategic aims of steady and managed growth. We have taken on new project managers, senior consultants and graduates this year and now have a significantly increased capability. CC Technology are now working with a number of prestigious grant-making organisations, many with operations which span the globe.
The high quality of our references and our approach to complex grant management - an approach which includes carefully understanding the needs of this market - have resulted in significant successes this year.
Macmon website goes live
August 08
Macmon is now live. Macmon chartered architects is committed to the highest standard of service, delivering contemporary, innovative and cost-effective design solutions through all forms of procurement. This website running on CC Technology's content management system with graphics by macmon and Alasdair Robertson illustrates the high quality of macmon's diverse portfolio.
CCT plan for steady growth
June 08
Following a recent period of growth at CC Technology and strong demand for our Grant Management solution, we have been looking for ways to mature our business processes to take our solution delivery to the next level. Implementing concepts such as ITIL & ISO9001 will allow us to deliver world-class solutions both reliably and predictably. Currently our clients provide excellent references for our solutions, support and attention to detail. Maintaining this quality is key to our success going forward.
BUPA Foundation's CC Grant Tracker launched
March 08
CC Technology are very pleased to launch and manage CC Grant Tracker for The BUPA Foundation, London.
The BUPA Foundation is an independent medical research charity that funds medical research to prevent, relieve and cure sickness and ill health. The BUPA Foundation aims to produce long-term benefits that have the potential to improve the health of individuals across the UK and further afield. The BUPA Foundation is a member of the AMRC.
Feedback on the system from the Foundation staff and applicants has been excellent and CC Technology are very pleased to have streamlined The BUPA Foundation’s grant management processes.
Gramophone praises 'top-quality' music store
March 08
The Gramophone Magazine's March 2008 newsletter waxes enthusiastic over Gimell Records' new CC Music Store website, praising the variety of download formats. The reviewer remarks that for many releases, "the sound quality is better than the equivalent CD!"
OSCR website gets new features
February 08
The OSCR (Office of the Scottish Charities Registrar) website has had new features added to match the commencement of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005:
- The Scottish Charities Register is now updated regularly and includes a comprehensive range of information about the activities and charitable purposes of Scotland’s charities
- Google Maps are used to help explore the data geographically
- Inquiry reports are available online
Award for CC Musicstore
January 08
CC Musicstore takes runner-up at Scotland’s most prestigious software awards competition. CC Musicstore was entered in the Best Digital Media Software Solution category where the product finished in second place. This year's trophy is particularly elegant and now sits proudly alongside our other awards in the company boardroom.
For more information on the Scottish Software Awards see http://www.scottishsoftwareawards.co.uk/awards/.
Gimell Records launches on CC Music Store
December 07
Gimell Records, a specialist record label selling recordings by the Tallis Scholars, have launched a new website on the CC Music Store platform. Fans of the Tallis Scholars and vocal music of the Renaissance Era can now order their CDs online, or choose to download tracks at MP3, CD or Studio Master quality.
Best Product of 2007
December 07
Stereophile magazine were so impressed by the Linn Records website built on CC Music Store that they awarded the Editor's Choice for Best Product of 2007 to Linnrecords.com.
SEO made easy
July 07
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is not rocket science, and can work wonders for your organisation. But it takes a bit of careful thought and commitment (and a few tricks-of-the-trade never did any harm either).
At CC Technology, we've been optimising our own website and our clients’ sites for many years. Our current high google ranking is not an accident. Please get in touch for straightforward advice on how to attract the right traffic to your website.
A new music store for Linn Records
March 07
When independent music producer Linn Records decided to upgrade their website to incorporate the latest advances in digital download technology, CC Music Store was their platform of choice. The new site was launched earlier this month, and the results have already met with customer and critical acclaim. See what the fuss is about here.
New York to Los Angeles
October 06
CC Technology recently created a site to tell Phil Goddard's story as he walks across the USA in aid of The Association of International Cancer Research. Read about his fascinating adventure on Coast to Coast. You can also see his many photos and track his progress on Google maps. If you are moved by his story please send him some words of encouragement and consider making a donation.
Lorrin Golf
October 06
Leading golf tour and golf coaching organisation Lorrin Golf have been revising their prices and are planning another successful year in 2007. Junior Academy was again fully subscribed in 2006 and is the UK's Leading International Junior Golf Academy. Why not make this year the year you play Turnberry? Undoubtedly one of the world's leading courses.
Gordon Wilson
September 06
Gordon Wilson, successful Scottish artist, required a website which focused on his artwork. Visit his virtual gallery at www.gordonwilsonart.com. Alternatively his paintings can be seen in Milngavie, Scotland and selected venues around the world.
