Simon Holdings is a professional services plc.; parent company for a broad spectrum of UK businesses including recruitment, property, education and printing.

Incantation has been responsible for the following marketing activities for Simon Holdings Plc:

• New logo design and launch – Simon Holdings wanted a completely new company logo to update the corporate image of the Group.
• Corporate re-brand – from the logo design a complete corporate re-brand was undertaken to update the entire identity of the Group.
• Flash website design and launch – the Group wanted an aesthetically pleasing website and as such it was decided to develop it using Flash.
• Blog – in addition, through a link on the Flash website (called ‘news’) it is possible to launch the blog, which contains all the latest news updates from around the Group. This also helps the company to be found on the search engines, due the optimised nature of the blog.
• Extranet system – it is also possible to access a completely secure extranet system via the website (‘staff log in’) that the Group use as part of their ISO quality assurance programme.
• Copywriting - the Incantation team are responsible for all aspects of online and offline copywriting for the Simon Holdings Group. This includes website content, blog articles, press releases and brochure material.

Overall, the Simon Holdings Plc website project is a perfect example of how you can implement the aesthetics of Flash, with the functionality and SEO of blogging and the security of an extranet system.

School Extranet solutions are ideal for Early Years, Primary, Secondary and Special Needs Schools.

Furthermore, in response to specific teacher requests, we have ensured Schoolextranet contains the following unique benefits:

• Excellent Security – we host the system on dedicated, secure servers within the UK.
• Personalised to You – the extranet is designed around your school colours, and includes your school badge.
• Clean and Simple workspace – schools frequently comment on how fresh and easy it is to navigate and use.
• Icon Driven – we use colourful icons, keeping text to a minimum, to make the system appealing and friendly.

NEW ‘Oneclick’ homework setting – you can now set homework for your class with one simple click.

The system also offers direct remote access to your school network for teachers and students, which enables you to link with your personal and shared folders from wherever you are and from any computer – all within a safe and secure environment.

Peter Chaddock, a teacher at a Special Needs School in Chessington Surrey, stated the impact that Schoolextranet had achieved within his school:

“We cannot thank you enough for your support. Your system has opened up a whole new fun way of learning to our pupils.

We can now benefit from all the Special Needs Learning Resources that are available through the Internet and give the children more fun within their learning.

A big thank you from all the children, parents and staff of St. Phillips School.”