CR Smith website updated
August 06
CC Technology are delighted to work with CR Smith, Scotland's leading windows and conservatories company, in its continued drive to increase interest from potential customers through its website www.crsmith.co.uk.
With over thirty years' experience, CR Smith designs, manufactures and fits more windows, doors and conservatories than any other company in Scotland.
In conjunction with the Leith agency and to coincide with the campaign on Real Radio, the CR Smith website has been updated to emphasise the company's unsurpassed reputation for quality of product and service.
Wee Kilda Guide - National Trust for Scotland
May 06
A new website giving information about the history and wildlife of the remote islands of St Kilda has been launched for children. The interactive guide tells what life was like in the past for the children on St Kilda and also what life is like for people who live and work on the islands now.
A further recent enhancement to the very popular St Kilda website was the creation of some specialist tools to reduce guestbook spam and enhance the experience of the browsing public.
Featured on the BBC's news website.
New Functionality for www.aicr.org.uk
April 06
Donors to this major UK charity can now set up direct debits on-line. This feature is a must-have for serious not-for-profit websites. Another recent development has seen the addition of a tributes facility to allow site users to celebrate or remember friends and relatives.
Our content management package (CMS) will be continuously improved to help charities achieve high returns from their use of the Internet.
Contact us to discuss how your features like these can be added to your site.
Head Resourcing launch JPMorgan Recruitment Microsite
February 06
CC Technology have developed a recruitment microsite for JPMorgan with Head Resourcing, a recruitment partner for JPMorgan, one of the world's leading investment banking groups.
JPMorgan are looking for staff with IT experience in Investment Banking to join their European Technology Centre in Glasgow. JPMorgan have been a major employment success story in Glasgow in the last few years, and have been particularly successful in attracting employees who want to move away from the larger cities like London to the high quality of life available in Central Scotland.
www.jpmorganglasgow.com
CC Technology launch Grant Tracker
January 06
Grant Tracker is a web-based solution for managing grants, from application and selection through to tracking the grants made to organisations. Built on CC Technology's proven Tracker platform, this solution simplifies the grant management and allocation process for all grant-awarding organisations.
Suitable for Charities, Local Government and Enterprise Companies, the CC Grant Tracker has been provided to a major UK Cancer Charity and they provide 30 plus grants per year from a pool of over 400 applications. This organisation conducted a thorough examination of competing products and solutions before selecting Grant Tracker as the best available.
New website: Native Flowers
January 06
www.nativeflowers.co.uk is the internet shopping website for Hyndland's leading florist. Visitors can:
- order individuallly created bouquets for any occasion
- discover and benefit from Nativeflowers' wedding and function expertise
- use the frequent flowers service on-line - this service is a recent development from Nativeflowers
Electronics Scotland Capability Directory
December 05
CC Technology have recently added a Capability Directory service to the website at www.electronics-scotland.com. This facility greatly increases the information available on member companies, thus encouraging collaboration and increasing global trading and partnership opportunities for members.
Electronics Scotland is an independent trade association representing the Electronics sector in Scotland. Formed in July 1999, their role is to represent the voice of the Electronics Community in Scotland. As part of this role, they seek to attract electronics companies from around the globe to inspect the capabilities of member organisations, in order to match their own manufacturing requirements against the skill sets in evidence.
CC Technology Issue Tracker website launched
September 05
Targeted at Complaint handling, Freedom of Information processing, Project Management issue management, Data Protection Requests, Change Requests, Customer complaint and feedback solutions. This solution which is proven and implemented across the UK in both the private and public sector is a full browser based Internet solution, both robust and customisable and significantly more cost effective than its enterprise competitors. Client hosted or hosted by CC Technology. Pay per user or per solution, solutions built with this platform are making both IT Managers' and users' lives easier every day.
For further information visit the CC Technology Issue Tracker website or e-mail us at enquiries@cctechnology.biz.
National Trust Seabirds website
June 05
Almost a fifth of all of the seabirds in Scotland breed on National Trust for Scotland properties. This new website, www.nts-seabirds.org.uk, highlights the diversity of the work and seabird populations across the Trusts properties. In particular it has logged the progress of the Canna Seabird Recovery project which has set out to eradicate rats from the island.
National Rollout for CC IssueTracker
April 05
Our flagship product CC Tracker has been delivered to a national government organisation and is being rolled out to all Local Authorities in England and Wales.
Continued online success sees further GrassRootsGolf.com expansion
January 05
GrassRootsGolf has launched a new Golf Academy range as part of its new product lines for 2005.
CC Technology have worked with GrassRootsGolf since its inception to develop this site. We are particularly pleased that this young business is gaining a significant level of international custom through its positioning in the search engines and professional presentation.
CC Technology acquires 2 Scottish Internet Companies
December 04
CC Technology acquired the business of 2 niche players in the Scottish internet market. One, a hosting company, has boosted the depth of the CC Technology managed hosting facilities and the second, a web development company, is a close match for the development and strategy services supplied to our existing clients. CC Technology are working hard to integrate the clients from these companies and to ensure that there is no disruption to their businesses. We look forward to developing our relationships with our new clients over the coming years.
NHS Compliments and Complaints Project
December 04
CC Technology are pleased to announce that they have won a major contract to manage customer feedback for the NHS. The system will be based on the CC Issue Tracker platform which assists in workflow and reporting using proven software to improve service. The system will be customised to meet NHS business processes and reporting requirements.
ISYS Computer Services Enhance their Client Communication
September 04
ISYS Computer Services engaged CC Technology to deliver a content managed website to compliment their significant presence in the Scottish IT support industry. The website was built using our ProWeb content management system.
With clients like Abbey National, Reuters and National Australia Group, ISYS are a highly effective and customer-focused operation.
Website Performance Testing and Consultancy
August 04
Following the success of a previous project, CC Technology worked with one of Scotland's largest local authorities to provide performance testing services in support of a website hosting migration and solution upgrade of their Microsoft Content Management Server
deployment. In addition to the benchmarking and testing through the migration CC Technology consultants provided configuration and performance tuning for the servers and MCMS platform.
Improving Marketing Communication
May 04
CC Technology and Brightfire now deliver email and Internet products to extend the marketing and communication capabilities of any organisation. An easy to use module set provides web publishing, structured information and e-mailshot capabilities to make personalised
communication with your clients fast and re-useable. For further information please contact Brian Armour.
Major UK Wide .NET Implementation
April 04
CC Technology have won the contract to supply a large financial services provider with an application to improve their client communications. Over 170 market intermediaries will use the system to keep up to date and post feedback during the rollout of new services.
It is intended that the system will allow increased service capacity and replace much of the current call centre activity. This will lower staffing costs while delivering a faster response to clients and improving the internal measurement of this activity.
The browser based system is to be rolled out as a managed service from a co-location site - this will allow fast rollout without resource from the internal IT department and no desktop installation costs.
NHS24 Breathing Space
February 04
CC Technology have supplied NHS24 with a further information management tool to underpin the provision of the Breathing Space call service. Developed to run on a Microsoft .NET and SQL Server architecture, the system is optimised to deliver results sets for complex
queries within the required performance targets to assist in the delivery of this important service.
Office of the Scottish Charities Registrar launches
January 04
OSCR staff have full day-to-day control of their website, www.oscr.org.uk, using CC Technology's Content Manager. When the charities regulator was being formed it was very clear that the website would need to be updated regularly with a variety of materials and by a variety of authors to support their communication remit. CC Technology's Content Manager features a documentation library and intelligent templates which together make the update process flexible, simple and quick.
Debt Management Solution for Global Banking Group
November 03
The debt recovery team of a global banking group have taken delivery of a system that to improves the monthly reporting of their business. Based on MS Access, the system delivers streamlined
aggregation of performance figures across business teams, as well as providing debt management staff with a bespoke system which allows them to record
and track their actions on behalf of a customer.
Public Sector
October 03
CC Technology are pleased to announce that they are now working with one of Scotland's largest councils to provide web testing expertise in advance of a major site relaunch.
The testing contract was won on track record, experience, approach and cost.
Not for Profit Sector
September 03
CC Technology are pleased to announce that they have secured a contract with the Association for International Cancer Research, one of Scotland's largest charities
to design and build a site which reflects the global nature of the charity's fundraising and research.
The site, which will support the internet fundraising appeals, will be built on a Microsoft .NET platform and utilise CC Technology's
in house Content Management System which will be deployed on an ASP model.
Information management application developed & deployed to NHS 24 in 5 weeks
May 03
NHS 24 have just taken delivery of an information management software application from CC Technology. This application will be used to manage the provision of health information from NHS 24’s three Scottish call centres.
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CC Technology creates St Kilda 'World Heritage Site' Nomination Document website
April 03
The Scottish Executive has submitted a 150-page document to UNESCO that sets out the arguments for St Kilda’s revised nomination under the World Heritage Sites programme. CC Technology adapted the style of the report to create a website that opens up the depth of information in a format suitable for readers on the web. www.kilda.org.uk/kildanomdoc/
